How to choose a learner's licence app

Where the questions come from

Look for questions written from the National Road Traffic Act, the Regulations and the road sign manuals.

No app has the questions from your test. Hessequa Municipality says the computer test picks your 64 questions from a bank of 1,200. Be wary of any app that claims to have them.

An app that writes its own questions and says what it wrote them from lets you check its answers against the law.

An explanation with each answer

A tick or a cross teaches little. A short reason teaches the rule.

Trainers who help learners prepare told News24 that many test questions are worded in ways that trip people up. If you know the rule behind an answer, a new wording matters much less. Check that the app explains why the right answer is right, and that your mistakes come back for another try.

A timed mock in the current format

64 questions in a 28 / 28 / 8 split, a clock, and a score for each section.

The test has three sections, each with its own pass mark: 22 of 28 for rules, 23 of 28 for signs and 6 of 8 for controls. A mock that only gives you a total cannot tell you whether you would pass. How the pass marks work.

Check that the controls questions match your licence code. A Code 1 learner needs motorcycle controls, not car controls.

Hessequa Municipality gives 60 minutes for the computer test, so a timer helps you practise the pace. How the computer test works.

Road signs you can see clearly

Signs carry 28 questions and the highest pass mark, so the pictures matter.

Look for clear drawings of South African signs, road markings and traffic signals, grouped the way the sign manual groups them. How the sign families work.

Works with no signal

You should be able to study in a taxi or a queue without spending data.

An app that keeps its questions and pictures on your phone works anywhere. One that loads every question from the internet does not.

How you pay

Every app is paid for somehow: ads, locked sections, a subscription or one payment.

None of these is wrong in itself. Know which one you are signing up for before you start. Check whether the app needs an account, and what its privacy policy says it collects.

The home page has a general picture of free apps next to K67.

Try before you pay

A free trial shows you the questions and explanations before you spend anything.

Answer a few questions in each section. Read the explanations. If they help you understand the rule, the app is worth a closer look.

Where K67 fits

K67 is our app, so judge it against the list above yourself.

• 1,367 original questions, written from the National Road Traffic Act, the Regulations and the road sign manuals. Your code sets your pool: 1,210 for Code 2.
• A short explanation with each answer, and your mistakes come back until you get them right.
• A timed 64-question mock in the 28 / 28 / 8 split, with a 60-minute timer and a score per section against 22, 23 and 6.
• 600+ South African road signs and markings pictured.
• Unseen: the less-drilled parts of the syllabus in one place.
• Works offline. No account, no analytics, no tracking.
• R99.99 once on the App Store. No ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases.

What K67 is not: it is not a government app, it does not have the questions from your test, and it cannot promise a pass. It is on iPhone only. No Android app yet. Anyone can try it free in the browser: 10 questions in each section, one full mock test and the road sign guide, with no sign-up.