Everlance Review 2026: Mileage Tracker Plans and Pricing

A mileage tracker is a tax tool first and an app second. At the IRS business rate of 76 cents a mile for the second half of 2026, up from 72.5 cents in the first half, a driver logging 10,000 business miles a year is claiming a deduction of roughly $7,600, and the log is the only thing that defends it in an audit. Everlance sells that log, with automatic trip detection, classification by swipe and reports built for Schedule C. This review is for the self-employed driver, the realtor or consultant with a car, and the accountant deciding which app to tell clients to install.

Finpresso data: Toolradar, the software directory we run, tracks 87 expense management tools as of October 17, 2026; 49% are free, freemium or open source, and the median cheapest paid plan is $12 a month across the 38 that publish a price. Everlance's Starter plan on yearly billing lands under that median, so its premium is in the tax add-ons, not the base price. The expense management ranking has the full field.

Everlance is a mileage and expense tracking app for iOS and Android, with a web dashboard, sold to self-employed drivers on one side and to companies that reimburse employees on the other. This review covers the self-employed plans. The app detects trips with GPS, lets you classify each one as business or personal with a swipe, and produces IRS-compliant mileage logs with full route maps.

The free Basic plan includes 30 automatically detected trips a month, unlimited manual start-and-stop trips, receipt uploads and mileage and expense reports. Starter removes the cap. Professional layers on automatic expense tracking from linked accounts, an AI deduction finder (iOS only, per the plan comparison), all-inclusive 1099 federal and state filing in all 50 states, W-2 filing and $1 million audit defense.

For an accountant, the useful detail is the reporting: logs export in an IRS-ready format with dates, purposes and routes, which is the record Publication 463 expects. If you are deciding between a pure tracker and a bookkeeping tool with mileage built in, our QuickBooks Solopreneur review covers the other path.

Install the app, allow location access and drive. Trips appear in a list and you swipe right for business, left for personal; rules can auto-classify recurring routes. At month end, or at tax time, you export a mileage report and an expense report, or hand your accountant the web dashboard login. The 30-trip cap on Basic counts only automatic detections, so a light driver can stay free for years by starting trips manually.

The paid plans add what makes the record defensible and the filing cheaper. Starter gives unlimited automatic trips and custom IRS reporting. Professional connects bank and card accounts so expenses land next to the miles, scans for deductions, and files the 1099 return inside the product. For a driver who would otherwise pay a preparer, that filing is the line that can justify the Professional price on its own.

The trial is the gotcha. Every paid plan starts with a 7-day trial that needs a credit card, and Everlance charges the full plan price when the week ends unless you cancel; the company says it emails a reminder two days before. Cancel in time and the account drops back to Basic rather than closing.

Methodology: every price here was read on the vendor's own pricing page on October 17, 2026, in US dollars, from the individual (self-employed) plans; monthly equivalents divide the yearly price by 12. Everlance's pricing page lists Basic at $0 with no payment required, Starter at $89.99 a year or $10.99 a month, and Professional at $119.99 a year or $19.99 a month. Its FAQ confirms the yearly amounts are charged in full at the end of the 7-day trial.

Monthly billing is the trap. Starter paid monthly comes to $131.88 a year, $41.89 more than the yearly plan; Professional paid monthly comes to $239.88, nearly double its yearly price. Pay yearly unless you only drive for a season. Everlance also notes the subscription itself is a deductible business expense.

Against the rivals: MileIQ gives 40 free drives a month and charges $13.99 a month or $11.66 a month billed yearly ($139.92) for unlimited drives, so its free tier is more generous and its paid tier is dearer. TripLog offers unlimited automatic tracking free and sells Premium at $59.99 a year ($4.99 a month billed yearly), the lowest paid price in this group. Driversnote allows 15 free trips a month and charges $11 a month for unlimited. QuickBooks Solopreneur lists $20 a month, with 50% off for three months, and bundles unlimited mileage with invoicing and tax estimates.

Cost scenario we built: a consultant driving 10,000 business miles in the second half of 2026 claims about $7,600 at the IRS rate. Everlance Starter on yearly billing costs 1.2% of that deduction, TripLog Premium 0.8%, MileIQ Unlimited 1.8%. The app is never the expensive part; a missed month of logging is.

Everlance fits a self-employed driver who exceeds 30 automatic trips a month and wants the log, the expenses and the tax return in one app. Gig drivers, realtors, home-service contractors and traveling consultants are the core. The Professional plan suits a 1099 filer who currently pays for tax prep, because the filing and audit defense are bundled. Accountants who want a clean client export should look at the web dashboard and the custom IRS reports on Starter.

Skip the paid plans if you take fewer than 30 auto-detected trips a month, since Basic already produces the report. Skip Professional on Android, where the AI deduction finder does not run. Skip Everlance entirely if invoicing matters more than miles; a bookkeeping tool with tracking built in, compared in our receipt scanner apps ranking and our Keeper Tax review, does more of the job.

For the wider picture, our AI for expense management ranking covers tools that automate the receipt side, our guide to paying yourself from an LLC covers the owner-draw question that comes next, and our free tax filing guide is the comparison for anyone weighing Professional's bundled filing against doing it for nothing.