How to make an app for a driving school

A driving school's day is a tight chain: each car does eight or ten drives, each with a pick-up from a different home, and every learner has a count of drives left. An app keeps the day's drives by car, each learner's sessions and dues, and when each car needs a service.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

The owner and the instructors. If instructors see their day's pick-ups on their own phones, or learners log in to see drives left, connect your own Supabase database so everyone sees the same schedule.

The screens a driving school app needs

Today's drives: Each car's drives by time, with the learner, the instructor and the pick-up address
Learners: Course, drives done and left, manual or automatic, and notes like 'needs practice in reverse'
Book a drive: Pick a learner, a car and an open time; confirm on WhatsApp
Fees: Course fees paid and due, with receipts as PDFs
Cars: Each car's drives this week, service due date, insurance renewal date and fuel spends
Instructors: Each instructor's drives this month and the cars they use

Features worth asking for

Drives counted down for each learner after each session
A Google Maps button on each pick-up address for the instructor
No double-booking: one drive per car per time slot
A WhatsApp button to send tomorrow's pick-up time to the learner
Skill notes per learner, so any instructor knows what to practise next
Car service and insurance dates that show as due when the app is opened

Where the data lives

If only the office phone uses it, the data can stay there. If instructors check pick-ups on their own phones or learners log in, connect your own Supabase database; to take course fees online, connect your Razorpay account as well.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Today's drives, Learners, Book a drive, Fees, Cars.
Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, changed to your own business and details.
Check the plan. AppCub shows the screens and features it will build. Change them in the chat until they are right; seeing the plan is free.
Try it on your phone. The app runs live next to the chat. Scan the QR code to install it, and ask for changes.
Share it. Share it as a web link, an APK file, or publish it on Google Play from your own developer account.

Copy this request, change the details to match your driving school, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my driving school, Sahi Raah Driving School in Raipur. Screens: today's drives, learners, book a drive, fees, cars and instructors. Three cars and three instructors; drives are 40 minutes from 6 AM to 8 PM, one learner per car per slot. Each learner has a course with a number of drives, drives done and left, a pick-up address with a Google Maps button, and skill notes. Fees with PDF receipts. A WhatsApp button for tomorrow's pick-up time. Cars have service and insurance dates. Yellow and black colours.

Tips for a driving school app

Put the travel time between pick-ups into your slot length, or the day will run late by noon.
Write skill notes after every drive; they matter most when a learner switches instructors.
Enter each car's service and insurance dates once, and check the cars screen every Monday.
Keep learners' home addresses private: only instructors who need them should see them.
Try one car's schedule for a week before adding all of them.

What it costs

Describing your app and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
A new app usually takes 60 to 110 credits. Start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits, enough for one app and a few changes) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499. Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
Google Play needs a paid plan (it includes the Play Store bundle and your app’s signing key) and your own Google Play developer account, a one-time US$25 fee to Google.
Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

AppCub doesn't connect to transport office or licence systems, GPS trackers or the car itself, and it sends nothing by itself. It doesn't track the car live; pick-up times go out when someone taps the WhatsApp button.
AppCub builds Android apps. You can also share the app as a web link that opens on any phone; for the iPhone App Store, AppCub’s team can do it for you.

Questions

Can the app count how many drives each learner has left?

Yes. Each completed drive is subtracted from the learner's course, and the learners screen shows drives done and left.

Can instructors see their pick-up addresses on a map?

Yes. Each pick-up has a Google Maps button that opens directions on the instructor's phone.

Can the app book learner's licence or driving test slots?

No. AppCub doesn't connect to transport office systems. You can note a learner's test date in the app yourself.

Can I track where my cars are during a drive?

No. The app doesn't do live tracking or connect to GPS devices. It shows which car is booked for which drive.

Can the app remind me when a car needs a service?

It shows service and insurance dates that are coming up whenever you open the cars screen. If you ask for it, the installed app can also show a reminder on your own phone at a set time; it doesn't message anyone else by itself.

Can learners pay the course fee in the app?

Yes, with your own Razorpay account connected along with Supabase. The money goes to your account, not AppCub.

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