Driver assistance for new drivers

Built to help new drivers drive safer, from day one.

RoadAware looks at the road ahead of you and speaks up before it matters — a traffic light, a railway crossing, a speed-limit change — early enough for your actual speed, so a new driver always has time to react.

  • Free · no ads · no analytics
  • Offline German city maps

RoadAware is a driver-assistance aid, not a collision-avoidance system. Map and GPS data can be wrong or incomplete — always watch the road and official signs.

What it does

Two things that actually help new drivers: warnings in time, and feedback afterward.

Every hazard gets its own lead time, scaled to your speed — and every trip gets scored, so you can see how you're actually driving.

Speed-scaled warnings

A railway crossing gets more lead time than a speed bump. Distance grows with speed automatically, so a warning that's timely in town stays timely on a fast road.

Post-drive score

Every recorded trip gets scored on harsh braking, harsh acceleration, and harsh cornering — measured by your phone alone, no extra hardware needed. It's the feedback loop that turns each drive into something you can actually improve on next time.

Event map

Harsh events are pinned right on the trip map, alongside distance, duration, and average speed — so you see exactly where and when, not just a number.

Speed limit & overspeed nudge

Shows the road's known speed limit as a sign next to your current speed, so you're never guessing it — useful when you're still learning to judge speed by feel. One spoken nudge follows a sustained, meaningful overspeed. Never a nag.

Choose what you hear

Traffic signals, railway crossings, zebra crossings, stop signs, give-way, speed bumps, 30-km/h zones, right-before-left priority junctions — pick exactly what you want spoken aloud.

Offline city maps

Select a German city and its map downloads automatically — warnings for that city then keep working without a mobile connection.

How it works

From your position to a spoken warning, in four steps

The same thing happens on every drive — here's what goes on between the app knowing where you are and a warning reaching your ears.

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    Step 1

    Find your road

    RoadAware works out which road you're actually on and which way you're heading — not just a dot on a map.

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    Step 2

    Look ahead

    It follows the road forward in your direction of travel to see what's coming up.

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    Step 3

    Pick what matters most

    Every hazard within reach at your current speed is ranked by how serious it is — a railway crossing wins over a speed bump.

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    Step 4

    One clear announcement

    A short spoken warning, not a stream of noise — duplicates and near-simultaneous hazards are suppressed sensibly.

Data

Open map data, on your phone

RoadAware's road information comes from OpenStreetMap, the free map built by volunteers. Pick your city once and its map is downloaded straight to your phone; outside a downloaded city, the app looks up the roads around you online. There's no account to create, no ads, and no analytics — and nothing about your driving leaves the app unless you choose to export it.

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Privacy

Your trips stay on your phone

Recorded trips are stored in the app's private storage and only leave the device when you choose to export them. Read the full policy for exactly what's processed and when.

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RoadAware for Android

Free, with no account, no ads, and no analytics. Coming soon to Google Play — spoken warnings timed to your speed, and a score to help you improve after every drive.

Coming soon to Google Play