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Driving School Management System

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Last updated: August 2025

Total Drive overview

What is Total Drive?

Total Drive provides a free to use app for instructors and pupils. Instructors have access to their full diary, pupil information, pupil progress tracker, free lesson reminders, reflective logs, finances and bookkeeping and much more.

Pupils have access to lesson reminders, their progress towards their practical driving test, reflective logs and the ability to pay for lessons through the app.

Total Drive is the most used system of its kind in the industry designed specifically for and with ADis across the UK and abroad.

Key benefits of using Total Drive

Customisable Instructor Diary App
Select a 1, 3, 5 or 7-day diary view, Total Drive can be used across multiple devices simultaneously, on tablets and mobile phones.

Add single lessons, intensive courses and weekly repeats
Choose your diary colours to suit the way you work
Diary grid-click to input lessons quickly and easily
Free lesson reminders sent 24/48 hours beforehand
Diary works fully offline
Connected SatNav to your next pupil pick-up
Sync with Google & Apple Calendar

Digital Records for Every Pupil

The only all-in-one app that allows instructors to go entirely paperless with key features used for running a driving school.

Lesson card with future and past lessons
Payment history (optional) with pupils hourly rate
Driving progress syllabus
Practical test attempts and success rate
Reflective logs, private notes and lesson summaries
Pupil contact details, licence & eye sight check
Free agreement to your terms and conditions
In-app message centre

Record your lesson payments and other income
Record expenses at the point of purchase
Setup your own financial categories
Mileage tracking for personal and business use
Export your end-of-year financial records
Export a Spreadsheet for your accountant, Quickbooks or Xero

Take lesson payments through your app & website

Accept debit and credit card payments
Payments use 3D secure authentication
No card machine to take around
Allow only active students or anyone to pay
Only 2.4% + 25p
App Payments – App buy buttons
Web Payments – Integrate into your website

Starting price

10flat rate /
per month

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Total Drive pros, cons and reviews insights

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Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
5(30)

What do users say about Total Drive?

Pupils love the dedicated app with all of their relevant information and instructors have an easy to use tool to keep track of their pupils

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Who uses Total Drive?

Based on 30 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Professional Training & Coaching
Automotive
Education Management
Consumer Services
Others

Use cases

Driving School
Appointment Scheduling
Student Information System
Scheduling

Total Drive's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Total Drive users:

Customizable branding
Confirmations/Reminders
Online booking
Automated scheduling
Calendar sync
Online payments

All Total Drive features

Features rating:

Alerts/Notifications
Student management
Calendar management
Reminders
Customer database
Real-Time updates
Multi-Location
Time tracking
SMS messaging
Search/Filter
Reporting & statistics
Multiple user accounts
Employee management
Driver scheduling
Customizable fields
Credit card processing
Booking management
Availability management
Attendance tracking
Appointment management
Activity dashboard

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Total Drive pricing

Value for money rating:

Starting from

10

Per month

Flat Rate

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Subscription
Free trial
Free plan
Pricing range

User opinions about Total Drive price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Total Drive's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Safe secure organized and easy to navigate easy to use great great job total drive. I reof total drive you haven't tried this you'll love scheduling with this app.”
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Cheryl L.

Owner

“Everything is managed by the app. I love that you can offer pupils a gap in your day to be filled, and I also love the ability to broadcast messages to the pupils you select.”
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Matthew L.

Driving Instructor

Total Drive support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support

Training options

Live Online
Documentation
Videos

Total Drive FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Total Drive?

Total Drive has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business

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Q. What languages does Total Drive support?

Total Drive supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Total Drive support mobile devices?

Total Drive supports the following devices:
Android, iPad, iPhone


Q. Does Total Drive offer an API?

No, Total Drive does not have an API available.


Q. What level of support does Total Drive offer?

Total Drive offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support

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