Comparison

QuickBooks Self vs Mileage Tracker by Everlance

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

QuickBooks Self

This mobile app serves as a companion for existing QuickBooks Self-Employed web subscribers. It allows users to track mileage and expenses, with data syncing seamlessly across devices. Sign in with your existing credentials to begin.

Highlights
  • Mileage tracking
  • Expense tracking
  • Data syncs across devices
  • Companion app for web subscribers
  • Sign in with existing credentials
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QuickBooks Self-Employed is an expense calculator for self-employed individuals, perfect for tracking mileage, making invoices and attaching receipts to business expenses. Scan receipts, create invoices, track expenses and mileage for your small business, freelancing position or self-employed work with QuickBooks Self-Employed. Track work hours, expenses and receipts to make your T2125 fast and easy to file. Contractors, freelancers and self-employed workers: QuickBooks Self-Employed will help you maximize your tax deductions and put more money in your pocket. QuickBooks Self-Employed Saves Time and Money For: • Contractors • Freelance workers • Self-employed individuals everywhere! TRACK EXPENSES ON THE GO • Expense tracker lets you separate personal expenses and business expenses with a swipe • Business expense tracker keeps you up to date and helps you get the best tax refund CREATE AND SEND INVOICES ON THE GO • Invoices are simple and fast to create – send professional invoices with your personal logo • Invoice your clients and get paid faster • Invoice your clients with professional-quality documents and quickly add your personal logo MAXIMIZE MILEAGE DEDUCTIONS • Mileage log automatically stores your work mileage for reimbursement from the CRA • Mile tracker uses your phone’s GPS to automatically track your mileage – no more pen and paper needed TRACK YOUR RECEIPTS • Scan receipts using your phone’s camera and efficiently organize receipts based off past purchases • Attach receipts to business transactions, store receipts and match purchases when filing your taxes Self-employed individuals - Estimate your taxes quickly and easily with QuickBooks Self-Employed. You value your time, so leave it to us to automatically track business expenses, log and track mileage, and estimate your tax deductions so you don’t have to. All your financial data is safe and secure because QuickBooks Self-Employed is a brainchild of Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, QuickBooks, and Mint. QuickBooks Self-Employed is created exclusively for contractors, freelancers, and the self-employed economy. Price, availability and features may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card in your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew monthly unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period for the same amount that was originally purchased. You may manage your subscriptions and auto-renewal may be turned off in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited after purchasing a subscription. QuickBooks Self-Employed is from Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, QuickBooks, and Mint. To learn how Intuit protects your privacy, please visit http://www.intuit.ca/about-intuit-canada/info/privacy-policy.jsp Terms of Service: http://global.intuit.com/about/terms-of-service.jsp Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. QuickBooks Self-Employed’s mileage tracking feature has been designed and optimized to limit GPS usage.

About

Mileage Tracker by Everlance

Automatically track your business miles and expenses to maximize tax deductions. This app helps self-employed individuals and drivers easily log trips, find write-offs, and generate IRS-compliant reports for tax filing.

Highlights
  • Automatic mileage recording
  • Smart trip classification
  • Manual expense and receipt logging
  • Deduction Finder
  • IRS-compliant reports
  • 1099 tax filing
  • Audit protection
Features
Currently charting
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Everlance records your miles automatically and turns them into tax deductions. At the current IRS rate of 76 cents per mile, 1,000 miles of work driving is $760 back in your pocket. Professional includes 1099 tax filing and $1M audit protection, so your records hold up if the IRS ever asks. "A driver's co-pilot" - The New York Times Trusted by over 4 million drivers and self-employed pros. ▶ WHAT YOU GET - Automatic mileage recording that runs in the background - Smart trip classification to sort work driving from personal - Manual expense and receipt logging on Starter, or automatic capture by linking a card on Professional - Deduction Finder to surface write-offs you would otherwise miss - IRS-compliant reports for taxes or reimbursements - 1099 tax filing and $1M audit protection on Professional → "What makes it especially great for the self-employed is its assistance in managing taxes. Its deduction finder even scans expenses to see if there's anything else you can file as a tax deduction" - Wired ▶ WHY IT MATTERS Every mile you drive for work is money back in your pocket. Drive 100 work miles a week and that is roughly $3,950 in deductions over a year, at the current IRS rate. Miss a few trips and you lose a real piece of it. Everlance keeps the record for you: every mile logged, every receipt stored, every deduction found and your numbers ready the day you file. ▶ YOU STAY IN CONTROL Where you drive is your business. Everlance is ad-free, protected with bank-level encryption and your data is never shared or sold. Record automatically in the background, switch to manual or limit recording to your work hours. Automatic recording needs location and motion permissions turned on, and you can turn them off whenever you want. ▶ WHO IT'S FOR If you drive your own vehicle for work or charity, Everlance was built for you. - Delivery and rideshare drivers on DoorDash, Uber, Lyft, Instacart and Shipt - Real estate agents and field sales reps - Freelancers and contractors juggling multiple clients - Small business owners who want one tool for mileage, expenses and taxes - Volunteers recording charitable miles → "Everlance is by far the best option I've found, combining a simple, attractive interface with a price that's impossible to beat. It has earned a permanent spot on my phone" - CNET ▶ PLANS FOR EVERY BUDGET Start free, no credit card required. - Basic (free): manual mileage recording, 30 automatic trips per month and reports - Starter: unlimited automatic mileage recording, smart trip classification, manual expense and receipt logging, IRS-compliant reports - Professional: everything in Starter plus automatic expense capture by linking a card, Deduction Finder, 1099 tax filing and $1M audit protection Starter and Professional both include a free 7-day trial, so you can try everything before you commit. Customer support is available in English, Spanish and French. Contact us at support@everlance.com. Privacy Policy: https://www.everlance.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.everlance.com/terms-of-service Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Download Everlance free and start recording your miles today.

