The Best Free Likhit Exam Apps in Nepal, Compared Honestly

Full disclosure before anything else: I built one of the apps on this page. It is called Yatayat Likhit. You should read everything below knowing that, and judge it on the checkable facts rather than my opinion.

The useful thing I can offer is not a ranking. It is the list of features that actually decide whether you pass the driving licence written exam, so you can check any app — mine or anyone else's — against it in two minutes.

Note that these apps are listed under both spellings, "driving licence" and "driving license", and under Nepali words like likhit, tayari and pariksha. You will also see them described as a driving licence practice test, a written licence test practice tool, or driving licence exam preparation. They are all the same thing: a way to work through the DOTM question bank before you sit the paper.

What actually matters in a likhit app

The likhit exam is drawn from a DOTM question bank of about 500 questions, and DOTM publishes it. So nobody has secret questions. Every app, website and PDF is a rearrangement of the same public material:

A and K   dotm.gov.np/content/112/written-test-questions-2082-83-for--ak--class/
B         dotm.gov.np/content/111/-b--written-examination-questions-for-class-2082-83/

Once you know that, "which app has the real questions" stops being the question. They all do, or they should. What separates them is what they do with the questions.

Six things decide it:

1. The full bank, not a "top 100"

If an app has 100 questions, you have covered a fifth of what could come up. The bank is public and finite. There is no reason to study a subset.

2. Nepali, properly

The exam paper is in Nepali. An app that is English-only makes you translate in your head under a clock, which is a self-inflicted handicap. You want both languages, switchable, with the Nepali being the real exam wording rather than a machine translation.

3. Explanations, not just answers

An app that tells you the answer is B teaches you the letter. The bank rewords questions, so a memorised letter is worth very little. You want the reason.

4. It remembers what you get wrong

This is the feature that matters most and the one most apps skip.

The whole method is: answer everything once, find the 80 to 120 questions you actually get wrong, and drill only those. A notebook can do it. An app that does it automatically saves you the bookkeeping — and without it you will re-read what you already know, which feels productive and teaches nothing.

5. Timed mocks in the exam format

Knowing the answers and staying calm with a clock running are two different skills. You need to practise both.

6. Offline

Government offices, buses, load-shedding, and the queue outside the exam hall. An app that needs a connection is unavailable exactly when you have dead time to use.

The bonus ones

• Road signs as pictures. The exam shows the sign, not the name.
• A colour-vision test. The medical includes Ishihara plates. Finding out weeks early beats finding out at the counter.
• Trial checklists. The practical is the half people fail.
• Category separation. A and K share a bank; B has its own with far more car mechanics. Mixing them wastes your time.

The honest comparison

Here is how the free options generally divide. I have not audited every app in detail, so this is a guide to what to check, not a scoreboard.

Two rows deserve comment.

Websites are genuinely good for a quick practice round at a desk, and several Nepali ones are well made. They cannot work offline, which is where most of your usable study time actually is.

iOS coverage is thin. Most Nepali likhit apps are Android-only. If you are on an iPhone your choices narrow sharply, which is one of the reasons I shipped on both.

Why I built Yatayat Likhit

I kept meeting people who had failed the likhit and could not explain why. They had studied. They had used an app. When I asked what they got wrong, none of them knew — because nothing had been keeping track.

That is the whole design brief:

• The complete DOTM bank, for categories A, K and B, kept separate.
• The reason next to every answer, not just the correct letter.
• Automatic tracking of what you keep missing, so drilling is aimed at your actual weak spots.
• Timed mocks in the exam format.
• The Nepali road signs as pictures with their Nepali names.
• An Ishihara-style colour-vision test for the medical.
• Trial tips and checklists — the figure-8, the hill start, parking.
• Fully offline, Nepali and English, on both iOS and Android.
• Free, because the question bank is a public document and charging for it would be charging for something the government already gives away.

You can get it here: Yatayat Likhit. That page has both the App Store and Play Store links.

Get it: Yatayat Likhit — free on iPhone and Android. The link opens your own app store.

How to judge any app in two minutes

Do not take my word for the table above. Install anything, including mine, and check:

1. Count the questions. Is it the whole bank or a selection?
2. Switch to Nepali. Does the wording read like an exam paper or like a translation?
3. Get one wrong on purpose. Does it explain why, or just show a red mark?
4. Close it and reopen it. Does it know what you got wrong last time?
5. Turn off your data. Does it still work?
6. Look for a mock with a timer.

An app that passes all six will get you through the likhit. An app that fails three of them will not, no matter how many downloads it has.

What no app can do

Be straight about this. An app prepares you for the written exam. It cannot do the trial for you.

The trial is the half most people fail, and it needs a flat empty space and twenty minutes a day. No amount of screen time replaces riding a figure-8. The trial guide covers every station.

Websites worth knowing about

Apps are not the only option, and some Nepali practice websites are genuinely well built. They are a good fit for one specific situation: you are at a desk, online, and want a quick round of practice without installing anything.

What to look for is the same list as for apps, minus offline: the full bank, real Nepali, explanations, and a timed mock. What a website cannot do is follow you onto a bus or into a queue at the transport office, which is where most people find their actual study time.

The other thing worth knowing is that DOTM's own PDFs are free and complete. If you would rather work from paper, print the set for your category and use a notebook for your wrong-answer list. The method works on paper. It just makes you do the bookkeeping yourself.

One thing to be sceptical about

Some apps and sites publish a pass rate — "95% of our users pass". Nobody can measure that. There is no way for an app to know whether you passed a government exam it has no access to, so any such number is a guess presented as data.

Judge on the six checks above. They are things you can verify yourself in two minutes, which is more than any statistic on a landing page is worth.

Common mistakes

• Choosing by download count. Downloads measure marketing, not teaching.
• Paying for questions. DOTM publishes them free.
• Using an app that shows a subset. Cover the whole bank.
• Studying only in English for a Nepali paper.
• Never testing against a clock.
• Thinking any app prepares you for the trial.

Questions people ask

What is the best free app for the Nepal likhit exam?

Judge by features, not downloads: the full 500-question bank, Nepali and English, explanations, tracking of your wrong answers, timed mocks, and offline use. I built Yatayat Likhit to cover all six, and it is free on both iOS and Android.

Do likhit apps have the real DOTM questions?

They should — DOTM publishes the bank publicly. Nobody has exclusive questions. What differs is the explanations, the tracking and the mock format.

Is there a likhit exam app for iPhone?

Most Nepali likhit apps are Android-only. Yatayat Likhit is on both the App Store and Google Play.

Should I use an app or a website for likhit tayari?

Both work at a desk. An app wins for offline study, which is most of the useful time you actually have — buses, queues and waiting rooms.

Do I have to pay to prepare for the likhit exam?

No. The questions are a public document. Anyone charging you for "the real questions" is selling something the government gives away.

Keep reading

• What the question bank asks — the seven topics, with examples.
• A two-week tayari plan — the method the features above are for.
• Bike and scooter questions — Category A and K.
• Car questions — Category B.
• The trial exam — the half no app can do for you.
• Driving schools and what they cost — when to spend money instead.