Fahrschule.live vs Passdesk

Fahrschule.live is a cloud-based system for driving schools, combining administration, instructor and student apps, and classroom software. It is built for entrepreneurially managed schools in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The administration tools cover student management, scheduling, finances, and documents; digital student records can include training history, notes, documents, and payment history. Accounting features include automatic invoicing, SEPA direct debit, PayLink, ZUGFeRD, and DATEV export, with optional Riverty factoring for outstanding receivables and payment defaults. The instructor app supports digital signatures and offline use. The Führerschein.live student app offers official theory questions in 13 languages, a guided learning path, and synchronized progress. The service is available on Android, iOS, and the web. A demo account provides an unrestricted seven-day trial. Students are billed once per applicable license category, with no device or user binding or advance payment. Listed one-time prices include €4.90 for Starter Lizenz and €19.90 for Erweiterte Lizenz, each billed netto.

Passdesk provides driving-school management software and a self-management toolkit for solo learners in the UK and Ireland. Its school workspace combines lesson scheduling, payments, learner progress, theory practice, route planning, and waitlists. Instructors can schedule repeating lessons, send reminders, and enforce cancellation policies. Stripe supports card checkout and saved cards, including deposits and policy-based charges for late cancellations or no-shows. Learner progress covers five test categories and adapts to manual or automatic transmission. Theory practice includes 14 DVSA categories and timed mock tests, but is switched off in Ireland because an RSA theory bank is not available. Route tools include test-centre practice routes, route drawing, GPX uploads, and phone recording. The in-car mobile flow can queue lesson data offline and sync after reconnection. Calendar syncing is available with Google Calendar and Outlook; the UK expense ledger exports tax information to Xero and FreeAgent. Plans start at £9.99/mo, and schools have a 14-day trial while solo learners have a 7-day trial; neither needs a card to start. The maker says data is hosted in London and encrypted in transit and at rest using TLS 1.2+, but it does not yet hold ISO 27001 or Cyber Essentials certification.