The best theory test apps in the UK for 2026, compared

The best theory test app is the one that gives you the DVSA's own revision questions, enough CGI hazard perception clips to learn the timing, and full 50-question mock tests, at a price that makes sense next to the £23 theory test fee. Not every app below has all three.

We have checked each app's own listing or website in October 2026 and put the facts side by side. Orbit makes one of the apps in this list, so we have stuck to what each company publishes and pointed out where the others do something Orbit doesn't.

Best theory test app comparison table

App Store prices are for iPhone and iPad. Android prices are set separately on Google Play and can differ.

Official DVSA Theory Test Kit

This is the app GOV.UK names on its theory test revision page. It is published by TSO (The Stationery Office), DVSA's official publisher, and costs £5.49 on the App Store.

According to its App Store listing, you get:

• over 770 practice theory questions, including all the official questions
• unlimited quick and timed mock tests, including a timed 50-question mock in the same format as the real test
• 36 interactive CGI hazard perception clips
• 9 video case studies, for practising the questions about a short video clip
• the full study text from The Official DVSA Theory Test for Car Drivers, plus a free Highway Code
• English voiceover, progress graphs and a search tool

It works offline, which matters if you revise on a bus or have a small data allowance. Some content costs extra: the official book Driving: the essential skills is a £4.99 in-app purchase. Its hazard clip count is the lowest of the paid options here that publish one. TSO sells a separate DVSA Hazard Perception app for £2.99 with another 30 official clips if you want more.

Pick it if you want the official source, offline use and a one-off price.

Driving Theory Test 4 in 1 Kit and DTS Anytime

Both come from Driving Test Success, which says its learning materials have been helping learners pass since 1997. The 4 in 1 Kit is the phone app. DTS Anytime is the browser version.

Driving Theory Test 4 in 1 Kit

The App Store listing shows £5.99 with in-app purchases, a 4.8 rating from about 392,000 ratings, and the number 1 spot in the paid Education chart when we checked. It covers:

• the DVSA revision question bank, licensed from DVSA, with explanations
• unlimited timed mock tests, including DVSA video case studies
• 85 hazard perception clips, including all 48 DVSA CGI clips, with cheat detection like the real test
• the Highway Code, over 1,500 road sign photos, and voiceover for questions
• a structured Learner Plan and a weekly leaderboard

Its biggest selling point is the Pass Guarantee: Driving Test Success says it will refund your £23 test fee if you fail after completing the revision plan. It is for learner car drivers and motorcyclists, and terms apply. Its headline 97% pass rate is, in its own words, based on users who complete the Learner Plan in full.

The in-app purchases on the listing are all Learn to Drive passes, from £3.99 for one month. They unlock practical driving videos in the app's Learn to Drive Hubb. You don't need them for the theory test.

Pick it if you want the most hazard clips of the phone apps here and a structured plan to follow.

DTS Anytime

DTS Anytime is the online version for any device with an internet connection. For learner car drivers it has unlimited mock tests using the latest DVSA revision questions, voiceover in English, Punjabi, Polish, Urdu and Arabic, over 700 hazard perception clips and over 35 practical driving video tutorials.

The pricing page lists a free trial, then £5 for a week, £7 for a month or £15 for 6 months. The short passes suit you if your test is already booked and you only need a final week or month of practice.

Pick it if you revise on a laptop, want the most hazard clips of any option here that publishes a number, or need questions read out in a language other than English.

Theory Test Pro

Theory Test Pro is a browser-based simulation of the theory test. It contains the official revision questions licensed from DVSA and the hazard perception test, works on desktop, tablet and phone, and says it has had over a million users.

You can start free without a card. Pupils invited by an instructor get limited access to part of the question bank and hazard library, and the instructor can upgrade them to full access. Its instructor plans cost £9 a month (5 pupils with full access), £19 a month (15 pupils) or £99 a month for schools (6 instructors), and show the instructor how often and how well each pupil is studying. The site does not publish a price for a learner buying full access themselves.

Pick it if your instructor already uses it and can give you a full-access slot. You get the DVSA questions and your instructor sees where you are weak.

