Driive
For driving instructors

You teach.
Driive runs
the rest.

The driving instructor app for UK ADIs and PDIs. Your diary, pupils, card payments, DVSA progress and accounts in one place — so you spend less time on admin and more time in the car.

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  • Free to start — no card
  • Built for UK ADIs & PDIs
  • Diary to accounts in one app
  • Cancel any time
Works with
  • Google Pay
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Apple Pay
  • Stripe
  • Klarna
The Driive app showing a driving instructor's daily diary
A normal day, fixed

Same lessons.
None of the admin.

Morning

Without Driive

Reply to overnight texts, juggle two reschedules by hand.

With Driive

Overnight booking requests are waiting in the diary — approve them with one tap over coffee.

Between lessons

Without Driive

Chase a payment, try to remember what Priya worked on last week.

With Driive

Paid by card in the app, or covered by her block. Priya's notes open with her profile.

Evening

Without Driive

An hour of texting to confirm tomorrow and fill Thursday's gap.

With Driive

Tomorrow is in everyone's calendar already. Thursday's gap is offered to your pupils in one tap.

Get those hours back.

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What changes

Less admin. Cleaner books.
A fuller diary.

Evenings

Hours back every week

Confirmations, reminders and reschedules stop being your second job. The diary and the calendars handle them, so your evenings are yours again.

£0 chased

Money in, not chased

Card payments, prepaid blocks tracked to the penny, and next-day payouts to your bank. You always know who owes what — without a single 'just a reminder' text.

No dead slots

Empty slots, filled

When a lesson cancels, offer the gap to your pupils in one tap. The first to claim it takes it, and a quiet Thursday stops meaning lost income.

The whole job, one app

Everything an instructor
actually does in a week.

Smart Diary

A diary that fills itself.

Set your working pattern once — hours, breaks, days off and travel time between pick-ups. Pupils only ever see the gaps you genuinely have, and every request still needs your tap before it lands.

  • Pupils request your real availability — you approve or decline
  • Lessons sync to Google, Apple and Outlook, and move when the lesson moves
  • Cancelled slots re-offered to your pupils in one tap
Explore Smart Diary
driiveTue 14 Apr

Today

3 lessons£105 booked

09:00 · Priya Shah

Manual · Wandsworth

Paid

11:00 · Tom Reed

Block · 8 of 10 left

Block

14:00 · New requestApprove

Emily Brown · first lesson

13:00 gap — offer to your pupils

Smart Diary · Driive

Payments

Balances right to the penny.

Take card payments in the app, sell prepaid blocks, or mark a cash lesson paid in a tap. Block hours burn only when a lesson is completed — never on booking — so the maths can never drift.

  • Card payments with next-day payouts to your bank
  • Prepaid blocks tracked automatically, balances always right
  • See who owes what at a glance — no spreadsheet
Explore Payments

This week

Paid out

£612collected

Priya Shah

Card · 1 hr

£35

Aisha Khan

Block · 2 hr

−2 hrs

Liam Doyle

Cash · 1.5 hr

£52

Block balance

8 of 10 hrs

In your bank

Tomorrow · £612

Progress

Know who's test-ready.

Mark every pupil against the DVSA syllabus, lesson by lesson, from introduced to test-ready. Your pupils watch their own progress build in their app — so 'am I ready?' answers itself.

  • The full DVSA 'Ready to Pass?' syllabus per pupil
  • An overall readiness percentage that rolls up on its own
  • Pupils see their progress too — motivation built in
Explore Progress
driiveTom Reed

Test-ready

72%

DVSA syllabus

RoundaboutsTest-ready
Dual carriagewaysConfident
ManoeuvresImproving
Independent drivingNeeds practice

Updated after every lesson — and Tom sees it too.

Progress · Driive

Lesson Tools

Mark a mock like the real thing.

Run a DL25-style mock test marked against the DVSA fault categories with a timer running, sketch the route you just drove over a live map, and share it all in a debrief your pupil keeps.

  • DL25-style mock tests, minors to dangerous, saved to the lesson
  • Draw over a live map of the route, or sketch a junction
  • Resources and debriefs land in the pupil's app
Explore Lesson Tools

DL25-style mock

Aisha Khan

38:12

4

Minors

0

Serious

0

Dangerous

Junctions
Mirrors
Move off
Positioning
On track to passSaved to lesson
Accounts & Tax

Your books, done from the car.

Every lesson and card payment lands in your ledger automatically. Log mileage per car, snap receipts for expenses, and watch a running tax estimate — ready to export for self-assessment.

