DLR Exam TrainerCan you prepare for the DLR test with an app?
An app can get you familiar with the DLR test's computer-based test types and give you practice working under time pressure. The DLR Exam Trainer covers 10 test types, but not MIC — and no training app can guarantee you'll pass the DLR test.
An app can be a useful piece of your DLR test preparation, but it doesn't replace the whole thing, and it certainly isn't a guarantee of success. What an app can realistically train is the computer-based test types — the tasks built around reaction speed, concentration, memory, and mental arithmetic under time pressure. The DLR Exam Trainer, for instance, trains 10 of these test types, but not MIC, which requires real joystick-and-pedal hardware. The important caveat: no training app, this one included, can guarantee you'll pass the DLR test, whether that's the Lufthansa BU or the DLR Pilot Certificate.
What an app can realistically train
Based on the available descriptions, the DLR test is a mix of knowledge tests (English, technical comprehension, sometimes physics/maths) and computer-based performance tests like the triangle/concentration test (SKT), visual memory (VMC), digit span (RMS), mental arithmetic (KRN), instrument reading (OWT), cube folding (PPT), path figures (WFG), and spatial orientation — plus a personality questionnaire. That kind of on-screen task format is exactly what an app can reproduce and let you practise repeatedly, so you're familiar with the format on test day instead of caught off guard. What an app can't reproduce is MIC, which requires monitoring and instrument coordination with an actual joystick and pedals — see also The DLR MIC test explained.
What the DLR Exam Trainer specifically offers
The DLR Exam Trainer trains 10 of the computer-based test types, runs offline with no account needed, and is available on iOS. Four modules — the triangle test, visual memory, cube folding, and technical comprehension — are free, while the Pro version with all modules costs CHF 9.90 per month or CHF 39.90 as a one-time purchase. As a rough guideline, preparation is often described as taking 2 to 3 months with 20 to 45 minutes of daily practice — though how much you actually need depends heavily on your starting level and the procedure you're going through.
What no app can do
An app trains test formats, not your overall aptitude. It can't tell you anything about MIC, the personal impression you make in an interview, the group exercises in the Firmenqualifikation, or the medical examination. Knowledge tests like English, technical comprehension, or physics also rely more on solid underlying knowledge than pure app drilling — targeted review of school material tends to help more there. And even for the test types an app does cover, the actual tasks on test day are set by the DLR and can differ from any practice material.
TipTreat an app as a complement to a structured prep plan, such as the 8-week training plan, rather than as your only preparation.
Exactly which test types are used, and how much preparation is realistically needed, varies between procedures. The current information from the DLR or from the relevant airline or flight school is what applies.