Other free options

You can get a long way without paying anything:

• GOV.UK practice tests. Take a practice theory test links to free mock tests for cars on Safe Driving for Life. GOV.UK says the questions are not used in the real test but are based on the same topics. Safe Driving for Life says they are a small sample of the 770+ revision questions.
• 3 free hazard clips. The same GOV.UK page links to a free hazard perception practice with 3 clips. Enough to see how the scoring works, not enough to practise your timing.
• The source books. The Highway Code is free on GOV.UK, and so is Know your traffic signs as a 172-page PDF. GOV.UK names these two, plus Driving: the essential skills, as the 3 books the questions are based on.
• Orbit's free tools. Our free theory practice taster gives you 10 random questions a round with explanations and needs no account. A free Orbit account gives you 10 questions a day by topic.

Free tools cover the multiple-choice part well. Hazard perception is where they run thin.

Orbit Theory

Orbit is mainly a diary and booking app for driving instructors, and it includes a theory test app for learners. Here is what it does and what it doesn't.

Free account. 10 practice questions a day, written by Orbit and aligned with the DVSA syllabus, across all 14 theory test topics, with an explanation after each answer. You also get a readiness score from 0 to 100 that names your weakest topics. No card needed.

Theory Premium, £2.99 a month. This adds:

• the DVSA revision question bank, with unlimited practice
• full mock tests: 50 questions drawn at random from the whole bank, a 57-minute timer and a pass mark of 43, the same format as the real multiple-choice part
• 49 DVSA CGI hazard perception clips, reproduced with DVSA's permission, scored up to 5 points per hazard, with a zero for clicking too often or in a pattern
• after each clip, your clicks shown against the scoring window and what the hazard was, with a solution replay on 10 of the clips
• accuracy in each topic, weakest first, and your mock test history

It renews monthly with no minimum term, and you cancel in your account. There is no free trial, so use the free account first.

Your instructor can see your progress. If your instructor runs their diary on Orbit, they can see your theory readiness and accuracy by topic on your pupil record, matched by your email address. They can spend a lesson on the topic you keep getting wrong.

Where others are ahead. Orbit runs in the browser, so you need a connection: no offline mode. Our mocks don't include the video case study questions that the 4 in 1 Kit and the official kit both offer. Hazard clips are practised one at a time, not as a full 14-clip mock, and the 4 in 1 Kit and DTS Anytime both have more clips. Orbit is independent and not endorsed by DVSA.

What matters most: real questions, real hazard clips, mocks

Leave aside the leaderboards and learner plans. Three features decide whether an app helps you pass.

DVSA revision questions

DVSA licenses its revision question bank to app makers: the 4 in 1 Kit and Theory Test Pro both say theirs is licensed from DVSA, and the official kit comes from DVSA's own publisher. GOV.UK is clear that practice questions "are not used in the real test, but they're based on the same topics". So the licensed bank is the closest you can get. Every paid option above has it. Free tools mostly use samples or their own questions.

CGI hazard clips

The hazard perception test is 14 video clips with 15 developing hazards (one clip has two). You can score up to 5 points per hazard, and the pass mark is 44 out of 75. GOV.UK warns you will not score anything if you click continuously or in a pattern. You can't practise that timing from a book. Look for DVSA CGI clips and feedback on where the scoring window opened.

Full mock tests

The multiple-choice part is 50 questions in 57 minutes, with a pass mark of 43. Three of those questions are about a short silent video. Timed 50-question mocks show you whether you can hold the pace. Book once you are clearing 43 on mocks consistently and your hazard scores are comfortably over 44.

For the full test format, booking and what to bring on the day, read our complete theory test guide for 2026, and for clicking technique see our hazard perception test guide.

Free vs paid: do you need to pay?

Not strictly. A disciplined learner can pass on GOV.UK's free tests, the free Highway Code and a free daily practice tool.

The maths still favours paying a little. A resit costs another £23, and you can't book your practical until you pass the theory, with driving test waits already long in many areas. The paid apps here cost £2.99 to £7 for a month of practice, or £5.49 to £5.99 once. That is less than a third of one test fee.

Where the money goes matters. Pay for hazard clips and the DVSA question bank. Skip extras like practical video bundles unless you want them, because your instructor covers the practical in the car.

Your theory pass certificate lasts 2 years, so once you pass, that is your window to pass the practical test (GOV.UK). If you are planning lessons around it, our guide to how many driving lessons you need is a useful next read, and if exam nerves are the bigger worry, see how to stay calm on test day.

If you want to try before you pay anything, Orbit's theory test app gives you 10 free questions a day, and the learner hub covers the rest of learning to drive.

Some GOV.UK wording is quoted under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Competitor prices and features are taken from each company's own website or App Store listing as of October 2026 and may change.