MileIQ
Automatic mileage tracking for taxes and reimbursements
About MileIQ
MileIQ is an automatic mileage tracking app that logs every drive in the background and lets users classify trips as business or personal with a single swipe. It generates tax-compliant mileage reports for deductions and reimbursements, and its Teams plans add a web dashboard where admins approve drives, exclude commute mileage, and run reimbursement reports. Founded in 2013 and owned by Microsoft from 2015 to 2021, MileIQ was acquired by Bending Spoons in July 2025.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Fully automatic background tracking with dead-simple swipe classification
- Generous free tier of 40 drives per month for light users
- Tax-compliant reports save real money — MileIQ claims drivers average $8,400/year in deductions
- Teams dashboard streamlines reimbursement with approve/reject workflows and commute exclusion
- Strong driver privacy stance: admins only see submitted business drives, and data is never sold
- 80,000+ five-star ratings across the App Store and Google Play
Cons
- Can miss short trips and occasionally overestimates mileage
- No reliable offline mode, so tracking suffers at remote job sites with poor connectivity
- Background GPS tracking can drain battery, and some users report crashes or stalled tracking
- No live location tracking, so it doesn't replace fleet telematics for dispatch-style teams
- Individual Unlimited plan requires annual billing to get the advertised $11.66/month rate
Key Features
Automatic drive detection
Tracks every drive in the background using your phone's GPS, with no need to start or stop recording manually
Swipe classification
Classify a drive as business with a right swipe or personal with a left swipe, and add a purpose by swiping and holding
Tax-compliant reports
Auto-generated mileage reports with start and end points, mileage, and reimbursement values, ready for the IRS or your accountant
Teams reimbursement dashboard
Admins review, approve, or reject submitted drives in a web dashboard and download reports for accounting, with bulk approve/reject and filters
Commute exclusion
Teams Pro automatically deducts each driver's individual commute or a team-wide distance from Business + Commute drives
Custom mileage rates
Set custom reimbursement rates per team instead of the default IRS rate
Driver privacy controls
Admins only see business drives submitted on reports; personal drives stay private and driver data is never sold
Parking and toll charges
Drivers can attach parking and toll expenses to drives so reports capture the full reimbursement amount
1099 tax calculator
Free companion calculator and mileage guides for self-employed drivers estimating deductions
Pricing
- 40 free drives every month
- Automatic mileage tracking
- Auto-generated reports
- Billed annually
- Unlimited drives
- Automatic mileage tracking
- Auto-generated tax-compliant reports
- Unlimited mileage tracking for all drivers
- Add/remove drivers
- Streamlined billing
- Everything in Teams Lite
- Submit and review reports
- Reporting dashboard
- Approve/reject drives
- Everything in Teams
- Exclude commute mileage
- Team Locations
- Custom rates
- Multiple admins
- Report reminders and automatic reporting
- Priority support
- 30-day free trial
Best For
Self-employed tax deductions
Freelancers, realtors, and rideshare drivers automatically log business miles and export IRS-ready reports to maximize mileage deductions at tax time.
Employee mileage reimbursement
Companies use MileIQ for Teams so employees submit drives from the app while admins approve and reimburse from a single dashboard, cutting payroll hours.
Field sales and service visits
Reps who drive between client sites all day capture every trip without manual logging, with commute mileage automatically excluded on Teams Pro.
Small business expense compliance
Owners keep an audit-proof record of business driving with custom rates, parking, and toll charges attached to each drive.
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