Comparison
Best Free Mileage Tracker
Compare the ways to keep a mileage log — a spreadsheet, a GPS mileage app, or CalculatorAI's Mileage Tracker, which prices every trip at the official rate on the day you drove it, checks the log the way an auditor would and costs nothing however much you drive.
CalculatorAI
Mileage Tracker
Every trip priced at the rate in force on its own date — the IRS change of 1 July 2026 handled with no re-entry
Rules for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France and Spain built in, with their steps, caps and tax years
A log checked the way an auditor reads it: missing purposes, duplicates and odometer gaps flagged before anyone asks
An odometer check that turns two readings a year into the business share
What a mileage log has to get right
The rate on the trip's own date
When a rate changes mid-year — the IRS went from 72.5¢ to 76¢ a mile on 1 July 2026 — trips before and after are priced separately, the way the tax office counts them. A trip after the last published rate is marked as an estimate.
Seven countries, and yours
IRS, HMRC (with the 10,000-mile step), CRA (5,000 km), ATO (5,000 km per car), Germany's business and commute rates, France's barème and Spain's allowance — each with its own tax year. Anywhere else, your own rate in your own currency.
Everything is a setting
Customize any country's rules — the rate per trip type, the steps, the first day of the tax year, what counts on top. Rename or add trip types (a delivery run, a site visit). Self-employed, employee, both, or just a log with no money at all.
A log that holds up
Trips missing a business purpose or a destination, duplicates, future dates and odometer readings that disagree with the distance are flagged before anyone asks — and one click opens exactly those trips.
The odometer check
Two readings a year give the total driven; the log gives the business part; the gap is personal driving. The business share a tax inspector asks for is worked out for you.
Regular routes, without GPS
Save the office, the client or the warehouse run once, log it with a tap, and give it the weekdays it repeats on — the tracker asks about the days you drove it and logged nothing.
AI Assistant
Tell it the trip, it fills the form
The site assistant reads the same log the tracker shows — this tax year's total, the odometer check, the routes you have not logged, the trips that need attention — and answers with your numbers. Tell it about a trip and the form opens filled in.
What it helps with
Answer 'how much is my mileage worth this year?' and 'what is my business share?' from your own log.
Explain which rate a trip got and why — the date, the step, the country's rules.
Point out the trips a tax office would question and what is missing on each.
Log a trip from one sentence — the form opens filled for you to save; on Pro a photo of a paper log or another app's trip list becomes a list of trips.
CalculatorAI Copilot
Mileage assistant
Business miles
2,170 mi
Business share
64%
Needs attention
1
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This tax year's mileage, at a glance
What the year's driving is worth under your rules, business distance and share, parking and tolls, the trips that need attention, the routes you drove and did not log, and twelve months of driving — on a clean page with no ads.
Comparison Table
| CalculatorAI | Spreadsheet | Mileage apps | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date, from, to, purpose and distance on every trip | Manual | ||
| Rate looked up by the trip's own date | Formulas needed | Partial | |
| UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Spain rules | Partial | ||
| Your own rates, steps, tax year and trip types | Formulas needed | Rarely | |
| Odometer check and business share | Manual | Rarely | |
| Flags trips with no purpose, duplicates and gaps | Rarely | ||
| Employer reimbursement vs the official rate | Manual | Partial | |
| Trips into an invoice, an expense report or your expenses | Partial | ||
| A monthly summary by email, with the month's PDF | Partial | ||
| PDF report for a tax office or an employer | |||
| Receipts attached to trips | Partial | ||
| Saved places, offered first in From and To | |||
| Standard rate vs actual costs, side by side | Formulas needed | Partial | |
| Automatic trip detection by GPS | In development | ||
| Distances from a map | |||
| Unlimited trips, free | Paid plans | ||
| No ads, no card, works in any browser | Partial |
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Where CalculatorAI Wins
- Every trip priced at the rate in force on its own date — the IRS change of 1 July 2026 handled with no re-entry
- Rules for the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France and Spain built in, with their steps, caps and tax years
- A log checked the way an auditor reads it: missing purposes, duplicates and odometer gaps flagged before anyone asks
- An odometer check that turns two readings a year into the business share
- Everything configurable — rates, steps, tax year, trip types, self-employed or employee — for any country and any kind of work
- Unlimited vehicles and trips free — no 15, 30 or 40-trip cap, no ads; CSV import and export on every plan
- A PDF report for taxes or an employer claim, receipts on trips, saved places and a standard-vs-actual cost comparison — on the free plan
Considerations & Limitations
- GPS trip detection — in development for our upcoming mobile app; for now you log trips yourself, from a saved route, a CSV or a photo
- Map distances follow the usual driving route — “Measure on the map” finds it from two addresses; if you took a detour, adjust the distance
- Native phone app — in development; for now it runs in the browser and installs from it as an app
- A record and an estimate, not tax advice — your adviser or tax office decides what you may claim
- In the US an employee can no longer deduct unreimbursed miles; the tracker shows the comparison with what you are paid instead
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about mileage rates, what a log has to hold, the odometer check and what the tracker does and does not do.
01What is the best free mileage tracker?
02How does it compare with MileIQ, Everlance, Driversnote, TripLog, Stride and Hurdlr?
03What is the IRS mileage rate for 2026?
04What does a mileage log need to hold up?
05Does it work outside the United States?
06Can it track my trips automatically?
See what your driving is worth
Open the tracker and look at the example: a freelance photographer with one car, a year of trips, a studio route on Tuesdays and Thursdays, a medical visit and food-bank volunteering. Your own log replaces it the moment you add a trip.
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How-to guides that use this tool