Comparison

MyDriveTime vs Driving Instructor Lessons

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MyDriveTime

This app helps driving instructors manage their schedules, student progress, and finances. It offers tools for lesson planning, digital agreements, and insightful reports to improve teaching effectiveness and business operations.

Highlights
  • Smart diary for lesson scheduling
  • Student progress tracking
  • Lesson planning tools
  • Finance and earnings tracker
  • Digital contract management
  • Performance insights and reports
Features
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MyDriveTime – The TOP-RATED award-winning diary & admin app for ADIs, PDIs, Driving Schools & Students. The ORIGINAL & MOST TRUSTED Driving Instructor & Student App (since 2014). MyDriveTime is the UK’s leading all-in-one management app for driving instructors – delivering quality through innovation. Whether you’re a PDI, an independent ADI, or part of a driving school, MyDriveTime helps you stay organised, save time, and teach more effectively. WINNER – PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDER OF THE YEAR Intelligent Instructor Awards – recognising excellence in driver training MyDriveTime brings together your diary, pupils, lessons & finances into one simple, reliable instructor app – trusted by thousands of UK ADIs and PDIs since 2014. SMART DIARY Manage lessons, students and availability with ease. Plan your day, add recurrence, avoid clashes and stay organised wherever you are STUDENT RECORDS Track pupil progress, lesson history, notes and goals. Keep all learner details in one secure, easy-to-access place LESSON PLANNING Deliver structured, effective driving lessons every time with clear progress tracking and personalised learner goals FINANCE TOOL Record lesson payments, earnings and expenses automatically. Keep your accounts accurate and up to date without paperwork STUDENT APP Keep learners engaged and informed between lessons by sharing information and outcomes – share progress and upcoming bookings instantly DIGITAL T&Cs Go paperless with easy, professional digital agreements. Capture signatures securely and store them with pupil records INSIGHTS & REPORTS Review your activity, pupil progress and lesson history. Gain useful insights that help you improve performance and plan ahead MYDRIVETIME ASSURED FREE Data Transfer • Move from any other system easily • We’ll migrate your records for free • No downtime, no hassle FREE for PDIs • Use MyDriveTime at no cost during training, however long it takes! • Get free support from day one with PDI Best Start 100% CONFIDENCE GUARANTEE • 6-Month MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE • Try risk-free for 6 months, and if you’re not happy, cancel and get your money back WHY INSTRUCTORS CHOOSE MYDRIVETIME • The UK’s most reliable & proven driving instructor & student app • Safe & secure cloud-based data storage • Award-winning UK support team • Constantly updated with new features driven by instructor feedback DOWNLOAD MYDRIVETIME TODAY! Start your FREE trial and see why MyDriveTime is the most trusted driving instructor app in the UK SMARTER • SAFER • PROVEN • TRUSTED ----- WHAT INSTRUCTORS ARE SAYING … “The fact that everything is contained inside MyDriveTime such as finances, student development, diary & profiles is fantastic. MyDriveTime puts ME in the driving seat! I love it!” – Simon Woodley “I signed up with MyDriveTime after researching many similar products and I am most impressed; not only with the product but with Dan & Michelle who are really hands on with correspondence and feedback” – Nigel Cullen “Having tried numerous online diaries over the year this has NO complications and takes the pressure off. You can understand this within 5 minutes and it’s what ADI’s have been wanting for years” – Sue Allen

About

Driving Instructor Lessons

Manage your driving school operations with this comprehensive app. Track lessons, pupil progress, payments, and expenses. Communicate with learners and analyze business performance, all from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Lesson diary with day/week views
  • Pupil record management
  • Progress tracking and test readiness
  • Automated reminders and messages
  • Payment and expense logging
  • Business performance statistics
  • Learner driver portal
Features
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Driving Instructor Manager is the lesson diary and business app for driving instructors (ADIs) and their learner drivers. Your diary, pupils, payments and test progress live in one place on your iPhone or iPad, so you spend less time on admin and more time teaching. YOUR LESSON DIARY • Day and week views of every driving lesson • Drag and drop a lesson to reschedule it • Every lesson shows whether it is paid or unpaid • Repeat lessons daily, weekly or every two weeks • Sync lessons to your calendar • Set your working hours PUPIL RECORDS • Add pupils by hand or import them from your contacts • Call a pupil straight from their record • Keep notes, lesson history, mock tests and progress for every pupil • Invite pupils to connect to you in the app PROGRESS AND TEST READINESS • Track each learner's driving skills topic by topic • See how ready each pupil is for their driving test • Record mock test results and create PDF reports REMINDERS AND MESSAGES • Send a push reminder to every connected pupil in one tap • Ready-made texts for lesson reminders, changes and cancellations, sent from your own Messages app • Send one message to all your pupils at once PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES • Mark lessons as paid, one at a time or in bulk • Payment reminders by text • Log your business expenses and export them as a PDF STATS FOR YOUR DRIVING SCHOOL • Revenue, lessons and cancellations month by month • Performance, efficiency and pupil engagement • Mock test results across all your pupils FOR LEARNER DRIVERS • Connect to your instructor with an invite code • See your lessons, notes, progress and mock tests • Read messages from your instructor • See your instructor's available slots and request a lesson WORKS THE WAY YOU DO • Works offline, with cloud backup and sync when you have an account • Web portal for your account • Sign in with Apple, Google or email, or try the app as a guest • Available in 17 languages: English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish Less admin. More teaching. Download Driving Instructor Manager and run your driving school from your iPhone.

Screenshots

MyDriveTime4 screens
Driving Instructor Lessons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Driving Instructor Lessons at 100% against MyDriveTime's 50%. Driving Instructor Lessons also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). MyDriveTime's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyDriveTime ships an update every 2 months, Driving Instructor Lessons every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
MyDriveTime versus Driving Instructor Lessons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyDriveTimeDriving Instructor Lessons
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB71 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMay Stanley LtdZINTELLI Ltd

Customer experience

MyDriveTime

Written reviews16 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral18.8%
Negative31.3%

Driving Instructor Lessons

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MyDriveTime

No in-app purchases

None

Driving Instructor Lessons

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyDriveTime free?
MyDriveTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Driving Instructor Lessons free?
Driving Instructor Lessons is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MyDriveTime or Driving Instructor Lessons have ads?
Neither MyDriveTime nor Driving Instructor Lessons shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyDriveTime or Driving Instructor Lessons?
MyDriveTime ships an update every 2 months, and Driving Instructor Lessons every 2 days. Most recently, MyDriveTime was updated on November 3, 2026 and Driving Instructor Lessons on November 7, 2026.

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