About Turas

Turas is an independent iPhone app for Irish learner drivers, made by Maksym Myronenko, a sole developer. It is one person, not a company, and it is not run, approved or endorsed by the Road Safety Authority. No app can be "RSA-approved": the RSA does not publish test routes or certify route apps.

What it does

It guides you round the driving test routes at 51 Irish test centres with a voice, turn by turn, and calls out the hard parts before you reach them: the lane for each roundabout exit, STOP signs, speed limit changes, yellow boxes, and the likely spots for the reverse around a corner, turnabout and hill start. "Turas" is Irish for journey.

Where the routes come from

• 318 of the 616 routes were recorded on real driving tests. The rest are practice routes on the same roads.
• Every route is matched to the OpenStreetMap road network, so it follows real roads and junctions, not a GPS trace.
• Learners who choose to share their drives help keep routes current. Each week those drives are checked for new or changed routes, and a person reviews every change before it reaches the app.
• The tester still chooses your route on the day, and roadworks change routes. Treat them as the roads you are likely to meet, not a promise.

How driving test routes work

How it is paid for

By the people who use it: a Centre Pass for one centre (a one-time payment that never renews), or a one-off lifetime purchase for every centre. There are no ads and no data selling. Prices.

Your data

The app needs no sign-up. Location is used to guide you; sharing your drives is your choice and can be turned off in Settings. The Privacy Policy says exactly what is collected and for how long. This website's own counting is described on Website Privacy.

Contact

Questions, a route that looks wrong, or a centre you want next: maximusik2@gmail.com. The Support page answers the common ones (refunds, restoring purchases, cancelling).