Mileage tracker pricing in 2026 ranges from genuinely free to over $100/year. Cheapest is not always best. But for light-use drivers, paying for premium features makes no sense. Here is the breakdown.
Genuinely free (no premium tier)
Stride. $0/year. The catch: no auto-detection. You start and stop tracking manually. For drivers willing to do that and tracking under ~10 trips per week, Stride costs nothing. Stride vs TruMile.
Free tiers worth using
TruMile Free. 40 auto-detected trips per month, every month. For light-to-medium drivers (3-10 trips per week), the free tier is fully usable. Pro is $7.99/month or $59.99/year if you exceed.
MileIQ Free. 40 auto drives per month, the same monthly allowance as TruMile. Once you hit 40, MileIQ stops auto-detecting until next month. The individual plan is $13.99/month or $139.99/year.
Everlance Free. 30 trips per month. Free tier excludes some export features.
Driversnote Free. 15 trips per month. Tightest free cap of the major apps but better international jurisdiction support.
Annual pricing comparison (2026)
- Stride: $0
- TruMile Pro: $59.99
- TripLog Premium: $59.99
- Everlance Starter: $69.99
- MileageWise: $89.99
- Hurdlr Premium: $99.99
- MileIQ (individual): $139.99
- Driversnote Pro: $150 (App Store in-app price)
What "cheap" actually means at your mileage volume
For a driver claiming $10,000+ in mileage deductions, a $99/year app is roughly 1% of the deduction. A rounding error. For a driver claiming $1,000, the same app cost is 10%. The right app for someone at $1,000 deductions is the genuinely free one, even with manual tracking. The right app for someone at $20,000 deductions is whichever tracker catches the most miles, regardless of price.
How to pick
- Under 5 trips a week, willing to log manually: Stride.
- Under 40 trips a month, want auto-detect: TruMile or MileIQ free tier.
- 40-200 trips a month: TruMile Pro at $59.99/year is the cheapest auto-detect option.
- 200+ trips a month: any premium tier; pricing varies but value scales with deduction size.
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