instructly vs Instructors Portal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
instructly
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instructly: the ultimate app for UK driving instructors instructly is the all-in-one app that will save you hours a week. How? By providing a platform to manage ALL your lessons, students and payments. This allows you to streamline business operations and focus on what matters most - providing exceptional training to your students. ***Effortless Student Management*** With instructly, managing your students has never been easier. The app provides a user-friendly interface that allows you to store and access student information, including contact details, lesson and payment history, all in one convenient location. ***Seamless Lesson Scheduling*** instructly's built-in calendar feature revolutionises the way you schedule and manage driving lessons. The app syncs your lesson schedule with your iPhone's calendar, ensuring you never miss an appointment or double-book yourself. ***Integrated Payments and Invoicing*** The app integrates seamlessly with Stripe, a trusted and secure payment gateway, enabling you to process transactions directly through the platform. Join the growing community of driving instructors who trust instructly with their operations. Download the app today and experiment with 3 free student slots, and continue with unlimited students for only ยฃ18.99 a month. Start streamlining your business today! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://instructly.co.uk/#faq
Instructors Portal
Manage pupils, schedule lessons, track progress, and monitor earnings for driving instructors. Offers a clean calendar, detailed pupil records, route planning, and business analytics. Syncs data across devices for convenience.
- Smart scheduling calendar
- Pupil progress tracking
- Route overview and planning
- Earnings and analytics monitoring
- iCloud backup and sync
- Paperwork-free business management
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Plan your driving lessons, track pupil progress and manage your instructor business with Instructors Portal. Keep bookings, feedback, mock driving tests, earnings and expenses together, with a learner experience that supports preparation between lessons. START FREE Start with up to 5 lifetime learner places and 4 lessons per learner: 20 lessons in total, with no subscription required and no trial countdown. Recurring bookings use the same allowance. Upcoming bookings reserve a lesson place; cancelling them releases it. Completed lessons and learner places stay used, even after deletion or archiving. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited learners and lessons. PLAN YOUR TEACHING DAY Manage individual and recurring lessons in your calendar. See upcoming appointments, check your route overview and use reminders to keep track of your day. Open a pre-lesson briefing to review recent feedback, recorded progress and the learner's next focus. MAKE PROGRESS CLEAR Record lesson feedback and assessments across 27 driving skills. Keep lesson summaries, next focus, milestones and mock test results in each learner's record. Follow up on outstanding feedback from Home and keep a useful history for future lessons. ASK AVEN Use Aven to ask about saved learner progress, prepare lesson ideas, find availability and review your schedule. Follow-up questions keep the conversation moving, and relevant shortcuts take you to the records you need. Review suggestions and confirm bookings yourself. Generative AI features require a compatible device with Apple Intelligence enabled and available in a supported language and region. KEEP YOUR BUSINESS IN VIEW Track earnings, unpaid balances and expenses. Review teaching hours and business summaries alongside your lesson records, so you can spend less time piecing together your admin. SUPPORT LEARNING BETWEEN LESSONS Learner Mode includes illustrated skill guides, interactive road scenes, show me, tell me practice, private notes and personal confidence tracking. Learners can start without an instructor invitation. Connecting to their instructor adds shared lessons, feedback, assessments and mock results, with Aven support when relevant instructor feedback is available. Personal confidence stays separate from instructor assessments. BACK UP YOUR RECORDS Use the app's backup and export tools to keep a copy of your records, including iCloud backup options for your instructor workspace. PRO SUBSCRIPTIONS Monthly and annual Pro subscriptions unlock unlimited learners and lessons. Prices and any eligible offers are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in Apple Account settings. Instructors Portal supports learning and lesson management. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the DVSA and does not predict driving test results. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: instructly at none against Instructors Portal's 2. instructly also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Instructors Portal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. instructly asks for nothing beyond the download.
instructly ships an update every 2 days, Instructors Portal fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | instructly | Instructors Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | โ | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days โ better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Monetization | โ | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 โ better | 18.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flux Apps Limited | RAJA RAHEES TAHIR |
In-app purchases
instructly
No in-app purchases
Instructors Portal
- Monthly subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly subscription$19.991 Year
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