Defensive Driving 101 vs Defensive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Defensive Driving 101
This educational tool helps drivers learn essential skills to improve their driving safety for themselves and others. It provides tools and knowledge to foster better driving habits.
- Learn defensive driving techniques
- Become a better driver
- Improve safety for yourself and others
- Educational driving tools
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Whether by choice or required, the Defensive Driving Course is a great tool for drivers to learn the tools in order to become a better driver for themselves and others.
Defensive
Manage your driving school schedule with this official mobile application. View upcoming lessons and book your next behind-the-wheel, observation, or classroom sessions.
- View upcoming lessons
- Schedule behind-the-wheel sessions
- Schedule observation sessions
- Schedule classroom sessions
- Official driving school app
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Official Defensive Driving School mobile app. View upcoming lessons and schedule your next behind the wheel, observation or classroom session.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Defensive at 2.7 against Defensive Driving 101's 2.0. Defensive also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). Defensive Driving 101's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, ads 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. Defensive Driving 101 sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Defensive asks for nothing beyond the download.
Defensive holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Defensive has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Defensive Driving 101's written reviews are positive against 33% of Defensive's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Defensive Driving 101 ships an update every 2 months, Defensive every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Defensive Driving 101 | Defensive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 2.7 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | B and O Technologies LLC | GoRoadie Limited |
Customer experience
Defensive Driving 101
Defensive
In-app purchases
Defensive Driving 101
- 100 coins$0.99
- 200 coins$1.99
- Defensive Driving 101 Full Course$1.99
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- 500 coins$2.99
- 1000 coins$4.99
Defensive
No in-app purchases
Questions
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