Comparison

DriveLogs vs Coachseat

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

Head to head
About

DriveLogs

This app automatically tracks driving hours for student drivers using GPS. It includes parent verification, detailed progress reports, and face verification for secure logging. It's designed to meet DMV requirements for driving logs and offers educational content.

Highlights
  • GPS-powered automatic driving session tracking
  • Parent/guardian verification and certification
  • Detailed progress reports and analytics
  • Face verification for secure logging
  • Meets DMV requirements for driving logs
  • Educational driving content
Features
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DriveLogs is the driving log tracker and DMV test-prep app designed specifically for student drivers and supervising parents. Effortlessly track required permit hours, practice state-specific permit exams, receive parent certifications, and generate official DMV-compliant drive logs. Ditch the paper logbook. DriveLogs automatically records your driving sessions, accurately splits day and night driving hours, and gives parents total peace of mind. Key Features: • Automatic GPS Session Tracking: Records driving time, distance, and route maps with high accuracy. • Automated Day & Night Calculation: Automatically calculates daytime versus nighttime driving based on local astronomical sunset times. • 50-State DMV Practice Exams: Prepare to pass your learner's permit test on the first try with comprehensive state-specific practice quizzes. • Parent/Guardian Digital Certification: Supervisors can review routes, check telemetrics, and digitally sign off on completed hours. • Official DMV-Compliant PDF Logs: Export and print cleanly formatted chronological drive logs complete with digital supervisor signatures, ready for your DMV license appointment. • Driving Skills Curriculum: Track mastery of essential road skills, from parallel parking and three-point turns to highway merging and adverse weather driving. • Biometric Verification: Built-in verification ensures logged driving hours are legitimate and audit-proof. Perfect For: • Teen and student drivers (ages 14–18+) working toward their learner's permit or driver's license • Parents and guardians supervising state graduated driver licensing (GDL) hours • Driving schools and certified instructors managing student progress • Anyone preparing for their state DMV permit knowledge test Why Families Choose DriveLogs: Unlike paper log sheets or generic mileage apps, DriveLogs is tailor-made for state Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) requirements. From your very first practice drive to your final DMV appointment, DriveLogs keeps the journey to your driver's license organized, compliant, and stress-free. Download DriveLogs today and start logging your hours the smart way!

About

Coachseat

Features
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Coachseat is a teen driving log and driving hours tracker that keeps every supervised practice drive on the books. One tap starts the timer from the passenger seat. Day and night minutes are split automatically from the real local sunset, and every session counts toward your state's required hours, a permit hours tracker built for learner drivers and the parent or supervisor riding along. - Pick your state and watch the progress fill toward the goal - Add drives from before you installed, and edit any recorded entry - Track more than one student learner and note who supervised - Export a clean, printable PDF log with a signature line - No account, everything stays on your phone, ready whenever you need it Coachseat is an independent practice log. Confirm your state's accepted format with your DMV or driver-ed program. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTDX9pxPOlUJl_skVUHPi99mAw0y2B2BYd_v1mJkoF3xW3rlOcW5KlYd4t93MMbbGhctSTnBTy7d_l6/pub Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DriveLogs4 screens
Coachseat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DriveLogs at none against Coachseat's 1. DriveLogs also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Coachseat's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Coachseat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DriveLogs asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
DriveLogs versus Coachseat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDriveLogsCoachseat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark PaulAndrii Bashta

In-app purchases

None

DriveLogs

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Coachseat

One-time1
  • Coachseat Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is DriveLogs free?
DriveLogs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coachseat free?
Coachseat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DriveLogs or Coachseat have ads?
DriveLogs shows ads; Coachseat does not.

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