Zubie vs Defensive Instructor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zubie
Manage vehicles, devices, and assets with real-time tracking and trip history. Receive important notifications for driving events and maintenance. View dashcam footage and images directly within the app.
- Vehicle, device, and asset management
- Real-time position and trip history
- Dashcam video and image viewing
- Driving event and maintenance notifications
- Customizable asset types
- Advanced search and filtering
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Updates and new functionality: * a new look-and-feel * manage vehicles, devices, assets, and dashcams from a single application * view dashcam video & images * view current position and trip history for vehicles, including a calendar view * receive notifications of driving events, maintenance issues, and more * add assets and asset types and view position & history * updated search and filtering
Defensive Instructor
Organize your driving students, track their progress, and access valuable training materials. This tool helps instructors manage lesson evaluations and student development efficiently.
- Student management
- Lesson evaluations
- Progress tracking
- Training resources access
- Student development overview
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Manage your students, lesson evaluations, student progress and access training resources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Defensive Instructor at 5.0 against Zubie's 3.9. Defensive Instructor also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Zubie's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Defensive Instructor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zubie has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Zubie ships an update every 8 days, Defensive Instructor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zubie | Defensive Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZUBIE INC. | GoRoadie Limited |
Customer experience
Zubie
Defensive Instructor
In-app purchases
Zubie
No in-app purchases
Defensive Instructor
No in-app purchases
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