Left Side Driving Simulator vs ParkingAim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Left Side Driving Simulator
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Planning to rent a car in the UK, Ireland, Japan or Australia? Driving on the left can feel unfamiliar when you have spent years driving on the right. Get acquainted with left-side traffic in an open-world driving simulator designed for travelers. PRACTICE THE SWITCH Explore an open world and get used to keeping left. Practice paying attention to your position on the road and the traffic around you in a virtual environment. TIPS AND WARNINGS AS YOU DRIVE Get practical guidance while you explore. On-screen tips and warnings help you recognize situations that may be unfamiliar to drivers from right-side traffic countries. LEARN BEFORE YOUR TRIP Work through short lessons about adapting to left-side driving, then apply what you learn in the simulator. Whether you are preparing for a vacation, a business trip or a move abroad, practice at your own pace. BUILT FOR DRIVERS WHO ARE SWITCHING SIDES This is more than an open-world driving game. It is a place to familiarize yourself with driving on the opposite side of the road before you arrive and pick up your rental car. Practice virtually, then check the official road rules, signage and licensing requirements for your destination. This simulator is an educational practice tool, not real-world driving instruction or a substitute for supervised training.
ParkingAim
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Park like you've done it a thousand times. ParkingAim teaches parking the way a seasoned driving instructor does: step by step, with a calm voice beside you, in a living 3D city. Practice until it's second nature, with no one waiting behind you. AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT • Every step short and clear: when to stop, how far to turn the wheel, where to look. • A female or male voice in your language, and an examiner's voice in exams. • The path drawn on the road and a ghost car showing exactly where to stop. • Watch the instructor's demo, practice with the guide, then take the exam on your own. • Every park measured: distance to the curb, angle, centering and moves. WORKED OUT FOR YOUR CAR A hatchback and a limousine don't park the same way. Every lesson is solved for your car's real length, wheelbase and turning circle: where to stop, when to turn, how many turns of the wheel. 20 cars, all to scale. 20 LESSONS The Parking Training course: Fundamentals, Parallel Parking, Perpendicular Parking (with an underground garage full of pillars), Angled Parking and Special Maneuvers (a garage, hills, turning around in a narrow street). Plus 6 Tricky Situations other drivers leave you in: Boxed In, Over the Line, Narrowed Aisle, Blocked Driveway, Boxed In on a Hill and Room for the Door. IT FEELS LIKE DRIVING A real cockpit, side and rear-view mirrors that work, a reversing camera with guide lines, and parking sensors that beep faster as you close in. KNOWLEDGE BASE Mirrors, blind spots, reference points, steering, hills and more: 11 articles, each with a watch-and-learn 3D explainer on your own car. CHALLENGES AND FREE DRIVE • Park of the day: new every day, the same for everyone. • Beat your own record's ghost, match the instructor's moves, stop to the centimeter by eye. • Send a challenge link: your ghost goes with it, for friends to beat. • Free drive: take your car onto the Test Track and park wherever you like. TROPHIES AND FILMS Every exam earns bronze, silver or gold for your own Trophy Museum. Finish the course and the Parking Licence is yours: a practice certificate, not an official driver's license. Share any park as a vertical video with its own music. YOUR LANGUAGE, YOUR SIDE OF THE ROAD 11 languages, each with a female and a male instructor. Drive on the left and the whole world mirrors. Metric, UK or US units. On a Mac with Apple silicon you drive with the keyboard, every key shown on screen. Controllers work too. FREE AND PURCHASES Free to start, with nothing that expires: • 5 lessons with their exams: Know Your Car: Front Bumper, Straight Reversing, Parallel Parking, Back-In Perpendicular Parking and Boxed In • The 3 school cars and the whole Knowledge Base • Free drive, and the first lesson at night One-time purchases: • Pro: all 20 lessons with an exam in each, Park of the day, the Aids-off ladder, your own license plate text • Night & Rain: every lesson at night and in the rain • Car packs: City & Off-Road (4 cars), Sports (9), Luxury & Classic (4) • Winter: snow on every lesson you can drive, by day and at night, plus 4 Winter Driving lessons. Buried lines, about three times the braking distance, wheel spin, snow-covered sensors and your tire tracks shown against the ideal path. • Everything: Pro and every pack released so far (Night & Rain, Winter and the three car packs) No subscription, no ads. Every purchase works with Family Sharing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. Your progress stays on your device. Anonymous usage statistics can be turned off in Settings. ParkingAim is practice, so you arrive calmer and better prepared. It isn't an official course: your instructor, your examiner and local rules always come first. Terms of Use: https://parkingaim.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://parkingaim.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ParkingAim at every 4 days against Left Side Driving Simulator's fortnightly. Left Side Driving Simulator's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Left Side Driving Simulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ParkingAim sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Left Side Driving Simulator ships an update fortnightly, ParkingAim every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Left Side Driving Simulator | ParkingAim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 353 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oguz Kaytanci | AimPoly LLC |
In-app purchases
Left Side Driving Simulator
- Left Drive Sim Pro$6.99
ParkingAim
- City & Off-Road$2.99
- Luxury & Classic$3.99
- Sports$4.99
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- Night & Rain$4.99
- Winter$4.99
- ParkingAim Pro$14.99
- Everything$29.99
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