# Iowa DMV - IA Permit test ed — user reviews > 47 indexed App Store user reviews of Iowa DMV by Driver-Start.Com, rated 4.40/5 from 475 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/iowa-dmv-ia-permit-test-ed/id1020794564/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/iowa-dmv-ia-permit-test-ed/id1020794564.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 317 · 4★ 102 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 31 ## What do users think of Iowa DMV? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - ✅ Effective practice tool for permit/driver test preparation - 📚 Comprehensive question bank covering test material - 🎯 Similar questions to actual DMV/DOT tests - 👍 User-friendly interface and easy to use - 🧠 Helps improve reading comprehension and focus - 💪 Boosts confidence before taking real test **Cons** - 📺 Excessive and intrusive ads disrupting study sessions - ❌ Questions don't match actual test content (inconsistent) - 🖼️ Visual representations/images are unclear or cut off - ✍️ Grammar mistakes and typos throughout app - 😕 Confusing pie chart results and vague feedback - 🔍 Limited ability to review specific right/wrong answers - ⚠️ Some questions and content are inaccurate - 🐛 App crashes on newer iOS versions **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when opened on newer iPhone OS versions - App quits unexpectedly during use - Visual representations cut off or distorted - Incorrect score calculation (e.g., 19/20 showing as 80%) - Ads pop up between questions interrupting workflow **Most requested features** - Category-specific practice tests (e.g., laws, situations) - Detailed review of individual test results - Ability to view specific questions answered incorrectly - Reduce or eliminate ads from app - Improve visual clarity of images and diagrams - Fix grammar and spelling errors - Update content to match current official DMV tests - Compatibility with latest iOS versions ## Newest reviews (10 of 47) ### 4/5 — Pretty good! *2023-09-30, version 2.9.0* Definitely recommend just to practice for the written test, although the constant ads are infuriating. ### 3/5 — useful but not *2021-12-04, version 2.9.0* this app is amazingly helpful but when you finish either the marathon or the test is doesn’t allow you to view the specific ones you got right or wrong. the way it does show it is with very vague pie charts that are very confusing. i also wish that is would allow you (for the short test) to choose a specific category like ‘laws’ or ‘situations’ along with the option it currently has of a random assortment of the questions ### 4/5 — it’s nice to have just has some mistakes *2020-11-29, version 2.9.0* when i was using it it had multiple grammar mistakes and sometimes the pictures are hard to understand but i would definitely recommend using it! ### 4/5 — useful but hard to use *2020-07-16, version 2.9.0* this app is very useful, except some of the visual representations are cut off in a weird way so you can't answer the question correctly and there are a couple ads every time i take a practice test. the stuff to learn is great and very helpful but it's very intimidating and i found it easier to skim and take the practice test over and over instead of studying using the textbook. ### 4/5 — Best study guide ever *2020-06-24, version 2.9.0* It is very helpful and has a lot of features to help you study for your exam ### 4/5 — Good *2020-06-17, version 2.9.0* I like it a lot but I’m the middle of studying the weird game adds are distracting ### 5/5 — Yay!!! *2018-11-07, version 2.9.0* Thanks to this I passed my test!!! ### 3/5 — Decent *2018-09-02, version 2.9.0* It has all the basics, but the ads are intrusive. ### 4/5 — Math much? *2018-08-25, version 2.9.0* Why do I get 19 out of 20 and get 80%? 😂 ### 5/5 — It’s a great app *2018-08-22, version 2.9.0* Very very helpful for permit love it ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Annoying *2022-08-12, version 2.9.0* Maybe if you got rid of the ads I wouldn’t lose my focus in what I’m trying to do ### 1/5 — Not good *2022-02-28, version 2.9.0* This app doesn’t have a lot to actually help us it’s confusing the photos and some of the questions are too they need to either update this to actually be able to help us with the test or delete the app ### 1/5 — Piece of garbage *2021-12-03, version 2.9.0* This app is terrible. It’s not from the DOT and some of the question’s are incorrect. I would not recommend anyone to use this app. 0 out of 5 stars. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2021-03-25, version 2.9.0* It doesn’t have everything that will show up on the test whoever made this app should delete himeself ### 1/5 — Garbage *2020-08-16, version 2.9.0* Never practiced so many times and and go to test and I’ve never seen any of the questions on the test ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time *2020-05-19, version 2.9.0* I was using this app to study for my drivers test. I was completely confident that I would pass since I was getting every question right on the practice test easily. Time comes to take the test, and none of the questions they gave were similar to the questions I got. Don’t waste your time. This app screwed me over. ### 1/5 — Failed *2019-11-07, version 2.9.0* Bruh it says I passed 100% on this but when I went to take the test I fail 3 times 😤 ### 1/5 — The question are not the same as the DMV *2019-09-12, version 2.9.0* I used this app and failed twice cuz of it delete this app none of the questions are the same as the real test ### 1/5 — Screwed me over *2019-07-24, version 2.9.0* I practiced in this app for 2 months before my drivers test and when I took the real test no of the questions were on the test. So I had no idea what any of the questions meant. Don’t get this app if you wanna pass your test in the first time. ### 1/5 — Not the same as the real test *2018-09-26, version 2.9.0* I failed my test because, the app does not give all the questions. And I studied it for hours, go to the website or get the manual. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Hi *2025-04-22, version 2.9.0* This app is so awesome it helped me practice more ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-07-03, version 2.9.0* Love love love ❤️ ### 5/5 — this is fye 🔥😈😈😈😈 *2022-11-02, version 2.9.0* on my momma soul 4kt 🔫🥷🏿💔 ### 5/5 — Very helpful *2021-11-10, version 2.9.0* This app helps me very much ### 5/5 — Love it *2020-07-30, version 2.9.0* good luck everyone ### 5/5 — Hi *2020-07-13, version 2.9.0* Wow better than the computer version of this ### 5/5 — Helped me *2020-03-12, version 2.9.0* Good ### 5/5 — very good *2019-11-05, version 2.9.0* this app is very good and helpful. i am testing for my permit tomorrow and i feel that it has helped me out a lot. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2019-04-15, version 2.9.0* I failed the first time but then I used this app to study and it helped me so much ### 5/5 — Very good for the permit test *2019-04-03, version 2.9.0* This app has questions on it that are very similar to the permit test. It’s very helpful and I recommend it to everyone:) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-14.*