TRUCK DVIR & INSPECTION LOG
DVIRLog
Truck DVIR & Inspection Log
DVIRLog runs the daily inspection on your phone, keeps a defect open until somebody certifies the repair, and turns a date range into a binder PDF with the maintenance file and the annual inspection attached. Built for the owner-operator who keeps their own records.
14-day trial, no card.
$1.99/mo, $9.99/yr or $24.99 once. Android.
READ THIS FIRST
DVIRLog is not an electronic logging device and does not replace one. An ELD reads hours of service off the engine. DVIRLog records what you inspected, what was wrong with it and who signed it off. If you are required to run an ELD, run one, and keep this for the inspection side.
A DVIR is not one document, it is a loop with three signatures in it. The usual failure is not a missing inspection, it is a defect that was fixed but never certified, or a report that reads safe while a defect underneath it is still open. DVIRLog models the whole loop, so it cannot close halfway.
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Open a DVIR, mark it pre-trip or post-trip, enter the odometer, and walk the eleven Appendix A items marking each OK or Defect. Everything defaults to OK, so you are tapping only what is wrong.
Driver signature — required to save
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A defect takes a note and photos and opens as Open. The dashboard shows how many reports are carrying an open defect, and that count is read from the defect rows themselves, not from the report’s saved status.
No signature closes this stage
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Mark each defect Repaired, or Repair not necessary, with a date and a note. Each defect can carry its own repair signature, and the report carries a certification signature of its own.
Certification of repair
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The last signature says the driver has reviewed the certification. Only then does the report read Reviewed — safe. A still-open defect always drags it back to Defects open, so the status cannot flatter the truck.
Driver review — safe to operate
The eleven checklist items and the repair-certification chain come from 49 CFR Part 396. What your auditor accepts, and how long you have to keep it, is between you and them — DVIRLog does not decide either. DVIR Explained walks through what the regulation asks for.
Service brakes, parking brake, steering mechanism, lighting devices and reflectors, tires, horn, windshield wipers, rear-vision mirrors, coupling devices, wheels and rims, emergency equipment. Add custom rows for anything your operation checks that the minimum list does not.
Tap Stamp location on a report and the app takes one fix and writes the coordinates onto that report. It is asked per report, it runs in the foreground only, and there is a plain text field if you would rather type Yard, Houston TX.
Per vehicle, per entry: date, whether it was an inspection, repair, service or test, the odometer, the vendor, the cost in your currency, and notes. It is the file that sits behind the inspections when someone asks why a defect stopped recurring.
Date, pass or fail, inspector name, certificate number and the next due date. The dashboard raises it once it is within 45 days, and again when it is overdue — on screen, not as a phone notification.
Unit number, make, year, VIN, tire size, plate, the owner if the unit is not carrier-owned, and its USDOT number. Those fields are what fill the header of every PDF the app produces.
Any defect row takes photos and a note. Both print inside the report block for that inspection, so the evidence stays attached to the line item it belongs to rather than floating in a camera roll.
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Pick a vehicle, pick a date range, and DVIRLog builds one PDF. The cover carries the carrier name, the USDOT number, the unit and the VIN. Then, in order:
Any single report also exports on its own from the reports list, filterable by vehicle or to defect reports only.
PRICING
$24.99once, or from $1.99/mo
Fourteen days of the whole app, no card. After that it is $1.99 a month, $9.99 a year, or $24.99 once and never again.
Free keeps one vehicle, edits to the last 30 days of reports, five maintenance entries and two annual records. Recording today’s inspection and re-exporting anything you already filed are always free.
Get DVIRLogNo, and it is not trying to be. An ELD records hours of service from the engine. DVIRLog records inspections, defects and repairs that you type in. If you are required to run an ELD, you still need one.
The eleven items listed in the Part 396 Appendix A minimum: service brakes, parking brake, steering mechanism, lighting devices and reflectors, tires, horn, windshield wipers, rear-vision mirrors, coupling devices, wheels and rims, and emergency equipment. You can add your own rows on top.
Not the original fields. Once the driver signature is on, the report locks and you add a dated amendment instead. Amendments print with the report, so the correction is visible rather than silent.
You void it with a reason. The report stays in the binder marked VOIDED with its date and reason, and still prints. Nothing signed is ever quietly removed.
Only if you ask it to, one report at a time. Tapping Stamp location saves a single GPS fix onto that report. There is no background tracking, and you can type a location by hand instead.
Yes. Vehicles, reports, defects, photos, maintenance and annual records are all on the phone. A connection is only used to serve ads on the free tier.
Recording today’s inspection is never gated, whatever tier you are on. Free keeps one vehicle, edits to reports from the last 30 days, five maintenance entries and two annual records. Everything already recorded stays readable and re-exportable.
DVIRLog helps you record daily vehicle inspections, maintenance, and annual inspection records. It is not legal or DOT-compliance advice and is not a certified electronic logging device (ELD). Inspection content, repair certification, and record-retention requirements are set by 49 CFR Part 396 and your auditor — review every entry against the current regulation. You are responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and retention of your records.
Add the unit once. From then on it is a walk-round, a signature, and a binder that is already built when somebody asks for it.