Remote Pilot Ground School Negative Reviews

Remote Pilot Ground School App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Remote Pilot Ground School app received 11 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Remote Pilot Ground School? Can you share your negative thoughts about remote pilot ground school?

Remote Pilot Ground School for Negative User Reviews

✓ Frustrating to use on iPhoneI can tell that these folks put a lot of time and energy into the app, but it’s cumbersome and frustrating to use on a cell phone screen. It’s a shame, really, cause it seems well designed otherwise. It’s great that they supply all of the supplemental figures with each question, but I found myself constantly scrolling up and down, and having to repeatedly open and close the supplemental diagrams to reread the questions and apply my knowledge toward choosing the right answer. This could easily be solved if the developer simply supplied the corresponding figure number from the “Airmen Knowledge Testing Supplement” than is easily purchased or downloadable as a stand alone PDF from many sources. Maybe this works more fluidly on an IPad, but I don’t own one..F-Off EbayVersion: 2.66.0

✓ You will pay too much and get very little in returnI am a smart guy (I studied and passed my HAM radio license in a week and missed ZERO questions). I find the lack of explanations intolerable as they are too vague and don’t really help you improve. The material is not meant for a layperson. I find myself getting very frustrated every time I try to use the app. To be honest I am about ready to give up getting my part 107 because of this experience. I would love to be able to wipe out all progress in a section and start over but there appears to be no way to do that. A lot of the questions are NOT covered by the material you just went through. I can’t believe I wasted so much money on this app..J diverVersion: 2.19.2

✓ Probably good for many, just not for meI want to pursue an FAA Part 107 cert for small UAS, and this seemed like it would be a good study tool. For me personally, however, things went off the rails before I even started. First a disclaimer: learning is a personal process, not one-size-fits-all. From what little I saw (only 6 pages!), the content seemed like it was presented fairly well. The developer, Ed, seemed courteous and responded very quickly. So all that is good: this rating is based mainly on how the app didn’t fit my learning style. I downloaded the app and content, and although it was a bad time and place to start studying, I was at least excited to take a quick peek at the material. I started flipping through the first few pages just to browse (I would begin in earnest at a better time). The content I did see was concise, curated and decently presented (I majored in geography years ago, and that included dedicated courses on meteorology), but I was a bit frustrated that some of the units bounced between metric and English (in one paragraph altitude was in thousands of feet, the next in kilometers). I aimlessly swiped to the sixth page, which happened to contain the first review question. With my iPad flat on the table, my dangling pinky inadvertently tapped one of the answers. I was not starting the course yet, and didn’t mean to tap anything, but there it was: a glaring red wrong answer. 0% correct. I looked for a way to undo, restart, reset review answers—anything!—and could not find a way. I contacted the developer, and they said that every tapped review answer is permanent, stored on their server, and that there was no way for me to restart the course. They also said that, unless my touchscreen was defective, it was not possible to register an inadvertent tap, as the app only registers “deliberate taps”. This seemed disingenuous or condescending, because I’ve had dangling fingers inadvertently tap things in many apps on multiple devices for years). So back to my point about everyone having different learning needs? I already knew the right answer to that question from college. But there it was, bright red and permanently wrong on my “record”, a single accidental tap with no way to change it—and all I did was preview the first six pages without even having sat down to start the course for real. This would probably not bother most people. They would just move on. Not me. Permanently wrong on an answer I knew. I fixate on things like this, and it distracts me from learning. The developer said I cannot reset the questions or restart because then I could share the course with other people (not sure how, as it is linked to my Apple ID, unless they were borrowing my own iPad), but that I could still review the entire course any time. I asked the difference between “taking” the course and “reviewing” the course, and their answer was that all content is there except that the review questions are already answered (so technically I *could* give someone my iPad and they could walk through the entire course, reading the correct review answers instead of tapping them—not that I would do this, anyway). So I am requesting a refund. I will work through the free FAA study guides instead. This app may be perfect for you, but I accidentally got off on the wrong foot, and the app and developer simply were not accommodating to my personal learning needs..DkallanVersion: 2.6.1

