MileIQ alternative
MileIQ went from $72 to $168 a year. You can stop paying it.
Odo is the pay-once mileage log: the same IRS-ready record, the same tax-time exports, $6.99 one time. This page is an honest comparison — MileIQ genuinely does one thing Odo doesn't, and we'll tell you exactly what it is and why we skipped it.
How the subscription got here
- Through 2024$5.99/mo
MileIQ Unlimited holds its long-time price — about $72/year (less on the annual plan).
- July 2025Acquired
Bending Spoons — the subscription-app roll-up behind Evernote and WeTransfer — buys MileIQ for a reported $233M.
- 2025$8.99/mo
First hike: +50%, to roughly $108/year.
- 2026$13.99/mo
Second hike: $168/year for unlimited drives. That is 133% more than 2024 — for the same core feature.
Nothing about writing down miles got 133% more expensive to provide. Subscription pricing drifts toward what the owner can charge, not what the tool costs — which is the whole reason Odo is priced once.
The one thing MileIQ has that Odo doesn't
Automatic drive detection.MileIQ runs in the background, notices you're moving, and records the drive without being asked. If that is non-negotiable for you, MileIQ (or any auto-tracking subscription) is the right tool, and this is where we part as friends.
We left it out on purpose, for three reasons:
- Battery.Always-on location is the single biggest complaint about auto-trackers. A logbook shouldn't cost you 15% of your battery to exist.
- Reliability. Auto-detection misses short drives, splits long ones, and logs your bus ride to the airport. Every missed drive is a deduction you lose; every phantom drive is an audit question. A deliberate ten-second log has neither problem.
- Privacy.Detection requires “Always” location permission and, in MileIQ's case, your drive history on their servers. Odo asks for location only while you record, and nothing ever leaves the phone.
Odo's answer to “I'll forget to track” is speed: one tap to start a GPS recording, ten seconds to type a trip after the fact, two taps to re-log a saved route. Gig drivers logging the same loop daily usually find this fasterthan auditing an auto-tracker's guesses at classification time.
Feature by feature
| MileIQ | Odo | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $13.99/mo · $168/yr | $6.99 once |
| Automatic drive detection | Yes — always-on, in the background | No — deliberately (see below) |
| One-tap GPS trip recording | Yes | Yes (foreground-only) |
| Manual & odometer entry | Limited manual add | Manual, odometer pairs, saved frequent routes |
| IRS standard rates built in | Yes | Yes — effective-dated table + custom rate |
| CSV / PDF tax reports | Yes (some behind team plans) | Yes — Schedule C columns, generated on-device |
| Works fully offline | No — account + cloud required | Yes — no account or cloud |
| Where your location history lives | Their servers | Your phone, only |
| Account required | Yes | No |
| Battery impact when idle | Background location running | None — location off unless recording |
| Free tier | 25 auto-tracked drives/mo | 20 trips/mo, every feature, history never locked |
| Team / multi-driver reporting | Yes (MileIQ for Teams) | No — Odo is for individuals |
MileIQ details as of July 2026, from public pricing and app-store listings — check their site for current terms. Green dot marks the practical advantage.
The switch pays for itself in 15 days
Fifteen days of a MileIQ subscription costs more than Odo does once. Everything you save after that is yours — every year, forever.
Switching is easy: export your MileIQ history as CSV for your records, start logging in Odo today. Your old data stays in your files; your new data stays on your phone. Questions? We answer email.
