Permis 101 vs SAAQ Knowledge Test Practice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Permis 101
Prepare for your Quebec driver's license theory exam with practice tests that mimic the official format. Study road signs, traffic rules, and specialized topics with interactive scenarios and intelligent error review. Your progress is private and stored locally.
- Official exam format simulation
- 600+ verified practice questions
- 128 redrawn and explained road signs
- Interactive priority trainer
- Smart error review and statistics
- No account creation or ads
- One-time purchase
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Fail one section of the knowledge test and you wait 28 days to retake it. Permis 101 gets you ready — section by section. THE OFFICIAL FORMAT, EXACTLY 28 questions in 3 sections — 8 Road rules, 8 Road signs, 12 Driving behaviours — and each section is passed separately, at 75%. Your mock tests reproduce that format exactly, thresholds included. EVERYTHING YOU NEED (CAR, CLASS 5) • 600 original questions, verified against the official guides • 128 road signs, redrawn and explained • The right-of-way trainer: 27 interactive intersection scenarios • Three readiness rings that measure how much of the bank you have actually mastered • Smart review of your mistakes, with statistics by topic IN ENGLISH AND IN FRENCH Switch language whenever you like, in Settings. Each module covers both — the whole question bank is written in each language, not machine-translated. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Built for Law 25: no account to create, no ads, no subscription. Your progress stays on your devices and in your own iCloud — never on our servers. MOTORCYCLE (CLASS 6): A MODULE SOLD SEPARATELY Taking the motorcycle knowledge test (6R licence)? The motorcycle module is a separate in-app purchase, at the same price as the car module: about 200 original motorcycle questions, each one explained, and a motorcycle mock test in the exact format — 32 questions, 27 out of 32 to pass, if you already hold a Class 5 driver's licence or probationary licence. No Class 5 licence yet? Preparation for the full test — the Highway Safety Code, road signs and motorcycle riding — is included. ONE PURCHASE PER MODULE, FOR GOOD Try the free demo, then unlock the module for your test — car (Class 5) or motorcycle (Class 6). Each module is a single purchase, for good; one doesn't unlock the other. Permis 101 is an independent app. It is not affiliated with the SAAQ, nor endorsed by it; "SAAQ" is used only to describe the exam it prepares you for. Questions: soutien@permis101.com
SAAQ Knowledge Test Practice
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Independent training app published by AZSoft. It does not represent any government entity and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) or the ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable. The SAAQ knowledge test for the class 5 driver's licence has 28 questions across three parts, and you need 75% in EACH of the three, never on average. Failing a single part fails the test, and only the failed part is retaken. Almost no app in the category simulates that format: the 2022-03-07 version of the SAAQ policy had 64 questions, and many still follow it. WHAT IS IN THE APP ▸ 635 corrected questions, in French and in English, across the three official parts: Highway Safety Code, Signs and signals, Specialisation ▸ Every answer cites its section of the Highway Safety Code: you know where the rule comes from, and you can check it ▸ The directory of Quebec's 181 road signs, sorted by family, with their spaced-repetition cards ▸ Every question can be read aloud, question and choices, as at the SAAQ test, and every explanation too: 7,628 audio clips in French and in English that work without internet ▸ 121 questions illustrated with a driving scene you can enlarge with a tap, as at the test ▸ Mock test in the real format, timed, scored part by part the way the SAAQ does it ▸ Custom test: your topic, your question count, your difficulty level ▸ Practice by part and by topic, across seventeen topics ▸ Smart review, which comes back to the questions you keep getting wrong ▸ The 12 steps of the road to a class 5 licence, from phase 1 to the probationary licence ▸ 65 revision facts, each citing its section, across 3 sheets, one per part ▸ Interface in French, English, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese. Questions are played in French and English, the two languages the SAAQ offers the test in to everyone; in Arabic, Spanish and Mandarin it offers it only to new residents who ask for it. IF YOU ARE ARRIVING FROM ABROAD Quebec has licence exchange agreements with only twelve jurisdictions. If your country is not one of them, you sit the knowledge test and the road test, without being required to take the driving course. This app was built for that path, which is why its interface exists in the five languages of the class 5 knowledge test, while its questions are played in the two that are offered without a request. ABOUT THE RESULTS The app gives your success rate per part and how it moves over time, with the official 75% threshold marked on each part. Its readiness indicator is the app's own: it is not a test result and says nothing about how the SAAQ will assess you. OFFICIAL SOURCES ▸ SAAQ, class 5 driver's licence: https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca/permis-conduire/obtenir-permis/auto-classe-5 ▸ Highway Safety Code of Quebec, CQLR c. C-24.2: official text published by Les Publications du Québec ▸ SAAQ, "Examens de compétence" policy (VPASRR 40004 PO-PM 05): https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca No image and no text from the SAAQ or from Tome V is reproduced in this app: the signs come from a public-domain collection (Wikimedia Commons), the driving scenes are drawn for the app, and the articles quoted are those of the published law.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SAAQ Knowledge Test Practice at daily against Permis 101's every 4 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Permis 101 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and SAAQ Knowledge Test Practice sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Permis 101 ships an update every 4 days, SAAQ Knowledge Test Practice daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Permis 101 | SAAQ Knowledge Test Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 288 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Julien Courbebaisse | Azaza Farid |
In-app purchases
Permis 101
- Permis 101 Complete$6.99
- Permis 101 Motorcycle, Class 6$6.99
SAAQ Knowledge Test Practice
- Premium 1 semaine$3.997 Days
- Premium – mensuel$7.991 Month
- Premium 3 mois$17.993 Months
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- Premium 1 an$44.991 Year
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