Pocket Instructor 17+

I’ve got my practical test coming up (4th attempt), so I downloaded this app today as I thought it would be helpful. It‘s pretty good overall, it gives detailed explanations of why you need to do things a certain way, and it’s mostly very clear and easy to understand; it’s also free which is another thing that made me download it.

The only thing I have an issue with is on the quiz sections, if you get an answer wrong, the app tells you the correct answer but it’s hard to read it, because the background is very dark and the text is black. I think the colour scheme needs rethinking, but honestly that’s my only problem and the only reason this isn’t a 5-star rating. If someone could just fix this, the app would be perfect. Thank you.

This app is so helpful and so detailed, it is perfect for those who are going to do their practical soon. The only thing I would ask for improvement is the quiz layout, the background and text are both black so it is impossible to see clearly, if that could be improved it would get 5 stars.

As an instructor, I might find this app very useful as it is on the whole well designed and informative. However, unfortunately I do not use it nearly as much as I could for the following two reasons:

1. There is no iPad optimised version. On an smartphone, the otherwise excellent template feature is very fiddly because of the small screen size.
It would work so much better on a larger tablet screen.

2. There doesn’t appear to be an option to hide ads. As a instructor, I feel it would look more professional if I could pay to remove ads, like on most other apps.

In summary, if the developer could add the above features to the app, I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending it to other instructors and students alike. However in it’s current form I think it’s usefulness is restrictively limited.