What exactly works offline?

On the mobile app: viewing your diary, adding a new lesson, adding a new pupil, and recording a payment. All of it works with no connection.

Do I need to press a "sync" button?

No. The app checks for a connection automatically and sends anything queued the moment it finds one — nothing for you to remember.

Will a lesson show the wrong time if I add it offline?

No. Every entry keeps the time you actually made it on your phone, not the time it later syncs to the server.

Offline mode

Works with no signal, on the mobile app

Some of your best test routes have the worst signal. Keep viewing your diary and add a lesson, a pupil or a payment with zero bars — the moment your phone reconnects, everything sends itself.

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A dead zone should not cost you a lesson record

Instructors teach from wherever the pupil needs to practise, not from a desk with reliable wifi. Lesson Diary's mobile app keeps working with no connection at all, then quietly catches up once you're back in coverage — nothing to remember, nothing lost. It is one of the features of the driving instructor app.

Works with zero signal

View your diary and add a lesson, a new pupil or a payment record even with no bars at all.

Syncs itself

The moment your phone finds signal again, everything queued sends in the background. No button to press.

True timestamps

Every entry keeps the time you actually made it, not the time it happened to sync.

Watch offline mode in action

Add lessons, pupils and payments with no signal. Everything syncs when the phone reconnects.

Works with no signal

Teach anywhere. Sync when you're back.

Some of your best test routes have the worst signal. On the mobile app, you don't have to worry about it — keep viewing your diary, logging progress notes and recording payments with no bars at all. The moment your phone reconnects, everything sends itself. Nothing to remember, nothing lost.

Add a lesson, a pupil or a payment record with zero signal
Automatic sync the second you're back in coverage — no button to press
Every entry keeps the time you actually made it, not the time it happened to sync

Today's diary No signal

Jamie A. — 9:00am

Roundabouts, independent driving

Saved on phone

Payment — £32 cash

Marked paid at 9:52am

Saved on phone

Back in signal — both synced automatically

How offline support compares

Not every driving instructor app keeps working with no signal. Lesson Diary does — check your diary, log a lesson, a pupil or a payment, and it all syncs once you reconnect.

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Common questions

What exactly works offline?: On the mobile app: viewing your diary, adding a new lesson, adding a new pupil, and recording a payment. All of it works with no connection.
Do I need to press a "sync" button?: No. The app checks for a connection automatically and sends anything queued the moment it finds one — nothing for you to remember.
Will a lesson show the wrong time if I add it offline?: No. Every entry keeps the time you actually made it on your phone, not the time it later syncs to the server.