Everlance vs MileIQ Price: 2026 Cost Compared

Everlance is cheaper than MileIQ on every comparable plan in 2026. Unlimited automatic mileage tracking costs $10.99 a month or $89.99 a year on Everlance Starter, against $13.99 a month or $139.99 a year on MileIQ Unlimited, a $50 gap on annual billing. Even Everlance Professional, which adds expense tracking, tax filing and $1 million audit defense, is $119.99 a year, $20 less than MileIQ's mileage-only plan. MileIQ keeps one pricing edge: its no-cost plan covers 40 drives a month against Everlance's 30 automatically detected trips.

Both apps do the same core job. They run in the background on your phone, notice when you start driving, log the trip with start and end points, and let you mark it business or personal so you end the year with a mileage log your preparer will accept. For a courier, a rideshare driver or a real estate agent, that log is usually the single largest deduction on Schedule C, which is why people pay for these apps at all.

Every price on this page was read off each vendor's own pricing page and then matched against the in-app purchase list on its iPhone app, all on September 10, 2026. That second check matters here, because both companies changed their prices during 2026 and a lot of what ranks for this comparison still shows the old numbers.

Everlance vs MileIQ price, plan by plan

Two things stand out. First, Everlance's cheapest unlimited plan undercuts MileIQ's by $3 a month and $50 a year. Second, MileIQ has nothing above its mileage plan for an individual, so anyone who wants expenses tracked or a return filed is comparing $139.99 of mileage against $119.99 of mileage, expenses and filing. On price alone that is not a close call.

How much does MileIQ cost per year?

MileIQ Unlimited costs $139.99 a year on annual billing, which the MileIQ pricing page presents as $11.66 a month. Paying month to month at $13.99 adds up to $167.88 over twelve months, so the annual plan saves $27.89, about 17%. The no-cost plan stays capped at 40 drives a month, and every plan is sold as mileage tracking with auto-generated reports.

The workflow is MileIQ's selling point rather than the feature list. You swipe a detected drive left or right to classify it, then tap to submit a report. Plenty of long-time users stay for that alone, and it is a fair reason to pay a premium if you have used it for years and your records live there.

Did MileIQ raise its prices?

Yes, and by more than most people realize. MileIQ's own article on what the app costs, still live on mileiq.com, lists $5.99 a month or $59.99 a year for unlimited drives. The current pricing page and the App Store both show $13.99 and $139.99, roughly 2.3 times those figures. MileIQ is now owned by Bending Spoons, which acquired it in 2025, and the copyright line at the foot of mileiq.com reads Bending Spoons US Inc.

If you are still on an older MileIQ annual plan, look at the renewal price in your account before the renewal date. A plan you bought at $59.99 renewing at $139.99 is an $80 surprise, and the week before renewal is the cheapest moment to decide whether you are staying.

Did Everlance raise its prices too?

Yes, though less steeply. Everlance Starter went from $8.99 to $10.99 a month (22%) and from $69.99 to $89.99 a year (29%). Professional went from $99.99 to $119.99 a year (20%) and picked up a $19.99 monthly option it did not previously offer. Our Everlance pricing breakdown has every tier, the old figures side by side with the new ones, and what each plan actually unlocks.

So both apps got more expensive, and the gap between them widened. At the old prices Everlance Starter annual was $10 cheaper than MileIQ annual. At the current prices it is $50 cheaper.

Which is cheaper, Everlance or MileIQ?

Everlance is cheaper for anyone who needs unlimited tracking, and the two tie for light drivers. The honest answer depends on how many business trips you log in a month, so here is the cost by driving pattern.

The trip caps run out faster than they sound. A trip in Everlance and a drive in MileIQ are both one journey from start to stop, so a courier doing five stops a day burns through 30 in six working days and 40 in eight. The no-cost tiers are really for people who drive for work a few times a week, not every day.

If neither ladder suits you, Hurdlr sits between them on price at $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year for Premium with automatic mileage, and our Hurdlr alternatives page lays out how it compares for gig work.

Is MileIQ worth it?

MileIQ is worth it if the mileage log is the only thing you need and you already rely on its swipe workflow, because switching apps mid-year means splitting your log across two exports. On price alone it is now the expensive way to buy unlimited mileage tracking, at $50 a year more than Everlance Starter for a comparable core job.

The payback math is simple enough to run yourself. The IRS business standard mileage rate for 2026 is 72.5 cents a mile from January 1 to June 30 and 76 cents from July 1 to December 31. At a 12% federal bracket plus self-employment tax, each business mile is worth very roughly 19 to 20 cents in tax. That means MileIQ Unlimited pays for itself once it captures around 700 to 740 business miles you would otherwise have missed, and Everlance Starter at around 450 to 475. Both subscriptions are themselves deductible business expenses. Your own bracket and state change the figure, so treat it as a rough guide, not tax advice.

Is Everlance mileage tracker free?

Partly. Everlance Basic costs nothing, needs no card, and covers 30 automatically detected trips a month plus unlimited manually started trips. Everything above that is paid, starting at $10.99 a month for Starter.

Read the trial terms before you tap. The 7-day trial of Starter needs a card up front and charges automatically at the end, Everlance emails you two days before the trial ends, and its FAQ states that all sales are non-refundable. You can set a subscription to cancel at the end of the current term, but you will not get money back for time already paid. MileIQ's longer 30-day trial with no card applies to Teams Pro, the business plan, not to individuals.

What neither app tracks

Mileage apps are built to count what you spend so you can deduct it. Neither Everlance nor MileIQ knows what a platform paid you. That gap matters to a lot of the people who drive for work: the photographer who drives to shoots and sells prints on Etsy, the rideshare driver with a Shopify store, the real estate agent who also earns from a YouTube channel.

Platforms report gross receipts on the 1099-K, before their commission and processing fees, once you pass more than $20,000 and more than 200 transactions. Your bank only ever sees the net deposit. Build your income side from deposits and your Schedule C shows less revenue than the form the IRS already has, by exactly the fees. A self-employed income tracker like Earnly lines every platform payout up as gross, fees and take-home from $12 a month, while the mileage app handles the deduction side. The two do not overlap.

The receipts are the other loose end. Fuel, parking and tolls on top of the standard mileage rate are where drivers lose deductions, and if yours are sitting in a glovebox you can pull the totals off a stack of receipts into a spreadsheet before handing the year over. If you are weighing whether to pay someone to file, our breakdown of what an accountant costs when you are self-employed puts real numbers on it.

Everlance or MileIQ: the short version

You drive for work most days and only need the log. Everlance Starter on annual billing at $89.99. It does the same core job as MileIQ Unlimited for $50 less.

You want expenses tracked and the return filed as well. Everlance Professional at $119.99 a year. MileIQ has no individual plan that does this, and Professional still costs less than MileIQ's mileage-only tier.

You drive a few times a week. Either no-cost tier. MileIQ's 40 automatic drives give a little more room than Everlance's 30.

You reimburse a team of drivers. MileIQ Teams starts at $8 per user per month with a 30-day trial on Teams Pro, which is a separate buying decision from anything above.

Your harder problem is income across platforms, not miles. Keep whichever mileage app you like and pair it with an income tracker, because no mileage app will ever show you what Etsy or YouTube kept before paying you.

Prices read from everlance.com, mileiq.com and both companies' App Store listings on September 10, 2026. Both vendors changed prices during 2026, so check the live page on the day you buy. This article is general information, not tax advice.