Comparison

Mileage Tracker by Everlance vs SmartMiles

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

Head to head
About

Mileage Tracker by Everlance

Automatically track your driving miles, expenses, and potential tax deductions. This app helps freelancers, drivers, and small business owners save money on taxes and reimbursements by keeping accurate records and uncovering hidden savings.

Highlights
  • Automatic GPS mileage tracking
  • Expense capture via card linking or receipts
  • Deduction Finder for extra write-offs
  • IRS-compliant reports
  • Optional 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.

About

SmartMiles

This app automatically tracks your driving for work, classifying trips as business or personal without manual input. It helps self-employed professionals and contractors log mileage for tax deductions, offering detailed reports and export options.

Highlights
  • Automatic trip detection
  • Business vs. personal classification
  • Customizable trip purposes
  • Frequent route and work hour recognition
  • Multi-vehicle support
  • Exportable CSV reports
  • Offline trip capture
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SmartMiles is the automatic mileage tracker for people who drive for work — self-employed professionals, 1099 contractors, realtors, sales reps, and small business owners. It runs in the background and detects every trip. There's no start or stop button. When you finish a drive, the trip is already in your inbox with the route, distance, time, and dollar value at the current IRS rate. CLASSIFICATION Swipe right for Business or left for Personal. Assign custom purposes like Medical, Charity, or Moving. Set it up once and SmartMiles classifies on its own: • Frequent routes — classify the same trip a few times and SmartMiles applies it to future trips on that route. • Work hours — set your schedule and trips during those hours are marked Business automatically. • Named locations — save home, the office, or client addresses and trips to them are recognized on sight. VEHICLES Add as many vehicles as you drive. Set a default, or change vehicles per trip. Pair your phone to your car's Bluetooth and SmartMiles assigns each trip to the right vehicle automatically. REPORTS Monthly and annual summaries show business miles, personal miles, and total deduction value by purpose. Export the full log as CSV — date, route, distance, vehicle, purpose, notes, and deduction value — the fields the IRS requires and the format most accountants ask for. OFFLINE AND BACKGROUND Trips are captured even when the app is closed and even without a signal. Anything captured offline syncs the next time you're connected. NOTES Add free-text notes to any trip — client names, project codes, or anything else you need at tax time. Start free. SmartMiles Pro unlocks unlimited trips. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mileage Tracker by Everlance4 screens
SmartMiles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Mileage Tracker by Everlance at 53K against SmartMiles's 12. Mileage Tracker by Everlance also leads on chart position (#13 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). SmartMiles's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, rating, 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. Mileage Tracker by Everlance sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and SmartMiles sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Mileage Tracker by Everlance against 4.7 for SmartMiles. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mileage Tracker by Everlance has 53K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Mileage Tracker by Everlance's written reviews are positive against 100% of SmartMiles's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mileage Tracker by Everlance ships an update every 3 weeks, SmartMiles every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Mileage Tracker by Everlance versus SmartMiles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMileage Tracker by EverlanceSmartMiles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (53K ratings) — better4.7 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings53K — better12
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#13 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEverlance Inc.47 Signals LLC

Customer experience

Mileage Tracker by Everlance

All ratings52,933 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews786 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative14.8%

SmartMiles

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

SmartMiles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Mileage Tracker by Everlance

Subscriptions14
  • Everlance Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Starter (Monthly)7 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • Everlance Premium4 variants$10.991 Month
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  • Everlance Premium Plus$19.991 Month
  • Everlance Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Everlance Premium1 Year trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • Everlance Premium$59.991 Year
  • Everlance Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Everlance Premium7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Everlance Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Starter (Yearly)7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Everlance Premium2 variants$89.991 Year
  • Everlance Premium Plus7 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • Professional (Yearly)7 Days trial$119.991 Year
2 purchases

SmartMiles

Subscriptions2
  • Smart Miles Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Smart Miles Pro Annual$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Mileage Tracker by Everlance free?
Mileage Tracker by Everlance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartMiles free?
SmartMiles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mileage Tracker by Everlance or SmartMiles?
Mileage Tracker by Everlance is rated higher. Mileage Tracker by Everlance averages 4.8 out of 5 from 53K ratings, while SmartMiles averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Mileage Tracker by Everlance or SmartMiles have ads?
Neither Mileage Tracker by Everlance nor SmartMiles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mileage Tracker by Everlance or SmartMiles?
Mileage Tracker by Everlance ships an update every 3 weeks, and SmartMiles every 4 days. Most recently, Mileage Tracker by Everlance was updated on November 1, 2026 and SmartMiles on October 31, 2026.

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