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Type A Type B Type C This app Red = we have, they don’t
Feature checklist, not a scorecard. Light green = this app; red bold = unique strengths.
| Topic | Type A | Type B | Type C | This app |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Role | Third-party; often private-car + taxi/ride-hail | Third-party; focused on combined test | Informal item collections | Unofficial; focused combined-test study / mock |
| New format A 30 + B 35 / ~45 min | Public pages now claim new format (recent updates common) | Public pages claim 65 / 45 min with separate pass lines | Depends on editor updates | Combined mock follows published rhythm; finish A before B; both parts must pass |
| Taxi / ride-hail weighting | Taxi/ride-hail banks; weighting varies | Publicly common: taxi- or ride-hail-weighted papers | Depends on source | Yes; ride-hail-weighted combined papers (same counts / time) |
| Item nature (public claims) | Often “based on booklet / code”; free tier usually has ads | Large practice banks / mocks; some emphasise real traffic-sign images | Hard to trace | Paraphrased for the latest combined syllabus (A/B split — not a renamed old taxi-only bank); about 783 Part A / 395 Part B (~1,178, v40); not exam papers |
| Miss / impact summary | Yes (miss lists / stats; Premium often adds weak-area tools) | Yes (miss review, bookmarks, stats) | No | Detailed study impact (attempts, misses, recovered, mock passes, time, streak) + personal miss pool + most-missed |
| City-wide anonymous miss board | No | No | No | Missed-question collection: anonymous Top 20 (needs enough data) |
| Guides / syllabus alignment | Some include exam-arrangement guide pages | Some publish format explainers | Depends on shared materials | In-app Guides + site articles; knowledge/code items can open source links |
| Place-item help | Varies | Varies | Varies | Place items can open maps / encyclopaedia; route items use map data for understanding |
| Printable A4 mock papers | No | Yes (publicly offers mock PDF) | Already paper / files | Export combined / Part A / Part B A4 mock practice PDFs (watermarked; personal study only) |
| One-tap share cards | No | No | No | One-tap share of study cards after practice |
| Network study | Often advertised as “no internet needed” | Varies (some free apps allow practice after download) | Paper needs no app | Study and mocks after bank download; failed updates do not block practice |
| Pricing / ads (public models) | Free + ads; unlocks often need IAP (publicly often tens of HKD) | Often free download | Free or one-off purchase | One-time unlock of every feature; no subscription, no IAP, no ads; Family Sharing (as listed on the App Store) |
| Ads during answering | Common (free tier interstitial / end-of-round ads break rhythm) | Varies (free tiers may show ads) | No | No ads — study rhythm is not interrupted |
| Bank version transparency | Rarely publishes bank version numbers and change logs | Rarely publishes detailed revision logs | No | Public bank version (e.g. v40) + cold-start update log |
| AI tutor | Yes (Premium: study-plan / weak-area style) | No | No | AI tutor (from v1.2; v1.2.1 live stream / Stop / share; included in buy-once). Needs network + consent; daily limits. See overview |
| Platform | iOS (iPad also common) | iOS / web varies | Paper / files | Primarily iOS on the App Store today |
Taxi and Ride-hailing Practice is an unofficial iOS study app for the combined written test. Beyond the table, these shipped (or listed) strengths matter:
On item quality: our editorial rules are paraphrase from TD public materials, deduplicate, toughen distractors, and offer Report this question. That is a process — not an independent “best in Hong Kong” proof. Other products advertise larger banks or traffic-sign photo banks — try the 20-question web trial and compare yourself.
On the other hand, even a full-featured app does not replace reading official materials and learning places and the code in depth. An in-app pass is not an official pass. Arrangements, fees and pass lines follow TD if they change.
Advice: start with the free 20-question trial. If you are preparing seriously and want a new-format bank without ads, consider the App Store one-time purchase. The official test still follows TD — publisher opinion, not a third-party certification.
More reading: study guide · exam format · AI tutor
Articles related to this topic first; others by recency.
Structure, pass lines, a four-step plan and mock rhythm.
Exam formatPart A 30, Part B 35, 45 minutes — vs the old 40-question paper.
Ride-hailingHow the combined paper relates to ride-hailing operations.