Plato: Know Thy Motor

UK car tax & MOT checker

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

The clean UK vehicle check. Speak or type a plate, get tax and MOT status in seconds. Free, no accounts, no ads. Optional Plato Plus adds a Garage and reminders. Know thy motor. No nonsense. Plato is the clean UK vehicle lookup app. Speak or type a registration and get the answer. That's it. No accounts. No ads. No subscription traps. No data harvesting. No "premium tier" hiding the basic information you came for. Plato exists because every other UK car check app eventually does one of these things. We don't. And we're not planning to. WHAT YOU GET, FREE FOREVER - Tax status and tax due date - MOT status and MOT expiry date - Vehicle make, year and colour - Fuel type and engine size - CO2 emissions and Euro status - First registration date - Export status - Voice or text input Powered by official DVLA data, the same source used by insurers and dealerships. WHO IT'S FOR - Drivers checking their own vehicle in seconds - Anyone considering a used car who wants the basics fast - People who hate filling in forms, creating accounts and dodging paywalls just to see the basics VOICE FIRST Tap the mic, say the plate naturally and the lookup happens automatically. No typing, no fiddling. Just say it and know it. WHO BUILT IT Plato is built by AKP Studio, a solo indie developer in the UK. No venture capital. No growth team. No data brokerage. Just a useful, clean app that does one thing well. THE PHILOSOPHY Named after the Greek philosopher who said the unexamined life is not worth living. We think the same applies to your car. Know thy motor. PRIVACY Plato doesn't track you. Plato doesn't have an account system. Your lookups stay on your device. Full privacy policy at platocheck.com/privacy. WHAT'S NEXT We're building Plato carefully. The first upgrade has arrived: Plato Plus, an optional one-time purchase that adds a personal Garage for your saved vehicles plus MOT, tax and insurance reminders. Full MOT history is still to come. The free lookup stays free forever and none of this compromises the philosophy. Questions, feedback, ideas: hi@platocheck.com

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Introducing Plato Plus, an optional one-time upgrade. - Save your vehicles to a personal Garage - Get reminders before MOT, tax and insurance run out, at 30, 14 and 1 days - Everything stays on your device, no account and no subscription One-time £3.99. Yours forever. The free lookup stays exactly as it is, free forever. As always, no ads, no tracking, no nonsense.

Version 1.1.0

The developer, AKP STUDIO WORKS LTD, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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Information

Seller
  • AKP STUDIO WORKS LTD
Size
  • 32.9 MB
Category
  • Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
  • iPod touch
    Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Languages
  • English
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
  • © 2026 AKP Studio Works Ltd
  • Developer Website
  • Privacy Policy

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