# Plato: Know Thy Motor — UK car tax & MOT checker

> UK car tax & MOT checker (iPhone/iPad app by AKP STUDIO WORKS LTD.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plato-know-thy-motor/id6763554247 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [AKP STUDIO WORKS LTD](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895371870)
- Category: Utilities, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 31 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-04-25
- Data updated: 2026-06-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plato-know-thy-motor/id6763554247/reviews.md

## What is Plato?

Know thy motor. No nonsense.

Plato is the clean UK vehicle lookup app. Speak or type a registration and get the answer. That's it.

No accounts. No ads. No subscription traps. No data harvesting. No "premium tier" hiding the basic information you came for.

Plato exists because every other UK car check app eventually does one of these things. We don't. And we're not planning to.

WHAT YOU GET, FREE FOREVER
- Tax status and tax due date
- MOT status and MOT expiry date
- Vehicle make, year and colour
- Fuel type and engine size
- CO2 emissions and Euro status
- First registration date
- Export status
- Voice or text input

Powered by official DVLA data, the same source used by insurers and dealerships.

WHO IT'S FOR
- Drivers checking their own vehicle in seconds
- Anyone considering a used car who wants the basics fast
- People who hate filling in forms, creating accounts and dodging paywalls just to see the basics

VOICE FIRST
Tap the mic, say the plate naturally and the lookup happens automatically. No typing, no fiddling. Just say it and know it.

WHO BUILT IT
Plato is built by AKP Studio, a solo indie developer in the UK. No venture capital. No growth team. No data brokerage. Just a useful, clean app that does one thing well.

THE PHILOSOPHY
Named after the Greek philosopher who said the unexamined life is not worth living. We think the same applies to your car. Know thy motor.

PRIVACY
Plato doesn't track you. Plato doesn't have an account system. Your lookups stay on your device. Full privacy policy at platocheck.com/privacy.

WHAT'S NEXT
We're building Plato carefully. The first upgrade has arrived: Plato Plus, an optional one-time purchase that adds a personal Garage for your saved vehicles plus MOT, tax and insurance reminders. Full MOT history is still to come. The free lookup stays free forever and none of this compromises the philosophy.

Questions, feedback, ideas: hi@platocheck.com

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Plato Plus | $3.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-06-10

Introducing Plato Plus, an optional one-time upgrade.

- Save your vehicles to a personal Garage
- Get reminders before MOT, tax and insurance run out, at 30, 14 and 1 days
- Everything stays on your device, no account and no subscription

One-time £3.99. Yours forever. The free lookup stays exactly as it is, free forever.

As always, no ads, no tracking, no nonsense.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-05-07

Small fixes and tweaks based on early user feedback:
- Cleaner input placeholders.
- Speaker icon now reads results aloud even when phone is on silent.
- Better error messages so you know exactly what happened.

Thanks to everyone who tried Plato in the first week. Keep the feedback coming.

### 1.0 — 2026-04-25

No release notes.

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