  • Income recorded as you teach, profit by month or tax year
  • Per-car mileage on the simplified or actual-cost method
  • A running tax pot, then a one-tap year-end export
Explore Accounts & Tax

2025/26 tax year

Taxable profit

£28,640

Set aside

£5,728

AprIncome vs expensesMar

Mileage

9,240 mi

£3,560 claimed

Expenses

£6,180

42 receipts

Year-end

Export in one tap

Website & Enquiries

Turn local learners into pupils.

Publish a professional booking site at yourname.driive.app with your prices, areas and reviews. Its enquiry form drops every new lead into one tidy inbox — convert them to a pupil in a tap.

  • A real website, no developer, live in minutes
  • Every enquiry in one inbox with a clear status
  • One tap turns a lead into a booked pupil
Explore Your Website
sophie.driive.app

Manual lessons · Croydon

Pass with Sophie.
Calm, patient, local.

Book a lesson£36 / hr

Enquire

Jordan Miles
07700 900 812 · CR0
Send enquiry

New enquiry

Straight to your inbox

The toolkit

Free to start. The whole toolkit.

Smart Diary

Manage lesson bookings, pupil details, payments and free gaps from one diary for instructors. Driive helps you organise your week, track paid and unpaid lessons, and keep your driving school running without paper diaries or messy calendar apps.

Explore Smart Diary

Pupil Hub

Pupil management built for driving instructors: contact details, lesson history, credit balance, notes and theory and practical test dates in one profile — no more scrolling back through texts to find anything.

Explore Pupil Hub

Payments

Accept lesson payments in a way that feels easy for pupils and effortless for you. No more cash handling, no more manual tracking, and no more wondering who that bank transfer was from.

Explore Payments

Progress

Mark skills off lesson by lesson and know exactly who is test-ready before you book the test.

Explore Progress

Lesson Tools

DL25-style mock tests, route sketches over a live map, and a lesson debrief your pupils keep — the teaching toolkit, in the car.

Explore Lesson Tools

Accounts & Tax

Income, expenses, mileage and a running tax estimate — recorded as you teach, ready for self-assessment.

Explore Accounts & Tax

Your Website

A polished booking site on your own Driive subdomain, with an enquiry form that feeds new pupils straight into your pipeline.

Explore Your Website

Enquiries

Every new-pupil lead in one tidy inbox — qualified, followed up and converted without losing anyone in your messages.

Explore Enquiries
Built for the job

Made for how
instructing works.

  • Travel time between pick-up points planned into the smart diary automatically.

  • Prepaid blocks tracked to the penny — hours burn on completion, never on booking.

  • Progress mapped to the DVSA ‘Ready to Pass?’ skills, so test-readiness is based on evidence.

  • Lessons sync to Google, Apple and Outlook calendars, and move when the lesson moves.

  • Works one-handed on your phone in the car, between lessons.

  • Pupils get their own free app — requests, payments and progress — and parents can follow along on the web.

Who it's for

For independent UK instructors.

ADIs

Approved Driving Instructors

Run your whole independent business from one app — diary, pupils, payments, progress and accounts — instead of a paper diary and three spreadsheets.

PDIs

Trainee instructors

Teaching for payment on a trainee licence works exactly the same way. Start clean from your first pupil, so nothing needs untangling once you qualify.

Going solo

Leaving a franchise

Build your own brand from day one: your own booking site, your own pupil records, your own payouts — and no franchise fee taking a slice of every lesson.

They get an app too

Pupils book.
Parents watch on.

Your pupils get their own free side of Driive — request lessons, pay by card, watch their DVSA progress build. Parents and guardians follow along through a private, read-only web link. Less to download, fewer texts to send, and a learner who can see for themselves how close test-ready is.

See the Pupil Hub
driiveTom Reed

Test-ready

72%

DVSA syllabus

RoundaboutsTest-ready
Dual carriagewaysConfident
ManoeuvresImproving
Independent drivingNeeds practice

Updated after every lesson — and Tom sees it too.

Progress · Driive

Simple pricing

Pay nothing until you grow.

Run up to ten pupils on Driive for free — the whole toolkit included. When your book fills up, one Pro plan unlocks unlimited pupils and the premium teaching tools.

Free

£0forever

No card, no trial clock

Everything you need to run a round of up to ten pupils.

