DriversCheck vs LapID Driver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DriversCheck
This app streamlines mandatory driver's license checks for company car drivers using optical license recognition via smartphone. It offers a legally secure, convenient, and data-protection-friendly alternative to traditional inspection methods.
- Optical license recognition
- Smartphone-based checks
- Legally secure verification
- Data protection compliant
- Company fleet management
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Regular driver's license checks for company car drivers are required by law in many European countries. In Germany, the Federal Court of Justice prescribes a six-monthly check by the employer. However, checks within the company are often time-consuming, uncoordinated and questionable in terms of data protection. This is where DriversCheck comes in. DriversCheck brings tomorrow's technology to your company fleet today. With the help of optical license recognition, driver's licenses will checked by the driver with their own smartphone and in a legally secure manner - anytime and anywhere. Thanks to our unique technology, trips to inspection stations and the storage of sensitive image data belongs to the past.
LapID Driver
Easily locate driver's license checking stations and schedule appointments. This app offers offline access to station locations and allows for remote initiation of license checks with secure, encrypted communication.
- Find nearby checking stations
- Offline station map access
- Schedule appointments
- Initiate remote license checks
- View upcoming check dates
- Encrypted communication
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The LapID Driver App is the perfect companion for your driver's license check. With the LapID Driver App, you can quickly and easily find one of many LapID checking stations in your area or in other cities. LapID checking stations can be found all over Germany at Shell and DEKRA stations and at selected Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda dealers. With just a few clicks, the app allows navigation to the next checking station. Thanks to the offline availability of the app, you can also display all LapID checking stations without an internet connection. You need a LapID Label and your company uses our DEKRA Labelling Service? Display all DEKRA locations that offer this service and arrange an appointment in your area via app. The required DEKRA coupon is provided by your company. In addition, you can sign up for free. This allows you to see your next check date, which is displayed usually three weeks before the date. Optional: If this form of license check is enabled for your fleet, the LapID Driver App allows you to initiate your driver's license check wherever you like: either comfortably at home, at the office, or on the go! The only prerequisites are an internet connection and a European driver's license from Germany or Austria. Take your driver's license and follow the instructions in the app. All communication with the LapID server is encrypted. The actual checking procedure is based on a multi-stage verficiation process. After completion of the checking process, the photo is deleted. Thus, the LapID Driver App meets the requirements of a visual inspection and makes it the first legally-compliant mobile solution in the field of license check. No matter which one of our check methods you use, the LapID Driver App is the perfect companion for any fleet. Best wishes from your LapID team.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LapID Driver at 4.8 against DriversCheck's 3.7. LapID Driver also leads on ratings volume (51 vs 14). DriversCheck's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LapID Driver holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 51 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of DriversCheck's written reviews are positive against 94% of LapID Driver's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DriversCheck | LapID Driver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews — better | 94.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DriversCheck GmbH | LapID Service GmbH |
Customer experience
DriversCheck
LapID Driver
In-app purchases
DriversCheck
No in-app purchases
LapID Driver
No in-app purchases




