🚐🚛🚌 For van, truck and bus drivers in the EU

Use your tachograph
step by step
without mistakes

We guide you through every tachograph task - screen by screen, button by button. Offline, in English, Polish and Ukrainian.

Vans: VDO DTCO 4.1 / 4.1a  ·  Trucks & buses: VDO DTCO 3.0, Stoneridge SE5000

✓ Available on Google Play
Get it on Google Play
≈ €7 one-time, the whole app
offline works with no signal
EN / PL / UA a driver's language, not an engineer's
The problem

The tachograph manual has 117 pages.
Nobody reads it.

And a wrong entry at a roadside check can cost you a fine - in any EU country.

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The official manual is written for engineers

117 pages of error codes and diagrams. It won't tell you how to start your working day.

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YouTube doesn't work in a lay-by

At 4 a.m. at a truck stop there may be no signal - and you need the answer now.

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Van drivers - this is your problem now too

Since 1 July 2026, vans of 2.5–3.5 t in international transport in the EU must have a smart tachograph. Many drivers hold a driver card for the first time - and checks have already started.

The solution

We show you which button to press
on your tachograph model

VDO DTCO 4.1 / 4.1a
Starting the working day
> INSERT DRIVER CARD
> [Left side ▼]
─────────────────────
DTCO 4.1 09:04
DRIVER 1: ██████
ACTIVITY: ?
  • 1 Insert the card chip up, with the VORNE side facing forward
  • 2 Press ▼ on the left of the display - the tachograph asks for the start country
  • 3 Choose your country and confirm ✓ - done, your time is being recorded
  • 👆
    Step by step, screen by screen
    You see exactly what appears on the display after every press. No guessing.
  • 📶
    Works offline - always, everywhere
    A car park in Germany, a fuel station in Romania, the depot at 4 a.m. No signal, no problem.
  • 🌍
    In English, Polish and Ukrainian
    All content - guides, EU rules, message dictionary, country requirements - not just the menus. Switch the language any time.
  • 💳
    One purchase, the whole app
    Pay once - every model and scenario, including those added later. No subscription. Google Play shows the price in your local currency.
In the app

What's inside

Six modules for free - no account, no catch. You only pay for the step-by-step guides and premium tools.

⚖️

Rules and breaks

EU driving time, breaks and rest periods under Regulation 561/2006 - with checklists and “Guide me” walkthroughs.

⏱️

Working time assistant

All counters on one screen: continuous, daily, weekly and fortnightly driving, rests and working time. Get notified before a limit runs out.

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I'm in a situation…

Roadside check? Driving too long? Out of scope, empty run? One tap and you get a way out, step by step.

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Message dictionary

The tachograph shows “! driving without card”? Type it in and see what it means and what to do. Offline.

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Countries: requirements

First-aid kit, hi-vis vest, snow chains, alcohol limits, tolls - check what's mandatory where before you set off.

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Driver profile & deadlines

Code 95, driver card, licence, medicals, ADR - enter the expiry date once and get reminded in good time.

Step-by-step guides

45 scenarios from a driver's life

Exactly the screens you'll see in the app, with the highlighted line showing what to press. 16 scenarios for DTCO 4.1/4.1a, 14 for DTCO 3.0, 15 for Stoneridge SE5000 - including two-driver crews, ferry/train, out of scope driving and reading the display counters. More are added in free updates.

VDO DTCO 4.1
begin country
▶ :PL Poland
D Germany
CZ Czechia
🪪 Inserting the card
Starting the day after rest — inserting the card correctly
10:30✶ WORK
10:30 0 km/h
= 123456 km
⚒️ Switching to other work
Work, not driving — loading and unloading
06:01⊩ BREAK
1○03h21 00h15
1⊩10h57 ✶00h21
☀️ Starting the working day
The card stayed in overnight — the record is kept
17:57
end country
▶ :PL Poland
D Germany
CZ Czechia
🌙 Ending the working day
Taking the card out for the night without errors
13:26
begin country
▶ :D Germany
A Austria
B Belgium
🌍 Crossing a border
How to record leaving and entering a country
20:42⛴ FERRY
vehicle
▶ ⛴ start
load/unl.
⛴ Ferry / train
A 9 h rest on the crossing — which code to press and when
07:01
vehicle
▶ OUT▸ start
⛴ start
🚐 Out of scope driving
Own-account van trips, empty runs — OUT mode
10:23▭ REST
R 08h30 ▭
2× reduced
🔢 What the display counts
“R 8 ○”, time to break, VDO Counter — every number explained

Find anything with the in-app search - it covers all rules, scenarios, situations and countries. Voice search works too.

🆕 New

Import your driver card.
See exactly what went wrong.

Not just the counters at the end of the month - a concrete list of infringements from your whole history: what, when and by how much. No fine amounts, just the facts.

Driver card import
Card history
⚠️
Continuous driving exceeded
03.08.2026 08:00 – 13:15
+1 h 15 min
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No daily rest
04.08.2026 02:00 – 05.08 01:00
+40 min
  • 📥
    Import any driver card file
    Load a .ddd/.esm/.tgd/.c1b file downloaded from a card reader, from your employer or from another app - nothing to plug into your phone.
  • 🔍
    A list of infringements, not just totals
    Continuous driving, daily and weekly rest, weekly limits - you see the type, exact date and time, and how far over the limit, across the whole imported history.
  • 📄
    PDF report
    A ready document to send to your employer or show at a check - share or e-mail it with one tap.
  • 🔒
    Your data stays on your phone
    The analysis runs entirely on the device - no card data is sent to any server.
📅 17 countries

Weekend truck ban?
Different in every country.

A calendar of truck driving bans in 17 European countries, month by month - check once instead of guessing at the border.

Truck driving bans
September 2026
🇫🇷
France
Sundays and selected holidays
8 days
🇦🇹
Austria
Sundays, holidays, night ban
8 days
🇷🇴
Romania
selected roads only (A2, DN7)
5 days
🇱🇹
Lithuania
no national ban
0 days
  • 📅
    A whole-month calendar, not just “today”
    Scroll ahead and see in advance on which days and hours a ban applies in every country you follow.
  • 🌍
    17 countries, each with its real rules
    Poland, Germany, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland, Romania, Bulgaria and the Baltic states - from national bans to selected roads only.
  • 🔔
    A reminder before you drive into a ban
    Pick the countries to follow - the app reminds you the evening before and/or on the morning of the ban.
  • 🚛
    Matched to your vehicle class
    Van up to 3.5 t, 3.5–12 t or heavy truck - the app shows only the bans that actually apply to you.
Why TachoPomoc?

What no other app does

We checked.

App Step-by-step operating guide Works offline Your specific tachograph model Price
🟠 TachoPomoc ✓ YES ✓ YES ✓ YES one-time, the whole app
VDO Tachograph Driver App ✗ NO ✗ NO ~ Bluetooth monitoring Needs a SmartLink Pro dongle
TachoDroid / TachoBit ✗ NO ~ partly ✗ NO Card reader, separate device
Tachogram ✗ NO ~ partly ✗ NO Driving time calculator

👉 Scroll the table sideways to see all columns

Price

Simple price. No surprises.

✓ One-time purchase
≈ €7
one-time, for the whole app - Google Play shows the exact price in your currency (e.g. €6.49–6.99, £5.99)
  • All models and scenarios - DTCO 4.1/4.1a, DTCO 3.0, Stoneridge SE5000
  • Driver card import and infringement analysis
  • Truck driving ban calendar for 17 countries with reminders
  • No subscription, no login - buy once, keep it forever, including future models
✓ Available on Google Play
Get it on Google Play

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