Looking for a Vehicle Smart Alternative?
Vehicle Smart is one of the UK's most popular car check apps, and it deserves it: type any registration and you see the MOT and tax status in seconds. What it isn't is a logbook. If you're looking for somewhere to keep your own motorcycle's or car's full history - every service, receipt, fill-up and bill - that's the gap RoadVerdict fills. Here's an honest side-by-side.
Vehicle Smart vs RoadVerdict
| What you want to do | Vehicle Smart | RoadVerdict |
|---|---|---|
| Check any UK vehicle’s MOT and tax status | Yes, free, any registration | For your own vehicles; a free check for any plate is coming |
| MOT history of your own vehicle | Yes | Yes - imported by registration and kept with your records |
| Service history: what was done, when, at what mileage, and what it cost | A garage with reminders, not a full service log | Yes - the core of the app |
| Receipts read for you | Not listed | Yes - photograph a receipt and it’s read and filed |
| Fuel, MPG and running costs | Not listed | Yes |
| Is this garage quote fair? | Not listed | Yes - the free quote checker, using sourced UK prices |
| Send a buyer your vehicle’s history when you sell | Not listed | Yes - one link to the whole history |
| Paid history checks (finance, stolen, write-off) | Yes, from a few pounds | Yes - the full history check |
| Vehicles on the free plan | 3 | 1 |
| Paid plan | £9.99 a year, or £39.99 once for life | £5.99 a month or £59 a year, 14-day free trial |
| Export your own records | Not listed | Free on every plan (CSV) |
Vehicle Smart details from its own website and Google Play listing, checked on 9 October 2026. "Not listed" means it wasn't in Vehicle Smart's published feature list that day. Prices and features change, so check theirs before you decide.
Where Vehicle Smart is the better choice
- Checking other people's vehicles, often. If you look up plates all the time - buying, selling, at work - Vehicle Smart is built for exactly that.
- Several vehicles on a free plan. Its free garage holds three; ours holds one.
- A cheaper paid plan. Its Premium is £9.99 a year. RoadVerdict Pro costs more, because it does more of the paperwork for you - but if you only want reminders, that's a fair reason to pick Vehicle Smart.
Where RoadVerdict is the better choice
- You want the whole history in one place. Services, repairs, tyres, fuel, mods and bills, with the date, mileage and cost of each - and the MOT history alongside.
- You don't want to type it all in. Photograph a receipt and RoadVerdict reads it and files the entries for you.
- You want to know if a quote is fair. The motorcycle and car quote checkers compare a garage's price with sourced UK prices for the same job.
- You'll sell one day. A documented history helps you ask a better price, and you can send a buyer one link to all of it. How buyers check a service history
- You ride. Motorcycles aren't an afterthought here: chain and sprockets, valve clearance checks and bike service prices all have their own place.
- Your records stay yours. Exporting your full history is free on every plan, with no ads.
Using both
They don't clash. Use Vehicle Smart to check a car or bike before you buy it, then keep its history in RoadVerdict once it's yours - the MOT history comes in by registration, so the record starts full.
Common questions
Is RoadVerdict a replacement for Vehicle Smart?
Not exactly. Vehicle Smart is built for checking vehicles - yours or anyone else’s - and it’s very good at it. RoadVerdict is built for keeping your own motorcycle’s or car’s full history: every service, receipt, fill-up and bill. Plenty of people will want both.
Can I keep my service history in Vehicle Smart?
Vehicle Smart has a garage for your vehicles with reminders, but it isn’t a full service logbook. If you want every job, mileage, receipt and cost in one place - and a history you can hand to a buyer - that’s what RoadVerdict is for.
Does RoadVerdict work for motorcycles?
Yes - motorcycles and cars are both first-class. Bike jobs like chain and sprockets, tyres and valve clearance checks have their own place, and the quote checker has separate motorcycle prices.
Is RoadVerdict free?
Yes, for one vehicle: logging, receipt scanning one at a time, the MOT history, reminder alerts, the quote checker, a shareable history link and CSV export. Pro is £5.99 a month or £59 a year and adds a second vehicle, exact reminder dates and emails, reports, the Vault and a free full history check every 4 weeks.
Is RoadVerdict connected to Vehicle Smart?
No. RoadVerdict is independent and has no connection with Vehicle Smart Ltd. The details about Vehicle Smart on this page come from its own website and app listing.
Vehicle Smart is a trademark of its owner. RoadVerdict is independent and not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Vehicle Smart Ltd.