Driving Instructor

As the professionals first choice, the instructor app is packed full of features to save you time, save you admin work and earn you extra money. Making your life easier.

One app to replace them all

The diary works across multiple devices simultaneously, on tablets and mobiles, online or offline.

  • Add lessons, intensives and weekly lesson repeats
  • Customize your diary colours and working hours
  • Diary grid-click to quickly input lessons
  • Free lesson reminders sent 24/48 hours
  • Sync with Google Calendar & Apple iCal

Under the bonnet

Pupil Records

There are dedicated sections for you to record as much or as little information as you wish, including future and past lessons, payments made (optional), driving syllabus progress, mock tests, practical tests, reflective logs, private notes and lesson summaries.

With additional fields for each pupils contact details, emergency contact, driving licence number, lesson rates and date your terms were signed by the pupil.

Customise

The feature-rich platform is very customisable, enabling you to change the app to fit your business.

Create multiple syllabuses and skill sets, add pick-up and drop-off locations, change the colour of your diary lessons, add helpful website resources, include your terms & conditions that must be signed, brand the pupil app with your logo, and tailor the lesson reminder notifications to your requirements… plus a lot more!

Diary +

The rapid, feature rich diary includes fundamental diary technology that other diaries in the industry lack. Namely, the ability to drag-n-drop lessons across different days and times, the ability to make a lesson longer or shorter and  automatically sending lesson change notifications to pupils.

There is also 2-way diary integration sync with Google Calendar and Apple Calendar, allowing you to display personal events and external calendars such as ‘UK bank holidays’.

Message Centre

A brilliant tool to have at your disposal is the in-built message centre, where you can send and receive notifications from pupils. Making all communication with pupils mandatory through the app, saves you the time and hassle from having to check multiple chat channels.

The broadcast feature also allows you to instantly message all your pupils at once or select certain pupils. Messages can also include website links.

Fill last minute cancellations. Create a lesson, set the duration and specify the location then let your pupils book it on a first come, first served basis.

Start making extra money

The only all-in-one app that allows instructors to go entirely paperless with reflective logs, lessons, driving progress, theory information, driving tests, training aids.

The most flexible financial instructor software available. Create your own financial categories to suit your business.

We can import all your pupils, profiles, lessons and diary. Once you’ve started your trial contact us and we will import your data the same day.

The protection of your data is our highest priority. All devices are protected by 256-bit data encryption. Data backed up to dual-servers for extra protection

If you’re unsure on switching, try our money back guarantee. Use Total Drive for 3 months and if you don’t want to carry on, we will give you your money back.

Trusted Insights

Industry reviews from esteemed instructors

The app and software is brilliant, helping grow my driving school. In the current situation we need to become fully digital and this app has it all. The Total Drive team are always enhancing the software and listening to feedback. The customer service is first class, responding quickly, highly recommended! They really want a product that helps us driving instructors be more productive.

Paul Ellison: Ellisons School of Motoring

As an ADI I can’t recommend this app enough. My clients love it, they can instantly see their progress plus loads of other features for the pupil. It’s a great two-way app as the client’s app is just as good! The Developers are incredibly approachable and any technical queries or ideas are responded to swiftly, no fuss no hassle! It does more than most ADI diary apps and I have pretty much checked most of them, all of which just miss something.

Simon H ADI: Capterra Review

I’ve used TD for over two years and found it absolutely amazing! So easy to keep note of all your pupils and their progress, and I particularly like the fact that they listen to us instructors and take on board our requests… and act quickly to implement them wherever possible. Pupils love it, giving them much more responsibility for their learning, they get free lesson reminders, which cuts down the cancellation rate!

Diane Hall: L of a Way 2 Pass

Where do I start?! Progress chart so a learner can see how close they are getting to being at test standard; lesson reminders automatically sent out; reflective log for learners to complete – this is a really powerful tool for goal setting. And last, but certainly not least, the superb support we get from the developers. They are so responsive to the ideas that are submitted. This app has truly revolutionised how we work and made it so easy to administer not only my own diary but to oversee what is happening with all our instructors.

Kevin S ADI: Capterra Review

Having used one of Total Drives major competitors previously, I was convinced that they could not be beaten. Until I tried Total Drive. This app is not only perfect for the multi car school but also for the independent instructor too. Tech support is very quick and precise. All in all, there’s nothing not to like about this app and in my view, outclasses the competition in every way from cost to usability.

Drew Thompson: DrewMatic Driving School

Having looked and tried other similar products I can honestly say hands down this has been the best. As a multi-car school I needed a system where I could be more efficient for our instructors. The whole system provides everything both the instructors and pupils need. It’s easy to use and has so many additional benefits rolled into a very reasonable monthly fee. I love that I can customise it to suit our school.

Nicky Harris: The Driving Academy

Incredibly good app, the developers have been amazing from the start – very flexible and adaptable, they listen to the instructors using it day in day out. Students love the app too! Very easy to use and book lessons in, brilliant for driving schools with many instructors as well. It’s an amazing price for what you get!

Laura Morris: DKM Driving & Go Green Training

This app is absolutely brilliant. It’s easy to use and has everything I need to run my business with ease. I can and would recommend this to any instructors looking for a management app and I know my students would join me in recommending it as well. I have been using Total Drive for a while now and it makes my life so much easier and my students love the app.

Paul Loader: Paul Loader Driving Lessons

Great app for driving schools with multiple instructors. Constantly being developed and improved with new functionality on the way. Best of all is the level of service and support from Tom Wotton, always answers my questions straight away. Highly recommended for independent instructors and large schools.

Howard Floyd: How 2 Drive

I have been recommending this App to all my PDI’s when I am training them to become driving instructors since I discovered it. My PDI’s really love the App and everything is on the app that is needed for them to run their business. My PDI’s are able to monitor their pupils lessons and progress and remind their own pupils when their lessons are booked.

Rachel Kavanagh: Xcel Driver Training