Your actual diary
Ask how booked Lessons, recurrence, blocked time, open capacity and cancellations differ. A calendar square does not tell you whether a pupil is confirmed.
UK driving instructor software
Compare how the work gets done.
Find the tools that fit your teaching day. Compare how Miles & Minutes connects diary, pupil, school and training records with the features and offers other providers publish.
This comparison is published by Miles & Minutes. Vendor statements come from each provider’s public website. We have not tested their software or independently verified performance. Checked: 2 October 2026. Features, access and prices can change. “Not stated publicly” means the checked pages did not establish the detail; it does not mean the feature is absent.
Miles & Minutes today
Where the connected record helps.
A confirmed Lesson remains distinct from blocked time and open capacity. A request is not shown as a booking. Staff access follows school responsibilities; trainee attendance does not silently become qualification or authority.
Reasoned corrections preserve prior money and development records. These distinctions help explain later what happened and who could act, without claiming that another provider cannot do the same.
A useful shortlist
What to look for before choosing.
Pupil and money records
Check what pupils can see, when feedback becomes visible, and whether recorded receipts, balances, lesson charges and actual card collection are distinct.
Your team and training
For a school, ask about office roles, pupil assignment and reports. For a provider, ask how trainee, Trainer, appointment and qualification records are kept apart.
Platform and support
Decide whether responsive web access is enough or native apps and offline use matter. Ask how migration, calendar connections, support and data export work in practice.
Product comparison
Six other providers worth considering.
These are selected products, not a ranking. Each note is a narrow summary of its vendor’s published information on the checked date.
Miles & Minutes
Responsive web diary, pupil records, manually recorded money, school roles and provider training workflows for authorised accounts. No native app or public paid signup.
Why Miles & MinutesTotal Drive
Advertises instructor, pupil and parent apps, school tools, pupil self-booking and payment collection. Vendor source.
Detailed comparisonMyDriveTime
Describes diary and business administration for trainees, ADIs and schools, including recurrence, journey tracking, student progress and migration support. Native platform details are not stated clearly on the checked homepage. Vendor source.
Detailed comparisonGoRoadie Pro
Advertises a live waiting list, enquiry link, learner app, payment requests and external calendar sync. Vendor source.
Detailed comparisonPassdesk
Describes school roles, a public booking page, payments, a progress rubric and an offline-capable in-car web flow. Vendor source.
DriveInstruct
Describes a web-based student and parent portal, deposits, an enquiry inbox, marketplace listings and route planning. Vendor source.
Driive
Describes diary, pupil, payment and progress tools while onboarding instructors in waves from a waitlist. A school offering is marked “Soon” on its checked site. Vendor source.
Pricing: see each provider’s current pricing page. Miles & Minutes’ planned monthly subscription prices are on the homepage; competitor plan and VAT details can vary.
Where products differ
Look beyond the feature count.
Native instructor or learner apps matter if phone-specific features are essential. Total Drive advertises Apple and Android apps; Miles & Minutes currently uses responsive web workspaces. Passdesk describes offline in-car capture; Miles & Minutes does not provide that workflow.
Several providers publish payment collection and public booking or enquiry tools. Miles & Minutes currently focuses on controlled pupil requests, open teaching capacity and manually recorded money, with pupil card payments and Stripe account connections not currently enabled.
For a larger organisation, compare the exact roles and records you need. Miles & Minutes connects school operations with provider training and private professional development. Other vendors’ sites may describe different training capabilities; an unstated detail is not a proven absence.
Prices and trials
Compare the offer as well as the price.
Vendor pricing checked 7 November 2026. Offers and conditions can change; confirm them with each provider.
Miles & Minutes: a 30-day free trial is built into new business registration, with no payment details and no automatic charge. Access is currently by invitation; new business registration and trial sign-up are closed, including public self-service registration. Planned Essential is £12.99 per month per teaching Instructor. Public purchasing is not open; final prices and applicable VAT will be confirmed before an order. There is no separate free PDI offer. See planned prices.
Total Drive: its Basic plan is advertised at £18 per month including VAT, with a 30-day trial. Its PDI Head Start describes free use after starting a trial and supplying a PDI badge, until qualification and/or up to 12 months; confirm eligibility and expiry with Total Drive. Pricing · PDI terms.
MyDriveTime: its individual plan is advertised at £19 per month with a 30-day trial. PDI Best Start advertises free use until qualification, with an application to extend the trial and eligibility conditions. Pricing and PDI offer · Terms.
GoRoadie Pro: its page states £17 per month after the trial and advertises free PDI access. The same page advertises a 60-day trial but its FAQ says one month, so confirm the current trial and VAT terms with GoRoadie. GoRoadie Pro details.
