Tower Drill

No subscription: one $8.99 purchase unlocks everything, forever. Practice ATC calls out loud at your real home airport, or hands-free in the car with Commute Mode.

Tower Drill helps student pilots beat mic fright before the next flight lesson.

No subscription. No account. One $8.99 purchase unlocks everything, forever, including future lessons.

Radio work is not learned by rereading phraseology. It is learned by hearing a call, finding your aircraft, holding push-to-talk, and saying the readback out loud. Tower Drill turns that process into short, repeatable practice sessions on iPhone and iPad.

PRACTICE LIKE A PILOT Listen to realistic ATC instructions, hold PTT, speak your readback, and get scored on the words that matter. Training mode shows exactly what to say; Coached mode provides key items; and Solo mode hides the hints until you are ready. Set the controller pace from relaxed to rapid-fire Class B.

TRAIN AT YOUR HOME FIELD Pick your airport from 576 real US-towered airports, built from FAA data. The controller answers as your field: real runways, real tower and ground frequencies, and the approach facility pilots actually call, like NorCal or SoCal Approach. (Training data only; always verify frequencies with current charts.)

COMMUTE MODE (PRO) Completely hands-free drills for the drive to the airport: ATC calls; the mic opens automatically; you answer out loud; and the controller responds. Works with the screen locked.

HEAR YOURSELF Replay your own transmission next to the ideal readback after every attempt. Most students have never heard themselves on the radio. That is where mic fright dissolves.

KNOW YOUR WEAK SPOTS Tower Drill tracks readback accuracy by item: runways, frequencies, squawk codes, altitudes, hold-shorts, and more. Export a one-page PDF progress report to share with your CFI (Pro).

BUILT FOR STUDENT PILOTS Tower Drill includes 18 structured lessons and 96 guided drills, randomized into thousands of unique scenarios. Your callsign, squawk code, runway, winds, frequencies, and ATIS change on every run, at any of 576 real airports, so no two sessions are ever the same. The course covers:

• ICAO phonetics and aviation numbers
• Standard radio phrases
• First contact calls
• Readback requirements
• ATIS and weather
• IFR clearance copying
• Squawk codes and transponder instructions
• Traffic pattern and landing calls
• Taxi routes and runway crossings
• VFR flight following
• Airspace transitions
• Non-towered airport calls
• Emergency communications
• Busy frequency practice
• Full IFR departure flow
• IFR arrivals and descent clearances
• Approach clearances and vectors to final
• Holding instructions and missed approaches

FREE TO START: NO SUBSCRIPTION, EVER The first 5 lessons are free, including 24 spoken drills. Tower Drill Pro unlocks all 18 lessons and 96 drills, 576 practice airports, Commute Mode, and the CFI progress report with a single one-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring charges, no credits. Other radio trainers cost more than that every single month.

OPTIONAL ON-DEVICE AI Guided lessons work without downloading the AI model. When enabled, the optional on-device AI model adds more varied ATC phrasing and richer busy-frequency practice, including background radio traffic and other aircraft readbacks.

YOUR AIRCRAFT PLACARD Each lesson gives you a lesson-specific aircraft, such as N456GH C172. The placard stays visible during the lesson so you can refer to your callsign and aircraft type instead of memorizing them.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN Speech recognition runs on device. The optional AI model runs on the device after it is downloaded. Your transmission replays stay on your device. No location access: you manually choose your practice airport. No accounts, tracking, analytics, audio recordings, transcripts, prompts, or responses are sent to Tower Drill servers.

Tower Drill is an educational training aid and is not a substitute for instruction, regulations, flight training, or real ATC procedures.