MileIQ alternatives in 2026
Before you switch, check one thing: if you have Microsoft 365 Business Standard or Premium, MileIQ is already included at no extra cost. A large share of people paying $139.92 a year for MileIQ are entitled to it free through a subscription they already hold. That single check saves more than any alternative on this page.
If you are paying full price, MileIQ's individual plan is $13.99/mo, or $11.66/mo billed annually = $139.92/yr, up from roughly $59.99/yr in 2024 and $89.99/yr in 2025. The replacement depends entirely on what you were using it for, and for most people it is one of three: Stride (free, manual start), TripLog (closest paid like-for-like, far cheaper), or MileTruth (gig-driver-specific, adds net pay, $59.99/yr planned, in development).
Pick by what you used MileIQ for
| What you used it for | Move to | Price | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple business/personal classification, occasional trips | Stride | Free | No paid tier at all. Manual start/stop is the trade. |
| The same automatic experience, cheaper | TripLog | ~$4.99/mo or $59.99/yr; free automatic tier as of 2026 | Closest like-for-like. Verify current free-tier terms at source. |
| Employer reimbursement claims | Driversnote | $11/mo per driver, 15 free trips/month | Built for reimbursement rather than Schedule C. |
| Mileage plus receipts and expenses | Everlance | $10.99/mo or $89.99/yr; 30 free auto trips/month | Strong receipt capture; the free trip cap is low for drivers. |
| Full self-employed bookkeeping | Hurdlr or QuickBooks Solopreneur | ~$100/yr and $120/yr | Mileage is a feature inside an accounting product. |
| Gig driving, and you want to know if it paid | MileTruth | $59.99/yr planned — in development | Capture-rate-first tracking plus true net hourly. |
| Multi-app earnings analytics | Gridwise | $14.99/mo or $107.99/yr | Earnings sync and market insight; mileage is secondary. |
The three-question filter
1. Will you press start every time? If yes, Stride is free and you are done. If no — and the honest answer for most working drivers is no — you need automatic detection and everything on the free tier of the market narrows considerably.
2. How many trips a month do you make? This kills most free tiers. Everlance is 30 auto trips a month; Driversnote is 15; MileIQ's own free tier is 40 drives; QuickBooks Solopreneur is 5. A delivery driver clears any of those in days. A realtor may never hit them.
3. Do you need to know whether the driving was profitable? Almost nothing in the category answers this. If all you need is a defensible mileage log, ignore the question and buy on price and reliability.
What switching actually involves
- Export your MileIQ drives to CSV before you cancel. This is your contemporaneous record for the period it covers and you want it regardless of where you go. Once the subscription lapses, getting it back is somebody else's support queue.
- Note the date you switch. In 2026 this matters more than usual, because the year has two IRS mileage rates split at June 30. If your old app covered January to March and your new one covers April onward, both halves need their dates intact so the year can be split correctly. Two-rate explainer.
- Set the new app's location permission to "Always" and exempt it from battery optimisation on Android. This step is where most switchers quietly lose their first month.
- Run an odometer check in week one. Photograph the odometer, drive a normal week, photograph it again, compare. You are switching partly for reliability — verify you got it. Method.
- Keep both logs. Two partial-year exports stapled together are a complete year. One export and a memory is not.
The uncomfortable part of the price story
MileIQ is not a bad product, and it did not get worse. It got more expensive — roughly a 2.3x increase over two years on the individual annual plan — while the free and cheap end of the category got considerably better. TripLog moved to free automatic tracking. Stride never charged. Several gig-specific tools sit under $110 a year with earnings features MileIQ does not have.
That is the actual reason to reconsider: not that $139.92 is outrageous for software you use daily, but that the gap between what MileIQ does and what a $0–$60 alternative does narrowed at the same time the price roughly doubled.
MileTruth is priced at $59.99/yr deliberately — it is what MileIQ charged in 2024 — and it is disclosed here as our own product, currently in development and not yet released. If you need something today, it is not the answer. Full head-to-head.
Questions and answers
What is the best MileIQ alternative?
It depends what you used MileIQ for. Stride is the best free replacement if you will press start each trip. TripLog is the closest paid like-for-like at a much lower price. MileTruth is the closest fit for gig drivers who also want net-pay reporting. And if you have Microsoft 365 Business, MileIQ is already free for you and switching saves nothing.
Why did MileIQ raise its price?
MileIQ is owned by Bending Spoons, and its individual annual price moved from roughly 59.99 dollars in 2024 to 89.99 in 2025 to 139.92 in 2026. The current pricing is published on MileIQ's own plan page. The company has not published a public explanation tied to those specific increases.
Is there a free alternative to MileIQ?
Yes. Stride is entirely free with no paid tier, funded by health insurance and tax referrals. TripLog moved to free automatic mileage tracking in 2026, though sources conflict on the exact terms so verify at source. Both are genuine free options rather than trials.
Will I lose my mileage history if I leave MileIQ?
Not if you export first. MileIQ exports drives as CSV. Export before you cancel, keep the file with your tax records, and import it into whichever app you move to. Your exported log remains your contemporaneous record for the period it covers.
MileTruth. “MileIQ alternatives in 2026.” Baker Ventures LLC, September 6, 2026. https://miletruth.bakerventuresstudio.com/compare/mileiq-alternatives/