Chronicle Visitor App vs TachoClear

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When can you start tomorrow? How much driving is left this week — and when is your weekly rest due? TachoClear works it out from the shifts you record and shows the rule behind every answer. Your tachograph records the day. TachoClear plans the next one: earliest start, reduced rests left, the 90-hour fortnight and your working-time average. Built for UK lorry, van and coach drivers under the assimilated drivers' hours rules, GB domestic rules and the Working Time Regulations. YOUR RECORD, YOUR ANSWERS TachoClear doesn't read your tachograph or driver card. You record your shifts in the app, live or afterwards, and every answer comes from that record. Where your history is incomplete, it says so and holds back what it can't check yet. Planner covers the EU-style rules; unsupported rule combinations are identified explicitly. NEW TO TACHOGRAPHS? Tell TachoClear what you drive and when your first shift starts. Under EU-style rules you can choose "I want to plan a shift" instead: enter when your last rest began and Planner shows your recommended next start, based on the history recorded so far. A sample day shows a shift with one thing wrong, and the rule that says so. DRIVING A VAN TO EUROPE? Since 1 July 2026, vans over 2.5 tonnes on international or cabotage goods journeys can come under EU-style rules. Three questions tell you which rules cover your work. LIVE TRACKING IS FREE Record as many shifts as you like, each with its summary and next available start, free for good. Planner and Week are free for 7 days from when you tap Start free. Saved shifts stay readable and correctable. WHAT IT DOES • Live shift tracking — one tap to switch between driving, other work, POA, break and rest • Drive Detection — optional automatic switching while the app is open; off by default • Break countdowns — the 4.5-hour driving clock and working-time breaks; split breaks that won't qualify are flagged • Daily rest options — 11h, reduced 9h (your remaining budget shown) or 3+9 split • Weekly rest — the six-day deadline, reduced rest and compensation payback • Working Time — the 60-hour week cap, your 48-hour average, night work; POA excluded • Forward planner — "if I start at 06:00…" gives latest break, latest finish, earliest next start • Off-shift reminders — the evening before your next start, a Sunday week ahead or your usual start; each off until you turn it on • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island — your next deadline, plus Driving, Break and Other work buttons • Fix anything — edit, split or correct any entry, with undo • Driver CPC hours — track your 35 hours against your card's expiry • Plain-English rules library, with sources • PDF and CSV export, and a weekly hours sheet with each day's duty, driving, breaks and working time (Pro) FREE TO TRACK, PRO TO PLAN TachoClear Pro is a one-off lifetime unlock that keeps Planner and Week after your free week, and adds export and the weekly hours sheet, multi-manning, the full manual-entry practice library and Apple Watch. Family Sharing is enabled. Customers who bought the earlier paid version get Pro automatically once Apple verifies that purchase. No subscription. No ads. No account. Your driver record stays on your iPhone. Restoring it to a new phone from an iCloud or computer backup has not been verified, so export PDF or CSV before replacing the phone. Pseudonymous product analytics, crash reports and privacy-preserving advertising measurement are on by default, can be switched off in Settings and never include your hours, dates, GPS location, motion, notes or exports; providers may derive a coarse region from network data and receive the purchased product, price and currency. Shift tracking, saved records and the rules guide work offline. IMPORTANT TachoClear is a planning aid, not the legal record — your tachograph is. It is not legal advice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any government body. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.