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Driving school
Run your driving school without evenings spent on bookings and invoices
Day plan, self-booking, lesson packages, training card and QR-bills — an app for small driving schools and self-employed driving instructors in Switzerland. Data in Switzerland.
For now, it is an idea.
The problem
During the day you are in the car, and in the evening the second job begins: answering booking requests by message, noting down lessons that were moved, working out how many lessons are left in a package, and writing invoices that are often paid by the parents. On top come duties such as the training card and the weekly sheet, and deadlines such as the learner's permit, which nobody likes to keep in their head.
Our approach
We are building an app that takes over exactly this administration and nothing else: the day plan with pickup points, self-booking by learners, packages, one ledger per learner, the training card, VKU and PGS courses and the key dates of each learner. In four languages, with payment in cash, by TWINT, by QR-bill or online, all in CHF. The app will store your learners' data in Switzerland, and it is meant to stay so simple that it hardly takes any time alongside the driving.
Who it is for
For self-employed driving instructors and small driving schools in Switzerland who handle their own administration — and for learners who book and pay for lessons in the browser or in the app, without an account.
What is planned
Self-booking with a day plan and pickup points
Learners will book free times in the instructor's calendar themselves, without an account. You see the day with names, vehicle and pickup point, such as the station or the school, and open the navigation with one tap. A vehicle booked twice stands out before someone waits in vain.
One cancellation rule in a single sentence
You set until when a lesson can be cancelled free of charge, what applies afterwards and how long you wait. The app will show this rule as one clear sentence when booking, in the confirmation and in every reminder. Added to that are terms and conditions that learners accept at their first booking.
A booking widget for your own website
If you already have a website, you add lesson booking, course dates or the price list there with a short piece of code. If you have none, the app gives you a simple page of its own.
Lesson packages with lessons left
The app will manage packages with a set number of lessons as well as single lessons, and take one off after every lesson driven. The day plan and the learner's own page show how many lessons are left. When only two remain, the learner gets a note.
One ledger per learner and QR-bills
Cash, TWINT, QR-bill or online: everything lands in one ledger per learner, with packages, lessons and the open amount at a glance. Invoices go to the parents or an employer if you wish, and the app sends payment reminders if you want it to.
Training card and weekly sheet
After each lesson you tap what was practised and add a short note. From that comes the training card per learner as a PDF, for example when someone changes school. Every week the app will compile the weekly sheet with the teaching minutes for each instructor.
VKU and PGS courses
The app will run courses for the traffic awareness course (VKU) and the practical basic training (PGS) with their parts, places and participant list. Attendance, the course confirmation and a reminder before the first part are included.
Key dates and warnings per learner
First-aid course, VKU, theory test, learner's permit, PGS and exam appear as dates on every learner's record. When a learner's permit is about to expire or the PGS deadline draws near, the app shows a warning in the day plan.
Your data in Driving school
The same commitments apply to every app that grows out of our ideas.
Data in Switzerland
Our apps store your data on infrastructure in Switzerland. Where exactly is stated on one page – not spread across several documents.
Your data is not for sale
We do not sell, rent or pass on your data. We earn from the app, not from what you entrust to it.
No AI training on your data
Your data is not used to train AI models. Not ours, and not anyone else’s.
Swiss data-protection law as the standard
We design to the Swiss Data Protection Act and build privacy in from the start – not as an adjustment at the end.
Frequently asked questions
Is your question not answered here? Write to us – we read every message.
ContactWhere will my learners' data be stored?
The app will store all data on infrastructure in Switzerland: bookings, notes on training, addresses and invoices. This website itself runs on our own server at Infomaniak in Switzerland; what is stored where is set out in the privacy policy.
Will the data be sold or used to train AI?
No. We do not sell, rent or hand over your data or your learners' data, and we do not use it to train AI models. We think about data protection from the start.
Is the app worth it for a single instructor?
Yes, that is exactly what we are building it for. A self-employed instructor should be able to start with the day plan, packages and ledgers, without setting up anything they do not need. When more instructors join, each gets their own calendar and vehicles are shared.
Do learners have to create an account?
No. They book in the browser without an account and later sign in with a link or a six-digit code to see their lessons, packages and invoices. The same will work in the app.
Which categories will the app be for?
For categories B (manual and automatic), BE, A1, A limited and A. Lorry, bus and professional driver training are not part of it. How you structure your lessons is up to you.
When will the app be available?
There is no date yet. We are working on this idea and will tell you once, if you wish, as soon as it becomes an app. How many people are waiting for an idea helps us decide the order in which we build.
What will it cost?
The price is not set yet. It will be shown in CHF and be clear enough that a small driving school can decide without a long deliberation. We will name a figure only when it is real.
Does signing up commit me to anything?
No, signing up is non-binding. You receive a single message once this idea becomes an app, and nothing else. We use your email address only for that; what we store is explained in the privacy policy.
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