PlaneEnglish: ARSim1.5.14 - App Store

**No subscription required to find out what ARSim can do for you.**

Practice aviation radio communication with interactive ATC scenarios, AI-powered controllers, voice recognition, and instant feedback. Build confidence, improve phraseology, and prepare for real-world communication before stepping into the cockpit.....and earn FAA WINGS Credits along the way.

The PlaneEnglish Aviation Radio Simulator, or ARSim, helps pilots learn, practice, and improve aviation radio communication through realistic, interactive ATC scenarios. Whether you are a student pilot learning to talk on the radio for the first time, an instrument student preparing for IFR communications, or an experienced pilot refreshing your skills, ARSim gives you a practical way to build confidence outside the cockpit.

With AI-powered air traffic controllers, voice recognition, speech analysis, and immediate feedback, ARSim helps you practice aviation phraseology, radio procedures, and real-world communication flows across VFR and IFR flight operations.

ARSim includes structured training units designed to build your skills step by step:

TRAINER helps you practice full ATC communication scenarios with guided lessons, randomized situations, and feedback on your radio calls.

AIRPORT helps you learn airport signs, markings, lighting, and surface operations.

PATTERN helps you understand and practice communications in the traffic pattern or circuit.

HOLD helps you learn and practice instrument holding procedures.

BASICS, GLOSSARY, and RESOURCES provide foundational knowledge, references, and supporting material to help you understand the language and structure of aviation communication.

Across the app, you can access hundreds of airports, work through more than 200 lessons, and practice thousands of randomized ATC interactions covering many phases of VFR and IFR flight. Selected training units also allow eligible users to earn FAA WINGS credits...you won't find another communication tool that will do this for you!

ARSim training content is guided by FAA and ICAO phraseology, standards, and radiotelephony procedures, helping pilots become more familiar with the communication practices used throughout aviation.

For student pilots, ARSim provides an accessible way to build radio confidence before and between lessons. For experienced or non-current pilots, it offers a convenient way to refresh communication skills before returning to training, preparing for a flight review, or getting ready for a checkride. For flight schools and training organizations, ARSim can support more consistent communications practice across students and instructors.

Download ARSim to explore the free content available in BASICS, AIRPORT, PATTERN, GLOSSARY, and RESOURCES, and use the free trial period to experience the full functionality of the app. You can also customize your experience in Settings, including phraseology standards, display options, and primary flight display preferences.

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Version History -Improved iPad interactions and user interface
-Support for upcoming new interactive features for flight schools and custom training content
-Fixes that now allow loading of ARSim while offline (you can now always load and use ARSim while offline)
-Fixes to airport loading (make sure to download entire airport database to multiply the variability in any training scenario)
-Improvement to speech analysis and scoring, including support for higher quality ATC voices 1.5.14 Aug 11 -Additional support for flight training institutions and customized training content
-Performance improvement for iPad
-Updates to tracking training activity and daily streaks 1.5.13 12/16/2025 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities

- Support for training institutions to customize their training curriculum and tailor ARSim content to align with their ground and flight training.
- Performance improvements. 1.5.12 10/16/2025 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities
- New ATC AI feedback and interaction. Communicate with ATC AI to hear corrections and modifications to your radio transmissions. Turn ON the Verbal Feedback option, select the ATC personality (stern, friendly, funny) and interact with ATC to experience more realistic radio communications and enhance your training.
- New activity dashboard for more and better visibility of your training progress. Explore the Achievements page to see how your performance is improving, to monitor your training, and to see the certificates and WINGS credits earned. Leverage this powerful accountability tool to achieve your training goals and master the aviation radio.
- Performance improvements 1.5.11 10/01/2025 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities

- New Notepad/sketchpad feature; you can now take notes while listening to ATC clearances and reference critical information when reading back instructions and clearances
- Performance improvement for iPad users and upcoming OS
- Support for upcoming capabilities that leverage ATC AI
- Support for customized training content for ground crews, ramp towers, and line pilots
- Bug fixes 1.5.10 08/05/2025 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities

- Enhanced and realistic ATC voices
- Promotional subscription offers
- Performance improvement for iPad users
- Support for upcoming capabilities that leverage ATC AI
- Support for customized training content for ground crews, ramp towers, and line pilots
- Bug fixes 1.5.9 05/21/2025 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities

- Enhanced and realistic ATC voices
- Promotional subscription offers
- Performance improvement for iPad users
- Support for upcoming capabilities that leverage ATC AI
- Support for customized training content for ground crews, ramp towers, and line pilots
- Bug fixes 1.5.8 05/19/2025 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities

