The short version. MileIQ Unlimited has gone from $59.99 to $139.99 a year across back-to-back price increases. DriversLog's free tier does what most people pay MileIQ for — unlimited automatic drives, classification, IRS-ready reports — and the optional Pro upgrade can be bought once, forever. Your renewal price never rises: that's a written promise, not a mood.
| DriversLog | MileIQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free forever (unlimited). Optional Pro: one-time lifetime or subscription with a price-lock promise | $139.99/year (after 40 free drives/month) |
| Free tier | Unlimited trips, auto-tracking, PDF + CSV export, backup | 40 drives per month |
| Account required | Never | Yes |
| Where your location data lives | On your iPhone by default (optional sync via your personal iCloud) | Their cloud servers |
| Tracking reliability | On-device detection with crash-proof recording, a live recording indicator, and a Tracking Health screen that catches broken permissions after phone migrations | Server-assisted detection; "stopped tracking after I changed phones" is a recurring review complaint |
| Reports at tax time | PDF + CSV always free, incl. employer reimbursement PDF with signature lines | Paid tier |
| Country rate schemes | 10 countries with real tier/cap/fiscal-year math (IRS, HMRC, CRA, ATO, IRD and more) | US-centric |
| Import/export | Free CSV import from MileIQ and other apps, free CSV + PDF export, one-tap JSON backup — your data is never hostage | Export available, but history stays behind their login |
1. In MileIQ, export your drives as CSV (web dashboard → Reports → Export).
2. Open DriversLog — go to Settings → Import trips from CSV. DriversLog reads MileIQ's CSV format directly, including categories and purposes.
3. That's it. Your full history, priced against your country's official rates, free.
Why are people switching from MileIQ? MileIQ raised prices from $59.99 to $139.99/year across back-to-back increases under Bending Spoons. Many users report tracking reliability issues after phone upgrades. DriversLog offers unlimited automatic tracking for free, no account required.
Is my MileIQ CSV compatible? Yes. DriversLog reads MileIQ's export format directly — dates, distances, categories, and purposes are all preserved. No manual editing needed.
What if I need features MileIQ has? DriversLog's free tier covers the core: unlimited auto-tracking, classification, and tax reports. Pro ($59.99 lifetime or $29.99/year) adds Bluetooth car trigger, auto-classification, widgets, and multi-vehicle. There's no feature MileIQ offers at $139.99/year that DriversLog doesn't match or beat.
The promise that makes this different. Everything DriversLog markets as free stays free — feature clawbacks are how the apps on the left side of your app graveyard died. And if you ever buy Pro, your price is locked: renewals never cost more than the day you subscribed.