The Best Mileage Tracker Apps in 2026

Mileage tracking is a small-feature category with big consequences. A bad tracker either misses trips (which costs you money at tax time) or tracks too aggressively (which kills your battery). The right app depends on how much you drive, what you can afford, and which features matter to your workflow.

This guide covers the major apps in 2026 with the same plain-language treatment for each: what it does well, what it does not, and who it fits. We make TruMile, so the section on TruMile is honest about why we built it. The sections on other apps are honest too. Pick whichever one solves your problem.

How to Pick

Three questions narrow the field quickly:

1. How many trips per month do you drive? Under 40 a month, free tiers from several apps work. Over 40 a month, you are looking at paid tiers across the board.
2. Do you also need expense tracking? Some apps do mileage only. Others bundle gas receipts, parking, tolls, and reimbursement workflows. The bundled apps cost more.
3. How much battery drain are you willing to accept? Auto-detection of trips uses location services. Some apps do this efficiently, others do not. If your phone dies before lunch, the app is a problem.

MileIQ

MileIQ is the longest-running mileage tracker on the App Store, with detection that has been refined over more than a decade. Now owned by Bending Spoons after multiple acquisitions, it raised prices materially after the acquisition. Its individual plan is now $13.99/month or $139.99/year, up from historic pricing as low as $5.99/month.

• Best for: Drivers who want the most mature trip-detection algorithms and don't mind paying premium pricing.
• Watch for: The app size is over 120 MB on iOS, the largest of any tracker we measured. The post-acquisition price hike has driven a wave of users to look for alternatives. See the MileIQ vs TruMile comparison.

Everlance

Everlance bundles mileage tracking with expense capture, receipt scanning, and reimbursement workflows. Owned by Motus, a fleet-management company, the product targets both individual drivers and small business teams. The free Basic tier covers 30 auto trips per month; the Starter plan is $8.99/month or $69.99/year.

• Best for: Self-employed workers who also need to track non-mileage expenses and want it all in one app.
• Watch for: The app is 182.7 MB on iOS, the largest in the category. The expense-tracking features are useful but add complexity if you only want mileage. See the Everlance vs TruMile comparison.

Stride

Stride is genuinely free with no premium tier. The catch is that it does not auto-detect trips. You start and stop tracking manually. For drivers willing to do that, Stride is a legitimate option that costs nothing.

• Best for: Light-use drivers who do not mind starting and stopping tracking by hand.
• Watch for: Manual tracking misses trips. The single biggest source of mileage deduction loss is forgetting to start the tracker. See the Stride vs TruMile comparison.

Driversnote

Driversnote is a Danish company with strong international support, including HMRC and ATO compliance for UK and Australian drivers. The app handles per-country tax rules better than most US-built competitors. Free tier is 15 trips per month; Pro is $14/month or $150/year (App Store in-app pricing).

• Best for: Drivers in the UK, Australia, or Canada who need country-specific tax compliance.
• Watch for: US-specific features like state-level reimbursement law support are weaker than competitors. See the Driversnote vs TruMile comparison.

TripLog

TripLog is a bootstrapped competitor that recently moved to a free tier with paid upgrades. Strong feature set including Bluetooth-trigger detection, fleet support, and expense tracking. Less polish than the larger competitors but a serious option.

• Best for: Power users who want a deep feature set and are willing to navigate a busier interface.
• Watch for: Subscription tiers are tiered by feature in ways that take effort to compare. See the TripLog vs TruMile comparison.

TruMile (us)

We built TruMile because the existing options either cost too much, drain too much battery, or leave too many trips uncaught. Our priorities, in order:

• Catch the trip. Auto-detection that runs on Apple's lowest-power location APIs. CoreMotion confirms stops to prevent ghost trips. Dead reckoning fills GPS gaps.
• Get the mileage right. Map matching at trip end snaps the route to the actual road network. Doppler speed feeds the Kalman filter even when GPS accuracy is poor.
• Stay out of your way. 19.8MB install, six times smaller than MileIQ. Battery drain that does not require nightly charging.
• Be honest about pricing. Free for 40 auto trips a month, every month. Pro tier $7.99/month or $59.99/year, with a 7-day trial. No surprise price hikes. We track our pricing on our App Store page and don't change it without notice.
• Switch from any tracker in one tap. CSV imports for MileIQ, Everlance, Stride, and Driversnote so you don't lose trip history when you migrate.

TruMile is best for self-employed drivers, gig workers, and small-business owners who want a tracker that catches every trip without consuming the phone. We are weaker on enterprise team features, fleet management, and bundled expense tracking. Those exist on the roadmap; they are not the focus today.

How We Decided What to Recommend

We measured app sizes from the App Store directly. We compared free-tier limits against current published terms. We tested auto-detection on the same routes with each app. The competitive details in this post change as competitors update; we update this post when we notice meaningful changes.

FAQ

Which app catches the most trips?

In our testing, the auto-detection apps (MileIQ, Everlance, TruMile, Driversnote) all catch the vast majority of trips with a few percentage points of difference. Stride catches none automatically because it requires manual start. The single biggest source of trip loss is using a manual-only tracker.

Which app uses the least battery?

Battery use depends heavily on which iOS APIs the app uses. Apps that run continuous high-accuracy GPS will drain a phone in 6 to 10 hours. Apps that use significant-location-change APIs and only escalate to high accuracy when needed (which is what TruMile does) can run all day with single-digit-percent drain.

Can I move my trip history between apps?

Most apps export to CSV. Most apps import from CSV with some manual mapping. TruMile has built-in importers for MileIQ, Everlance, Stride, and Driversnote that detect the format automatically.

Are these apps worth it for someone who only drives a few hundred business miles a year?

At 500 business miles a year, your deduction is $362. A free-tier app makes sense. A $5-10/month paid app does not. At 5,000 business miles, your deduction is $3,625, and a paid app pays for itself many times over.

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