SIFT Tutoring

I usually never write reviews but I bought the full version and used this app for about a month leading up to my SIFT test. This app is by no means perfect. It has its flaws. However, content wise it’s pretty spot on to what you’ll see on the actual SIFT test. (For any applicants, I would recommend reading through the FAA Helicopter guide-found online as well) On the full length practice tests on this app I consistently scored a 59. On my actual test I scored a 66. I would recommend the app to any applicant preparing to take the SIFT test.

This has all the makings to be a great study tool. HOWEVER, when doing practice tests for the simple drawings, hidden figures, and spatial apperception; the timer keeps going during the VERY long load time to the next question. Not only that but when the time runs out it doesn’t tell you and you can just keep going over time. Worse still is if you skip a question (remember you’re penalized more for wrong answers) you can’t finish the test and instead have to go back to each skipped question to provide an answer then cycle back through each question to the end to submit your test. Both of these functions lead to bad testing habits as I find myself lingering on a question I would have skipped, eating up precious testing time. But the nail in this coffin is I just finished a full practice exam that took well over an hour to complete and it failed to score my answers. Meaning I have no idea what I missed or why which makes this portion of the app (the main reason I purchased it) worthless. I’m using an up to date brand new iPad Pro btw. So, all the long load times and errors are definitely poor programming related. I suggest buying a study guide elsewhere and passing over this app entirely.

Grammatically this app is trash. There are a few issues when it comes to the practice test and prediction test too. Some of the math questions were not covered in the study guide and in the hidden pictures section of the test some of the possible answers didn’t match the picture they provided for you to search. It’s not just as simple as saying “I couldn’t find the hidden picture.” What I’m saying is none of the possible answers looked even vaguely similar to the picture shown. The practice test allowed for you to go over the allotted time and wouldn’t allow you to submit the test until all of the questions were answered so in my opinion it gave me an unrealistic score. No way are you going to answer 100 questions in 2 min on the real sift and if you did I’d love an opportunity to speak with you. Other than that this app has some decent aviation information but I’d recommend getting the sift study guide book and the ffa handbook too