The best mileage tracker for gig drivers, honestly compared

Eight trackers, one table, and the four questions that actually separate them: does automatic tracking cost money, can you get your own records out for free, does anyone do the net-pay math, and does anything touch the platform accounts your income depends on. Yes, we make one of these apps - so every claim links to a deep-dive with sources, and we say plainly where competitors win.

What mattersGigOdoStrideEverlanceMileIQHurdlrTripLogGridwiseSolo
Automatic tracking, freeYes, unlimitedTap-to-startLimited free trips40 drives/moSemi-auto onlyYes (Basic)YesYes
Your reports & export, freeFull historyEmailed CSVsPaid tiersPaid tiersWeb app7-day windowPartialPartial
Net $/hr per platform (after gas)YesNoNoNoNoNoGross analyticsIncome focus
Asks for platform loginsNeverNeverNeverNeverUber + banksNeverYes - core modelYes - core model
GPS routes stay on your phoneDiscarded on-deviceCloudCloudCloudCloudCloud mapsCloudCloud
Tips tracked for the $25k deductionOwn columnIncome notesNoNoNoNoVia linkingVia linking
Full-feature price$2.99/mo founding$0$8.99-19.99/mo$13.99/mo$9.99/mo+~$4.99-5.99/mo$14.99/mo$8-15/mo

Competitor details verified against official pricing pages and help centers, July 2026 - each cell is argued with sources in the linked comparisons below. Prices change; verify before deciding.

The one-line verdicts

Stride - the best fully-free option if you never forget to tap start. Its own help docs confirm it only records when told to; forgotten shifts are unclaimed deductions.

Everlance and MileIQ - polished general-purpose trackers whose free tiers cap the exact thing gig drivers need most; you're paying $108-168/year mainly for automation.
Hurdlr - the strongest freelancer accounting suite here (invoicing, ledger, bundled filing at Pro). But full auto-tracking costs $9.99/month, and it's built for freelancers broadly, not drivers.
TripLog - genuinely free unlimited tracking since 2025 and the deepest hardware/fleet ecosystem. The catch is access: free reports cover only the last 7 days.
Gridwise and Solo - the best analytics if you accept account linking. That mechanism is what Lyft's 2025 warnings named; your risk tolerance decides.
GigOdo - free unlimited auto-tracking, free full reports, per-platform net $/hr after gas, split-rate 2026 tax handling, and an architecture with nothing to link and no routes stored anywhere. Pro ($2.99/month founding) is only cloud sync, backup, and tax extras.

Switching is a ten-minute job

Every tracker above exports CSV in some form. GigOdo imports them with one-tap presets for Gridwise, Solo, Everlance, MileIQ, Stride, TripLog, and Hurdlr plus a generic column-mapper - parsed on your phone, previewed before saving, duplicates skipped. Your deduction log stays continuous across the switch, which matters double in 2026's split-rate year.

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Questions

What's the best tracker overall?
For gig driving specifically: GigOdo is the only one with unlimited free auto-tracking, free full reports, and net-pay math together. For pure freelancer accounting, Hurdlr; for a zero-dollar budget with manual discipline, Stride.
Which are completely free?
Stride (tap-to-start, insurance-funded) and GigOdo's tracker (auto, unlimited; Pro only adds cloud features). TripLog tracks free but meters reports.
Which risk my platform account?
Account-linking trackers (Gridwise, Solo) are the category Lyft's warnings named. Non-linking trackers sit outside that rationale.
Who handles the 2026 split rates?
GigOdo applies 72.5¢/76¢ by trip date automatically. Others need manual splitting from dated exports at filing time.
Can I bring my history?
Yes - CSV out of any of them, one-tap presets into GigOdo, on-phone parsing with preview.