DriveSchoolPro vs Lesson Diary

DriveSchoolPro is the complete management app for UK driving instructors and driving schools. Whether you're a solo ADI or run a multi-instructor school, it replaces the paper diary, the spreadsheet and the late-night text messages with one simple app. TODAY AT A GLANCE Start every day with your lessons, pickups and reminders in one view — and carry on where you left off even when you're offline between lessons. EFFORTLESS SCHEDULING Book, move and cancel lessons in a calendar built for driving tuition, with automatic conflict detection so you never double-book a car or an instructor. PUPILS AND PROGRESS Keep every pupil's details, lesson history and DVSA syllabus progress together. Record lesson outcomes in seconds and see who's test-ready. PAYMENTS WITHOUT THE PAPERWORK Record cash and bank payments, sell lesson packages, raise invoices and see exactly who owes what — all in pounds, formatted the way UK schools work. MESSAGES THAT REACH YOU Pupils message you from their own portal; you get a push notification the moment it arrives and can reply in-app. WhatsApp and email escalation keep pupils in the loop without sharing your personal number. BUILT FOR THE UK 24-hour times, DD/MM/YYYY dates, GBP throughout, and DVSA-aligned progress tracking. DriveSchoolPro is for driving schools and instructors with a DriveSchoolPro account. Sign in with your existing school account to get started.

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.