Any recommendations for a mileage app?

As the subject says, I am just wondering if others use apps, or have any recommendations for the easiest method of keeping mileage records.

Thanks in advance for any advice I can get.

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When i leave my driveway i take a picture of the dash for the milege when I come back I take a picture of the dash. I use the GPS map stamp app to take the picture. I then transfer the business mileage, dates and cities to an excel worksheet.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/22/2023 02:23AM by tstewart3.

For actual routes I use Road Warrior to plan my route. I then just add up all my routes at the end of the year.
For single shops/ ones close to home/ etc I just put the number of miles in the same excel sheet as the shop date/ location/ MSC/ pay/etc...

I was just researching this today. I saw a great review on YouTube for the stride app. Tracks miles and expenses for gig workers. I haven't tried it yet though.

I just have an additional column next to me tracking total revenue and total expenses per shop (or bundles of shops).

I do the mileage tracking live on my phone on an Excel spreadsheet on OneDrive.

Shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado. 33 year old male and willing to travel!

I have a small notepad in my vehicle. Because it (vehicle) is not equipped with a Trip Meter (if it is, I still have not figured where it is), I write my starting odometer mileage down before leaving and then, upon arriving home, I note the odometer reading again. I subtract the ending mileage from the starting mileage and note the difference in a small calendar notebook on that particular day.
So, if I I drove 150 miles total on February 14 doing 10 shops, I note the 10 shops, slash 150 on that day in the calendar..
The notebook has 12 months in it. At tax time, I total the mileage for the year and enter that total in my tax return.
The notebook goes with all my other tax information into my file for the year.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/2023 02:03PM by French Farmer.

I use MileIQ.

I use the QuickBooks self employed. It tracks all my trips and i just swipe for business or personal. Also connects to bank accounts and tracks all the transactions so I can manage the expenses and track reimbursements.

Before I leave the garage I zero out the trip odometer and write the beginning mileage in the 3x5 spiral notebook I keep in my car. If there is only one shop I write the ending mileage in the notebook when I return home. If I have multiple shops I list them, and include the incremental mileage next to each. (Probably for no reason other than that helps me remember where I've been.)

The beginning and ending mileage for the trip go into my Excel spreadsheet.

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I tried Everlance today. It gives you a free trial and then it is like $60 for the year to use it. It worked well. It asked me if my trip was for business or personal. Was easy to use. I would like to try another as well.

Stride is Great. I've used it for over n3 years now. Keeps every thing. Customer service is great. I've lost my whole spread sheet one time and called and they sent me a download of everything. Great reporting forms too. It's free, (or it was 3 years ago) BUT you have to listen for the insurance sales spills.

Thanks for this recommendation. It seems to be doing exactly what I need, and it's free!

@barbage wrote:

Stride is Great. I've used it for over n3 years now. Keeps every thing. Customer service is great. I've lost my whole spread sheet one time and called and they sent me a download of everything. Great reporting forms too. It's free, (or it was 3 years ago) BUT you have to listen for the insurance sales spills.

If you use Google maps, most of your trip history is there for free. If not, quite a few options, but I really like the QuickBooks self-employed app. Makes keeping track of expenses and receipts easy

On iPhone, i use MileIQ. Works very nicely plus you can change the name of the business to what it is (if it’s incorrect) especially if you visit ones often. It maximizes tax deductions and expense reimbursements too.

1. TripLog for Mileage - tells me the location I have been to. It allows me to print out reports. It allows me to track business expenses.
2. Pen and Paper (sometimes I am lazy, and it takes a minute to update.)
3. Excel since I keep track of all shops and fees, I add it there too.
4. GoogleMaps (because my husband wants to know where I am when I route shop, and I share my location with him.

For longer routes, I try to just use the odometer readings at the beginning and end of the trip, and record the total in my spreadsheet. I don't worry about breaking it down by individuals jobs. In my spreadsheet, I record the total next the the last job on the route, and put an "r" next to the other jobs on the route. When I use the TOTAL function on the column, it ignores the "r"s.

For shorter trips, or when I forget to record the odometer reading, I use Google Maps to recreate the trip and get the mileage from there.

Check out "Stride" -- I learned about the app while doing Amazon Flex jobs. It tracks each trip individually and then has tools to make pulling together your tax info super quick and easy. Tracking expenses is built into the app as well and the app has a separate tab for benefits. They don't try to shove it down your throat, but everything they have connections for is all loaded under one tab. Check it out....I was skeptical but use it every time I drive for work now.

It is fantastic and best part it is free!

@luckygirl0100 wrote:

For actual routes I use Road Warrior to plan my route. I then just add up all my routes at the end of the year.
For single shops/ ones close to home/ etc I just put the number of miles in the same excel sheet as the shop date/ location/ MSC/ pay/etc...

Hello and good morning. So Lets say I'm shopping at a Panda Express that is 8 miles from my residence. My starting mileage is 10,000 miles. So when I get home, my mileage is 10,016 miles. For tax purposes, did I travel 8 miles or 16 miles? Put another way, do you count round trip or just from your residence to the place you shopped?

Just be cool folks.

Oh, you kids and your apps! Trip A and trip B are already installed on my car! I just write down the total (Trip A) miles and farthest town on a pre-printed, self-created, spreadsheet that I keep folded and tucked up under my visor. The actual shops and where they specifically were that day are on a different spreadsheet on my computer but could easily be matched up. I just don't see the point in having all these apps to do things that I can very easily do myself. Sometimes they seem like more work, to me.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/2023 02:47PM by sestrahelena.

@condorchristi wrote:

Hello and good morning. So Lets say I'm shopping at a Panda Express that is 8 miles from my residence. My starting mileage is 10,000 miles. So when I get home, my mileage is 10,016 miles. For tax purposes, did I travel 8 miles or 16 miles? Put another way, do you count round trip or just from your residence to the place you shopped?

Your residence is your place of business. As soon as you get in the car, you are traveling for work. So you count the round trip, 18 miles.

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