✓ Review questions not related to section materialMultiple times this app has presented sample questions after a section and these questions are of material not covered in the section. In the early material on weather, for example, one of the review questions is about wind direction changes at a front line, but wind direction wasn’t covered. On another question not only did the specific question not get covered, but the explanation didn’t even include mention of the right answer. I get that there are a ton of sample questions and that’s great. But it’s hard to see how I’m benefitting from review questions when there is no material to review. On one page, different cloud formations are detailed in text, however they don’t match the terminology in the diagram. The text talks about cumulonimbus and cumulus clouds but the diagram has neither, but has Nimbostratus, altostratus and cirrostratus. It’s a very expensive course, and it feels like I’m just reading a handout put together quickly..DavidjsVersion: 2.1.10

✓ Update.Whole everything has crashed. In my previous review I was basically called a liar because the app worked for others. And in my review I even admitted it was just not for me the way it was structured. Then told I was offered a return...where? I applied through the Apple app...and was told no refunds when I applied for one did not receive an email or an auto refund. Now with the new update the app (while in my incredibly short amount of free time) now doesn’t work or recognizing my account. Sorry. Even after all that happened prior. I really wanted to give this app a fair shake. Got through weather because you can’t skip around. And now everything appears to be gone. I’m extremely happy for the pilots that used this program and was able gain knowledge. For half the cost of taking the test I expected more..BigbilltheoryVersion: 2.15.1

✓ It’s ok, not greatHalf of the questions that are asked in this app by the time you get to them are not covered in the previous material you just go over. Also, when you miss a questions the explanations are not well written and most of the time are very hard to digest. A lot of acronyms are used without any explanation as to what they are unless you already have a working knowledge of weather. For $50, the explanations should have been written in far better laymen’s terms to be understandable. Also, in the very beginning before even purchasing this application I sent a question to the developer of the app and specifically mentioned “ground school” and Ed sent me an email back saying he didn’t know what application I was referring to. I replied that they only have one application that they have developed that has the words ground school in it and asked if he was going to answer my question. I never received a reply. Shame on me for going ahead and purchasing the app especially after being brushed off by their “support”. Look for another app unless you already have a working knowledge of weather and flight terminology..Gjkiy4gVersion: 2.4.0

✓ Unable to,reread sectionOnce you get to the final quiz, you aren’t able to go back and reread the weather section. You have to pass the quiz before you can reread it.Earl Bob WebsterVersion: 2.4.0

✓ Was goodI paid $30 for this app in may of 2017, great app, good knowledge, however, when I relaunched to brush up before my exam everything was locked out and I couldn’t do anything, there was a bug that even after updating wouldn’t let me past selecting working at my own pace or guided learning. I am frustrated because my test is a week away!!.NyciachefVersion: 2.4.2

✓ Almost greatThis app is almost great because it’s thorough, comprehensive and allows you to study and take the test exams. The really bad part is that you’re only allowed to study and take these test questions ONLY once. Once you complete the study and exams you cannot go back and through the materials and take the pop up quizzes and exams anymore. It does have some mini questions but no more full exams. This I gave it three stars for that reason alone. You’d have to buy the App again. I feel one you buy a product you should be able to use it forever like a book..KalaeloaKrewVersion: 2.18.6

✓ Internal update won’t downloadI bought this app a few months ago to casually study for the part 107 exam, but the app won’t download the internal update without crashing and prompting me again. I am accessing this on an iPhone 8 plus so I don’t think this should be happening. Please fix this! Other than that it is great app..Saving savvy momVersion: 2.14.3

✓ Too much non-UAS InformationThe material relevant to UAS and Part 107 exams is great. Definitely more in depth than most, however, the amount of aeronautical information relating to airplanes and airport operations is infuriating. Especially since the user can’t progress through the course and access areas without completing..Jzier139Version: 2.14.1

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