London Driver Pro

Never forget to pay a London driving charge again.

London Driver Pro automatically detects when you drive through ULEZ, the Congestion Charge zone, Dartford Crossing, the Blackwall and Silvertown Tunnels, and airport drop-off zones — then reminds you to pay before the deadline. One missed payment can cost you £180. This app pays for itself the first time it stops you from getting fined.

SMART REMINDERS, NOT JUST TRACKING

Detection isn't enough — you'd still forget to pay. London Driver Pro sends you an iOS notification well before each payment deadline, with the zone, the amount, and a one-tap link to the official TfL or Dartford payment page. The app does the watching so you don't have to.

WHY YOU NEED THIS

TfL doesn't tell you when you've entered a charging zone. Boundaries are invisible from the road. Rules differ between zones. Deadlines vary. It's easy to drive through three different charges in a single trip and forget about all of them by Tuesday.

London Driver Pro fixes this with one simple idea: your phone already knows where you've been, so let it do the remembering for you.

HOW IT WORKS

• Open the app once, enter your registration plate, and grant location permission

• Drive normally — the app runs quietly in the background

• When you cross into a charging zone, it logs the trip and starts a payment timer

• iOS notifications fire well before the deadline — even if the app's closed, even if you've forgotten the trip happened. One tap takes you to the official payment page.

• Tap a trip to see exactly which zones you entered, when, and how much you owe

SUPPORTED CHARGES

- ULEZ — £12.50/day (auto-detected; ULEZ-compliance worked out from your DVLA Euro status)

- Congestion Charge — £18.00/day, 7am–6pm Mon–Fri, 12pm–6pm Sat–Sun

- Dartford Crossing — £3.00 per crossing

- Blackwall Tunnel — £4.00 peak / £1.50 off-peak

- Silvertown Tunnel — £4.00 peak / £1.50 off-peak

- Heathrow drop-off — £7.00

- Gatwick drop-off — £10.00

- Stansted drop-off — £7.00

- Luton drop-off — £7.00

- London City drop-off — £8.00

SMART FEATURES

• DVLA lookup — enter your reg, the app pulls your make, colour, fuel type, MOT status and Euro emissions standard automatically

• Daily deduplication — ULEZ and Congestion Charge are correctly counted once per calendar day, not per crossing, so you never double-pay

• Midnight handling — trips that span midnight are split correctly across days

• Background-aware — battery-efficient geofencing, not always-on tracking

• No insurance switch needed — works regardless of who insures your car

• No hardware required — no black box, no OBD dongle, just your phone

PRIVACY

Everything stays on your phone — your location, your trip history, your vehicle details. We don't operate a server, so there's nothing to leak, sell, or lose.

The only network request the app makes is a one-off DVLA lookup when you first enter your registration. See our privacy policy for full details.

ABOUT

Built in London for London drivers. We made this because one of us nearly got hit with £900 in accumulated ULEZ fines after a month of forgetting. If you drive in town, this is the safety net you didn't know you needed.