- Enhanced and realistic ATC voices
- Promotional subscription offers
- Performance improvement for iPad users
- Support for upcoming capabilities that leverage ATC AI
- Support for customized training content for ground crews, ramp towers, and line pilots 1.5.7 05/15/2025 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities
- New and enhanced ATC voices
- Improved speech analysis engine for better performance and more options
- New features to support light-gun signals and interactive content
- Additional control options for flight training institutions
- More callsign options for flight training institutions
- Support for password manager
- Bug fixes 1.5.6 03/04/2025 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities

- New and enhanced ATC voices
- Improved speech analysis engine for better performance and more options
- New features to support light-gun signals and interactive content
- Additional control options for flight training institutions
- More callsign options for flight training institutions
- Support for password manager 1.5.4 02/17/2025 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities
- New and enhanced ATC voices
- Improved speech analysis engine for better performance and more options
- New features to support light-gun signals and interactive content
- Additional control options for flight training institutions
- More callsign options for flight training institutions
- Support for password manager 1.5.3 02/16/2025 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities
- New features and options for Radio Chatter, which provides more realism and assesses your performance when you try to speak over existing ATC-Pilot conversations
- More options for selecting airports used in lessons; you can now set your preferred airport for specific lessons or throughout ARSim
- New animation capabilities to enhance user experience and knowledge acquisition
- Performance improvements 1.5.2 08/20/2024 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities

- New features and options for Radio Chatter, which provides more realism and assesses your performance when you try to speak over existing ATC-Pilot conversations
- More options for selecting airports used in lessons; you can now set your preferred airport for specific lessons or throughout ARSim
- New animation capabilities to enhance user experience and knowledge acquisition 1.5.1 08/16/2024 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities
- New user interface for better navigation, content exploration, and achievement tracking
- Ability to tailor and track your personalized training plan
- Improved Radio Chatter feature, with more control over complexity of scenarios
- Improved XC Flight feature, with better access and scenario control
- Improved content organization, profile, and settings options
- New Q&A feature to ask our AI about anything in aviation and radio communication (more to come in future updates)!
- Performance improvements 1.5 06/06/2024 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities

- New user interface (beta) for better navigation, content exploration, and achievement tracking. Go to Settings > Try New UI
- Improved content organization, profile, and settings options
- New Q&A feature to ask our AI about anything in aviation and radio communication (more to come in future updates)!
- Performance improvements 1.4.5 05/01/2024 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities
- FAA WINGS Credits now available for AIRPORT and PATTERN modules (ALC-1072, ALC-1075)
- New and enhanced ATC voices now available
- Improved speech analysis engine for better performance and more options
- More options for subscription management
- Bug fixes 1.4.4 01/13/2024 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities
- FAA WINGS Credits now available for AIRPORT and PATTERN modules (ALC-1072, ALC-1075)
- New and enhanced ATC voices now available
- Improved speech analysis engine for better performance and more options
- More options for subscription management 1.4.3 01/10/2024 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities
- FAA WINGS Credits now available for AIRPORT and PATTERN modules (ALC-1072, ALC-1075)
- New and enhanced ATC voices now available
- Performance improvements
- Bug fixes 1.4.2 11/03/2023 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities
- FAA WINGS Credits now available for AIRPORT and PATTERN modules (ALC-1072, ALC-1075)
- New and enhanced ATC voices now available
- Performance improvements
- Bug fixes 1.4.1 11/03/2023 - Always-free lessons available, no subscription required to explore ARSim capabilities
- FAA WINGS Credits now available for AIRPORT and PATTERN modules (ALC-1072, ALC-1075)
- New and enhanced ATC voices now available
- Performance improvements 1.4 10/31/2023 - Performance improvements 1.3.28 09/15/2023 - Access to new pilot resources published by the FAA that include airport-specific cautions, information local controllers want pilots to know, airport communications, airspace details, and more general best practices
- Performance improvements 1.3.27 09/14/2023 -Introducing new capabilities to guide users through each lesson and concept
-Introducing support for additional interactive features
-Bug fixes 1.3.26 08/23/2023 - Introducing new user interface for tracking progress in Lessons and Modules. You can now track your training progress and set personal goals for better training.
- Introducing currency tracking to increase accountability and make sure that your skills are up to date and ready for your next flight.
- Introducing new AIRPORT, PATTERN, and HOLDS interactive training modules. You can now use voice- and touch-based interaction to learn new skills, find your way around an airport, get comfortable with the pattern/circuit, and learn the basics of instrument holds (orbits, entries, and comms).
- Tracking of achievements in Settings
-Bug fixes 1.3.25 07/06/2023 -Speeding up app launch and update
-Users can now select individual airports to download, providing more flexibility and reducing app size
-Additional support for interactive training capabilities 1.3.24 03/10/2023