Road44 vs RoadReady

Quick answer

RoadReady by Safe Roads Alliance, Inc. logs supervised driving hours for student drivers, with GPS tracking, drive scores, lessons and, per its listing, an official state affidavit and log. It has been on the App Store since 2013, runs on iPhone and Android, and is free with ads. It needs an account and has 2.7 stars from 16,700 US ratings.

Safe Roads Alliance also publishes a separate app, RoadReady Ohio, which this page does not cover.

Road44, listed on the App Store as Driving Hours Tracker & Logger, logs each drive with a one-tap live timer or an all-optional form and can track hours, distance, earnings or trips. It is free to download with optional Pro plans, has no ads, and needs no account.

If you need the official state log RoadReady’s listing describes, GPS drive scores, or one app for several students, go with RoadReady. If you want a logbook with no account and no ads that you can export any time, go with Road44.

Side-by-side

Where RoadReady wins

An official state log, per its listing. RoadReady says it “produces a state-approved log” and lets you download and email the official state affidavit and completed driving log once all required hours are done. Its listing also calls it “the only app endorsed by state driving agencies all around the country,” and reviewers say their state, DMV or driving school requires or recommends it. Road44 makes no official or state-approved claim, so check what your state accepts before you rely on either app.

GPS tracking and drive scores. RoadReady logs drives with what its listing calls “telematics-based precision” and reviews speeding, braking and turning, with a score for each drive. Road44’s listing does not mention GPS. In Road44, distance comes from odometer readings or a trip distance you type in. Reviewers say RoadReady’s scores can be off, especially for braking and acceleration, and its own listing warns that background GPS can drain the battery.

Built for supervisors with several students. A supervisor can start drives, see each student’s progress toward the required hours, and manage multiple students in one app, though reviewers say linking parent and student accounts does not always work. Road44’s listing does not mention separate learner profiles. RoadReady also includes state-specific driving guides with videos, PDFs and written lessons, plus badges for milestones.

Nothing to buy. RoadReady sells no in-app purchases on either store, so every feature its listing describes, lessons included, is free, with ads. Road44 sells Pro at $2.99 a week or $29.99 a year.

Where Road44 wins

No account and no ads. RoadReady needs an account with sign-up and two-factor authentication, and both stores say it contains ads. Its August and September 2026 release notes mention “Enhanced advertisement targeting and display” and “Geofencing Ads”, and you can’t pay to turn them off. Reviewers say they get logged out over and over, even after the August 2026 update that said it fixed logouts, and that ads show up often, including before a drive starts or saves. Road44 has no ads, needs no account, and keeps your drives on your device.

A drive timer built to keep running. Reviewers say RoadReady’s live tracking sometimes stops mid-drive or fails to save, that it can break if they handle the phone, leave the app or let the screen lock, and that logged hours went missing around its summer 2026 rebuild. Other reviewers say it has been running better lately. Road44’s drive mode keeps going through app restarts and backgrounding, and you hold to start and hold to stop, so a stray tap does not end a drive.

Export any time, in the format you pick. RoadReady’s listing describes downloading and emailing the state affidavit and completed log once all required hours are done, and it does not name a file format. Road44 exports Text, CSV, PDF or image files for any date range, in a table or card layout, with no watermark, and you choose which fields appear.

More detail on each drive. Both apps record road types and weather. Road44 also tags skills practiced, such as parallel parking, merging and three-point turns, and can log distance, earnings, tips, expenses and fuel for drivers who track more than learner hours. It runs on iPad too, and RoadReady has no iPad app.

Pricing

• Road44 is free to download, with no ads. Pro is $2.99 a week or $29.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. The store listing does not spell out which features Pro adds.
• RoadReady is free, with ads. Neither the App Store nor Google Play lists an in-app purchase, so there is no paid tier and no way to pay to remove the ads.

Over a year of logging, RoadReady costs nothing but comes with ads. Road44 costs nothing to download, or $29.99 if you take Pro on the annual plan ($155.48 over 52 weeks on the weekly plan).

Which one should you pick?

Pick RoadReady if your state, DMV or driving school points you to it, you need the official state affidavit and log its listing describes, you want GPS drive scores and lessons, or you supervise more than one student and are fine with ads and an account.

Pick Road44 if you want a logbook with no account and no ads, a drive timer that keeps running through restarts, exports in Text, CSV, PDF or image form for any date range, or room to log skills, distance, earnings and expenses too.

To see how both compare with other driving log apps, read our driving hours tracker app roundup, or download Road44 and log your next drive.