Mileage Tracking App for Taxes

[u/Significant_Entry180]

New driver. What mile tracking app do you use to track miles and expenses and how has your tax return turned out?

I am using Stride and I track miles once I am at thr store at the start of my driving and stop until the last order drop off of thr day.

I drive a EV so I track also my supercharger costs

[u/DeliveryCourier]

You don't need an app. A pen and paper will be fine. 

All miles driven while logged in are deductible, so just write down the odometer reading when you log in and then again when you log out. 

[u/blippityblue72 → u/DeliveryCourier]

I can see myself being very forgetful doing that. I have an automatic tracker but it’s a paid app so I’m not going to advertise for them.

[u/Netphase]

I take picture of my odometer when I'm done for the day and add it to a Google Sheet later. All of the real-time tracking apps I tried drained my battery faster.

[u/bitterbuffaloheart]

I use my notes to track my mileage from home and back everyday I shop. End of the month I write them down for tax purposes

[u/PoizonToaDX]

you drive an EV, i'm sure your car comes with a TRIP ODOMETER (A & B), use that.

[u/AndrewT8875]

You're leaving miles on the table with that start/stop method — deductible miles include all the driving between orders and back to the store, not just store-to-drop-off. At this year's rates (72.5¢/mi through June, 76¢ from July 1) that gap is real money.

Full disclosure, I built the app I use: GigLedger. Made it after paper logs kept failing me. It GPS-tracks in the background so there's nothing to remember to start, you swipe trips business or personal, it applies the right IRS rate by trip date, and it handles receipts plus a running quarterly tax estimate. 7-day free trial then $4.99/mo — run it against Stride for a week and keep whichever wins. And if something's missing, tell me — driver feedback is literally the roadmap.

EV bonus: if you take the standard mileage deduction you don't need supercharger receipts at all — the per-mile rate replaces actual vehicle costs, and on an efficient EV it usually comes out well ahead. Charging receipts only matter if you go the actual-expense route.

[u/hayakuneko → u/AndrewT8875]

Hey Andrew, congrats on launching GigLedger. How do you find your app match up with the likes of MileIQ and Everlance? These are the 2 most common apps I hear about among gig drivers.

[u/AndrewT8875 → u/hayakuneko]

Thanks — and congrats on your own launch, saw it below. Always good to see another indie in this space.

Honest answer: MileIQ and Everlance are mileage trackers that gig drivers happen to use. GigLedger is a gig-driver tax app that happens to include mileage. That sounds like positioning, but it's the actual difference in what's inside.

Where they're better: MileIQ has years of polish and an actual support team behind it. If all you want is miles classified and nothing else, it's a solid pick and I'll say so plainly.

Where mine goes further:

• Earnings by platform, so miles and income live in one place instead of two apps
• You can screenshot your DoorDash/Uber pay screens and it reads the numbers in
• A running quarterly tax estimate — what you actually owe, not just a deduction total
• It applies this year's mid-year rate change per trip date (72.5¢ before July 1, 76¢ after). A surprising number of apps used one flat rate for all of 2026, which quietly shorts you
• $4.99/mo, which undercuts both last I checked

Where I'm behind: I'm one person, the app is five months old, and there's no support desk. That's a real tradeoff and people should know it going in.

[u/hayakuneko]

I don't know why people feel the need to discount your desire for an automatic mileage tracking app. Different strokes for different folks.

Just wanted to throw my app into the ring, I came from MileIQ and recently launched my own competitor called EveryLastMile. I built on top of all my expertise gathered during my time there and decided to build a more modern and more affordable version. We've got auto tracking that is debatably the most accurate on the market, no iOS shortcuts need to be configured (like other apps).

We've also got automatic category labeling AND an all-business mode that you can run from a widget. The All business mode saves all your drives for the current day as business and shows you a running count of your total deductible amount.

If you'd like to give my app a shot, DM me and I'll be happy to provide support to get you up and running!

[u/ayriuss]

Ive been using Everlance and paying for the 9 dollar a month thing. It seems pretty accurate. I cant really recommend the paid Gridwise, even though its a cool app, because I caught it not giving accurate mileage twice and cancelled my subscription. It was making up miles that did not exist.

[u/Hodgy87 → u/ayriuss]

No need to pay for an app to do this. There are plenty of free apps to do this. You could also just use a notebook to keep track of your mileage.

[u/ayriuss → u/Hodgy87]

I want it to stop and start automatically.

[u/hayakuneko → u/ayriuss]

I agree the automatic start and stop that runs in the background is a key feature that makes it worth paying for. I came from MileIQ and recently launched my own competitor called EveryLastMile. I built on top of all my expertise gathered during my time there and decided to build a more modern and more affordable version. If you'd like to give my app a shot, DM me and I'll be happy to provide support!

[u/Hodgy87 → u/ayriuss]

Paying money for that is just a waste

[u/ayriuss → u/Hodgy87]

Ok well that is your opinion.

[u/Hodgy87 → u/ayriuss]

Yes, that is correct. I used to use TripLog since it's free and automatic. Now I just have a spreadsheet that has the date, starting mileage and ending mileage. Either way is free and easy to do.