Screenshots

QuickBooks Self4 screens
Mileage Tracker by Everlance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mileage Tracker by Everlance at 80% against QuickBooks Self's 24%. Mileage Tracker by Everlance also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and chart position (#13 vs unranked). QuickBooks Self's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. QuickBooks Self sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Mileage Tracker by Everlance sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mileage Tracker by Everlance holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mileage Tracker by Everlance has 53K ratings behind it against 6.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of QuickBooks Self's written reviews are positive against 80% of Mileage Tracker by Everlance's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickBooks Self ships an update monthly, Mileage Tracker by Everlance fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
QuickBooks Self versus Mileage Tracker by Everlance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickBooks SelfMileage Tracker by Everlance
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (6.8K ratings)4.8 (53K ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.6% of reviews80.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.8K53K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#13 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size284 MB186 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntuit Inc.Everlance Inc.

Customer experience

QuickBooks Self

All ratings86,646 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.2%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews258 reviews
Positive23.6%
Neutral13.2%
Negative63.2%

Mileage Tracker by Everlance

All ratings53,255 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews786 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative14.8%

User reviews

QuickBooks Self

From 6.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent mileage tracker
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Helpful for managing tax expense deductions
  • 💡 Useful for small businesses

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent mileage tracking
  • 🐛 Unreliable bank connection
  • 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
  • 🔍 Poor customer service
  • 💰 Expensive for the features provided

Mileage Tracker by Everlance

From 53K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Convenient and accurate
  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Seamless integration
  • 👍 Helpful customer service
  • 👍 Reliable mileage tracking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy, crashes, and freezes
  • 🐛 Unreliable trip tracking
  • 🐛 Poor customer support
  • 🔋 Drains battery
  • 💰 Expensive premium subscription

Bugs and requests

QuickBooks Self

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Mileage tracking not working consistently
  • Transactions not syncing properly with bank accounts
  • Invoices not working as expected after updates
  • Duplicate transactions and data loss issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to import past mileage data
  • Option to manually start/stop mileage tracking
  • Improved invoice customization and partial payment options
  • Better categorization and rules for expenses
  • Ability to handle multiple businesses

Mileage Tracker by Everlance

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Trips not recording properly
  • Transactions not syncing correctly
  • Categorization issues after updates
  • Unreliable auto-classification

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to manually start/stop trips
  • Easier expense categorization
  • Improved mapping and address details
  • Customizable notification settings
  • Shortcuts integration

In-app purchases

7 purchases

QuickBooks Self

Subscriptions7
  • QuickBooks Self-Employed2 variants$6.991 Month
  • Quickbooks Self-Employed$14.991 Month
  • QuickBooks Self-Employed$14.991 Month
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  • QuickBooks Self-Employed1 Month trial$14.991 Month
  • QuickBooks Self-Employed + TurboTax Bundle$16.991 Month
  • QuickBooks Self-Employed1 Month trial3 variants$19.991 Month
  • Self-Employed + TurboTax1 Month trial$29.991 Month
6 purchases

Mileage Tracker by Everlance

Subscriptions6
  • Starter (Monthly)7 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • Everlance Premium4 variants$10.991 Month
  • Everlance Premium Plus$19.991 Month
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  • Starter (Yearly)7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Everlance Premium2 variants$89.991 Year
  • Professional (Yearly)7 Days trial$119.991 Year

Questions

Is QuickBooks Self free?
QuickBooks Self is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mileage Tracker by Everlance free?
Mileage Tracker by Everlance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, QuickBooks Self or Mileage Tracker by Everlance?
Mileage Tracker by Everlance is rated higher. QuickBooks Self averages 4.5 out of 5 from 6.8K ratings, while Mileage Tracker by Everlance averages 4.8 from 53K ratings.
Do QuickBooks Self or Mileage Tracker by Everlance have ads?
Neither QuickBooks Self nor Mileage Tracker by Everlance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuickBooks Self or Mileage Tracker by Everlance?
QuickBooks Self ships an update monthly, and Mileage Tracker by Everlance fortnightly. Most recently, QuickBooks Self was updated on November 1, 2026 and Mileage Tracker by Everlance on November 4, 2026.

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