Your session, always visible
Moda uses iOS Live Activities to put your driving session on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. You don't open the app. You don't even unlock your phone. It's just there.
What you see
The lock screen card shows everything about your current session. Elapsed time. Your supervisor's name. Whether it's day or night. The weather. And a progress gauge showing how close you are to finishing your state's required hours.
Three timer formats keep things readable wherever they show up. The full format (1:27:03) on the lock screen. Compact (1:27) in tight spaces. And natural language ("1 hr 27 min") when you glance at your session summary.
Dynamic Island
When the app's in the background, the Dynamic Island shows a compact view: a car icon and your elapsed time. Tap it, and it expands to show the full session. Progress gauge, supervisor, day/night status, weather condition. All without leaving whatever else you're doing.
It works on every iPhone with Dynamic Island. iPhone 14 Pro and newer.
Zero friction
You don't toggle anything on. When you start a session in Moda, the Live Activity starts automatically. Built on Apple's ActivityKit, it updates in real time without draining your battery. The system handles rendering. Moda just feeds it data.
Phone locked? It's there. Phone in your pocket? Still counting. Your parent's sitting in the passenger seat, and the timer's running whether you look at it or not. When you end the session, the activity dismisses itself.
Why it matters
Most permit practice apps make you open them to check your time. That's a distraction. The whole point of a permit app is to keep your focus on the road, not your phone. Live Activities solve this. Your session info lives on the lock screen where a quick glance takes half a second.
We built this because paper logs are terrible and apps that require constant interaction aren't much better. Moda runs in the background and keeps you informed without getting in the way.
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