Pricing

Mileage tracking is usually needed to help people save money. In that sense pricing should be important. Most mileage trackers are priced in the range of US$ 60 annually, with some being even more expensive. Two apps stand out with lower pricing.

⌾ MileWiz | ⌾ MileCatcher

Automatic Tracking

When we talk about mileage tracker, we should really stop paying attention to mileage “trackers”, where users are required to do any manual actions with the app. That includes starting and stopping trips tracking, remembering to keep the device on screen or even running on background. We should definitely not pay attention to those that require additional hardware. Our phones are capable enough to completely automate this task. These 7 apps prove it.

⌾ MileWiz | ⌾ MileIQ | ⌾ QuickBooks Self-Employed | ⌾ Everlance | ⌾ MileCatcher | ⌾ SherpaShare | ⌾ Hurdlr

Precision Tracking

Automatic mileage trackers usually track trips very precisely. However, there are certain situations when they do not. For example, some track when users are walking or cycling, others don’t catch small trips (less than 1 mile). Achieving near perfect tracking depends on the developers. But there are a few signs that things won’t be precise - if an app is not using the motion and fitness sensor, the tracking won’t be precise. Three apps standout in terms of precision.

⌾ MileWiz | ⌾ Everlance | ⌾ SherpaShare

Automatic categorization and other features

Most mileage trackers go even further than automatically logging the trips and provide tools to automate the categorization, among other features related to mileage tracking. This would include tracking multiple vehicles, custom settings for the categories and rates, abilities to tag, generate reports, etc. To a varying degree, all mileage trackers provide some good options. The following 5 stand out a little more than the others.

⌾ MileWiz ⬇️| ⌾ MileIQ | ⌾ QuickBooks Self-Employed | ⌾ Everlance | ⌾ Hurdlr

Just a mileage tracker or something more?

Some users are looking for apps that are simple and do one thing, but they do it great. Others are looking for services that do many things at the same time.

These apps are just mileage trackers.

⌾ MileWiz | ⌾ MileIQ | ⌾ MileCatcher | ⌾ SherpaShare

These apps provide valuable service unrelated to mileage tracking.

⌾ QuickBooks Self-Employed | ⌾ Everlance | ⌾ Hurdlr

Modern and convenient user interface

Design is usually very subjective. But one important aspect is that apps that are updating their design regularly are also updating their other features regularly. Only 2 apps of this bunch have a design that’s modern in 2020.

⌾ MileWiz | ⌾ QuickBooks Self-Employed | ⌾ SherpaShare

Team Access

In some use cases, the ability to use the same mileage tracker across the whole organization is a must. Having everyone to use their own thing and then collect the reports in different formats must be a nightmare for every HR and accountant. Two apps solve that problem as well - with a reliable backend system with admin access to obtain reports much needed for payroll and reimbursements.

⌾ MileWiz | ⌾ Everlance | ⌾ Hurdlr

Other Mileage “Trackers“

Other apps that are not included in this comparison do not have any form of automatic detection of driving. Having to manually input the trips that you make is only a tad bit better than the traditional pen & paper model. There are better options nowadays and all of the apps above represent that.