  • Smart Diary with booking requests and open-slot offers

  • Pupil Hub with notes, history and credit balances

  • Card payments, prepaid blocks and next-day payouts

  • DVSA-aligned progress tracking per pupil

  • Enquiries inbox with a shareable form

  • Accounts: income, expenses, mileage and tax estimate

  • Calendar sync with Google, Apple and Outlook

  • Guardian view for parents — no app needed

Pro

£9.99a month

Billed annually — £119.90 a year, two months free

Unlimited pupils, plus the teaching tools that set your school apart.

  • Everything in Free, with unlimited pupils

  • Lower card fee — 1.5% per transaction instead of 3.5%

  • DL25-style mock tests, marked live in the car

  • Route sketches and doodles over a live map

  • Lesson resources and debriefs pupils keep

  • Your own website at yourname.driive.app

  • Enquiry form on your site, feeding your pipeline

See full pricing

FAQ

Asked by
instructors,
answered straight.

What is the best app for driving instructors?
Driive is an all-in-one app for UK driving instructors. It brings your diary, pupil records, card payments, prepaid blocks, DVSA progress, mock tests, enquiries and accounts into one app — so you stop stitching together a paper diary, a payments spreadsheet and a pile of reminder texts.
How much does Driive cost for a driving instructor?
Driive is free for up to ten pupils — the whole toolkit included, not a trial. Pro adds unlimited pupils, DL25-style mock tests, lesson tools and your own website for £11.99 a month or £119.90 a year. The full detail is on our pricing page.
Do I need to be a qualified ADI to use Driive?
No. Driive supports both ADIs and PDIs. An ADI is an Approved Driving Instructor on the DVSA register; a PDI is a Potential Driving Instructor still training, who may teach for payment on a trainee licence. The diary, payments, progress and accounts work exactly the same way for both — and starting on Driive as a PDI means nothing needs untangling once you qualify.
I'm leaving my franchise to go independent — can Driive run my business?
Yes — that is exactly who it is built for. You get your own booking website, your own pupil records, card payments with next-day payouts, a managed diary and built-in accounts — everything you need to go independent, with no franchise fee taking a slice of every lesson.
Can pupils book and request lessons themselves?
Yes. Pupils request lessons from the genuine gaps you choose to offer — worked out from your hours, breaks, days off and travel time — and you approve or decline each one before it lands in the diary. You stay in control of every booking.
How do I take card payments as a driving instructor?
Pupils pay by card in the app — one lesson or several at once — after a quick, Stripe-hosted setup pre-filled from your details. The money lands in your bank the day after it settles, and cash or bank-transfer lessons are marked paid in a tap. It all lives in Payments.
How do prepaid blocks of lessons work?
A block is a bundle of hours bought up front, usually at a small discount. Driive tracks every block to the penny and burns hours only on completion — never on booking — so balances stay right. Cancel a prepaid lesson and the hours flow back to the pupil's credit on their own. See Payments.
Does Driive track DVSA progress and test-readiness?
Yes. Driive tracks every pupil against the DVSA syllabus and “Ready to Pass?” skills — mark each one from introduced to test-ready, watch the readiness percentage roll up, and back it with a DL25-style mock test. Driive is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by the DVSA.
Can Driive track my mileage and tax?
Yes. Accounts & Tax records income as you teach, logs mileage per car on the simplified or actual-cost method, holds receipts for expenses and keeps a running tax estimate — then exports clean records for your accountant or Self Assessment in one tap.
Will my lessons sync with my calendar?
Yes — to Google, Apple and Outlook. A live feed keeps your calendar app current, every lesson arrives as an invite that updates when it moves, and pupils get invites too, so the time lives in both diaries. It is part of the Smart Diary.
Do my pupils have to use the app?
No. Pupils get their own free side of the app — requests, balance, payments and progress — but a pupil who never opens it is still fully run from your side. Parents follow along through a private, read-only web link, with no app to download. More in the Pupil Hub.
Can I move my existing pupils across?
Yes. Add pupils yourself in a couple of minutes each, or share your join code and they connect from their own phone — you just approve each request. There's no all-or-nothing migration, and early-access instructors get hands-on help getting set up.
When can I start, and does it cost to join the waitlist?
Joining the waitlist is free. We're onboarding instructors in waves through 2026, in order of signup — join now and you'll get one email when it's your turn, and nothing else in between.
Is my data safe and GDPR compliant?
Yes. Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, hosted in the UK and EU, handled under UK GDPR and never sold. Your records are yours and export any time — full detail is on our Security page.

Put your diary
on autopilot.

Access opens in waves from the waitlist — founding instructors get in first.

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