Compare what each plan includes, VAT, any payment fees, trial eligibility and how records can be exported before switching. The figures above are published offers, not a like-for-like cost guarantee.
Current limitations
Where Miles & Minutes does not currently match some competitors.
The public instructor directory shows only eligible profiles deliberately published by authorised users. Listings are not guaranteed. Browsing does not create an account or book a lesson.
- No native iOS or Android instructor or pupil app; the product uses responsive web workspaces.
- No CarPlay, Android Auto, GPS route recording or offline in-car lesson capture.
- No public lesson booking or pupil waiting-list service.
- Pupil card payments and Stripe account connections are not currently enabled. No public package sales or paid signup.
- No advertised MTD/accounting integration or two-way Google/Microsoft calendar sync. Read-only calendar subscription is a narrower feature.
- No live AI teaching assistance or automated readiness, qualification or authority decision.
- No paid self-service signup or self-service migration offer.
These limits matter differently to each instructor. See the public roadmap for stage definitions; exploratory ideas are not commitments.
Who it may suit
Choose around your real working pattern.
Miles & Minutes may suit an independent instructor, school or training provider that wants diary, pupils, school work and development in one connected record.
If native apps, public booking, integrated card collection or offline in-car recording are essential now, shortlist providers that publish those features and confirm the exact plan and workflow with them.
Evaluate a working situation
Ask each product to explain the same day.
A useful comparison tests the decisions you make, rather than adding up matching feature labels. Use fictional information when inspecting a demo.
A regular pupil needs a change
Look at recurring work, a request to move a Lesson, unavailable time and an open slot. Ask which action actually commits the diary and how the old appointment’s history is kept.
Miles & Minutes DiaryA payment needs explaining
Ask for the received-payment record, credit used, credit held and any outstanding Lesson amount. Then ask what a correction or cancellation does, and whether card collection is a separate service.
Miles & Minutes money recordsThe office or Trainer needs access
Check exactly what each person can see and change. For training, ask whether a proposed time reserves anything and whether attendance remains distinct from qualification and teaching authority.
Miles & Minutes training scope
Why the differences matter
The same feature name can describe different work.
Diary depth: a view of booked work, working hours and published capacity answers different questions. Check recurrence and change handling, rather than assuming that a calendar means every gap can be booked.
Pupil experience: inspect what the pupil actually sees, when feedback becomes visible and whether a request edits a confirmed appointment. A parent portal, a pupil workspace and staff-only records are different audiences.
School and training: office roles, Instructor attribution and finance access matter when several people act. Training providers also need assignment, appointment, evidence and authority boundaries; the word “PDI” alone does not establish them.
Finance: recording an outside payment, collecting a card payment and producing accounts are different services. Verify what the product does and what the plan or connected provider requires.
Platform and integrations: responsive web access does not establish native phone features or offline capability. A read-only calendar subscription does not establish two-way sync. Confirm the direction, information shared and update behaviour of each connection.
Before switching
Check the limits as carefully as the fit.
Start with any requirement you need today: native apps, offline recording, public booking, card collection, accounting connections or a particular support arrangement. If it is essential, confirm its current availability directly with the provider before relying on a roadmap.
Ask which existing records can move, how imported history is identified and what export you can obtain later. Miles & Minutes has no public self-service migration offer or guarantee of importing every source system.
For costs, use the provider’s current terms and pricing. Compare the relevant plan, billing basis, VAT and service scope once each is clear. Use the dated pricing summary above as a starting point and confirm the current offer before deciding. Miles & Minutes’ planned monthly subscription prices are on the homepage.
The vendor statements and 2 October 2026 checked date above are preserved from the sourced comparison. The additional evaluation questions make no new claim about a competitor’s capabilities. See our booking boundaries, school roles and current limitations when assessing fit.
Questions answered
A comparison with clear boundaries.
Find answers to common questions about this part of your working day.
Is this an independent review or a ranking?
No. Miles & Minutes publishes this comparison. Vendor statements come from the linked official public sources checked on the stated date; their operation has not been independently tested. No overall winner or score is assigned.
Does an unstated feature mean a competitor lacks it?
No. Not stated publicly means the checked sources did not establish the detail. Ask the provider directly about current availability, account scope and plan requirements.
Should I treat a responsive web workspace as a native app?
No. They are different platform choices. Miles & Minutes currently provides responsive web workspaces, with no native iOS or Android app or offline in-car recording offer.
Can I rely on future Miles & Minutes features when choosing?
No. Exploring items have no commitment or delivery date. Assess the current controlled product and its current limitations, including pupil card payments not currently being enabled and no public lesson booking.
Take a closer look
See the current product in context.
Read the existing feature information and guides. Current product access is controlled; an Early Access request is not a paid account or a guaranteed invitation.