Roadworthy vs Lesson Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Roadworthy
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Roadworthy is for UK driving instructors. Solo ADIs, or a small school with a few instructors on the books. The whole business runs from your phone, between lessons, from the driver's seat. Roadworthy requires a paid subscription, with a 30-day free trial to start. Every feature described below โ the diary, CarPlay, sketches, the pupil app, online booking, pupil progress, earnings and the rest โ is included in that one subscription. There is nothing else to buy and no other in-app purchases. IN THE CAR WITH YOU Roadworthy runs on CarPlay: your next pickup, a live countdown, what you covered last time and today's focus, a heads-up when the drive to the next pickup is tighter than the gap, and one tap to hand navigation to Apple Maps. WORKS WITHOUT SIGNAL Your diary opens in a blackspot. Move or add a lesson with no signal and it's kept safe and sent the moment you're back online. SMART DIARY Your day and your week at a glance, with free days shown because a gap is the thing you want to fill. Set up standing weekly lessons once. If two pickups are too far apart to make in time, Roadworthy tells you before you've promised the slot. Pupils can have more than one pickup โ home, work, college. FILL CANCELLATIONS When a lesson cancels, text your waitlist in a tap and the first pupil to reply YES is booked straight in. Pupils who've told you they're free at that time are shown first. SKETCH ON THE ROAD Freeze a satellite view of a junction or roundabout and draw on it with your finger or Apple Pencil. Keep a library of them, and attach one to a lesson so your pupil sees it in their app that evening. YOUR PUPILS' APP Pupils see their next lesson, what you covered, their progress and anything owed, in your school's name and colours. They can message you, ask to cancel or move a lesson (you decide), sign your terms, and tell you when they're usually free. PUPIL PROGRESS & STANDARDS CHECK A DVSA skills grid for each learner, a test-readiness gauge, theory-expiry alerts and a countdown to the practical. Record each test result and see DVSA's four Standards Check triggers for your last 12 months. ONLINE BOOKING & PAYMENTS Send a learner your booking link. They pick a free slot and pay by card, and the money lands in your own account. Not ours. EARNINGS, EXPENSES & MILEAGE What you've taken, what's still owed, and what's left after fuel and costs. Log business miles for your HMRC mileage allowance, get reminders before your MOT, tax and insurance are due, and export a CSV for your accountant. AND MORE Prepaid lesson blocks, voice lesson notes, reminders, deposits that cover you for no-shows, and a school view when there's more than one of you. SUBSCRIPTION 30-day free trial, then ยฃ13.99/month or ยฃ109.99/year. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Lesson Diary
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Lesson Diary is a diary for UK driving instructors. The diary is the centre of the app. Bookings, pupil records, routes, reviews and payments all work around it. YOUR DIARY See your day, week or month. Book, move or cancel a lesson in a few taps. The app warns you when two lessons clash. Colour your lessons by type, download them, and send lesson reminders to your pupils. FILL THE GAPS Free slots show in your diary. Offer a gap to your pupils by email or text. You choose who gets the offer, and pupils book the slot from it. BOOKINGS THAT LAND IN YOUR DIARY Share your booking link or QR code. Pupils send a lesson request, and you review it on your phone. Set your lesson types, prices and the areas you cover, so you only get requests you can accept. PUPIL RECORDS Every pupil has one record: lessons, progress checks, notes, tests and a statement of what they owe. Update it after each lesson. Open it before the next one. LESSON ROUTES Start a drive and the app records the route. It saves with the lesson, with notes you add on the way. You decide whether pupils see it. Switch it on in settings when you want it. YOUR NUMBERS See your lessons each week, what you were paid each week, new pupils, and how your pupils are progressing. Your dashboard also shows booking requests, pupils who owe you money and driving tests this week. REVIEWS Ask your past pupils for a review in one go. Share your review link, or make a flyer from your reviews. WHO HAS PAID See who has paid and who owes you. Mark a lesson as paid in a tap. STANDARDS CHECK Stay on top of REPORTS Get reports about your business in one setup, learner, lessons, balances, expense, income, standards check - everything in one place. ONE ACCOUNT, EVERY DEVICE Your phone stays in sync with your Lesson Diary account on the web. BUILT FOR ONE INSTRUCTOR No fleet tools. Lesson Diary is for the instructor who runs their own diary, pupils and business. New here? Create a free account at lessondiary.co.uk, then sign in on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lesson Diary at none against Roadworthy's 2. Lesson Diary also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Roadworthy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Lesson Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Roadworthy ships an update weekly, Lesson Diary daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roadworthy | Lesson Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zacharia Grierson | Rezaul Reza |
In-app purchases
Roadworthy
- Roadworthy1 Month trial$14.991 Month
- Roadworthy (Yearly)1 Month trial$149.991 Year
Lesson Diary
No in-app purchases
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