Routio logs your drives automatically in the background — then turns them into IRS-ready deductions worth 72.5¢ a mile. No buttons to press, no account, and your data is never sold.
Most self-employed drivers under-claim mileage — because tracking it by hand is impossible to keep up with. Forget one drive a day and it adds up fast.
a year in deductions a typical self-employed driver misses by not tracking every mile.
is all it takes to forget a deductible drive. Routio never does — it logs them for you.
tracked usually covers the entire cost of Routio. The rest is pure money back.
Reliable automatic tracking, real IRS tax tools, and total privacy — in one clean app.
Grant location once and Routio detects when you start and stop driving, logging each trip in the background. No starting, no stopping, nothing to remember.
Come tax time, Routio hands you a clean Schedule C summary and exportable PDF & CSV reports — for you or your accountant. The thing MileIQ makes you do yourself.
Your drives stay on your device and sync only through your own private iCloud — no account, no sign-up, no bank linking. We never see your data and we never sell it. (Some trackers literally sell your location. We don't.)
MileIQ raised prices ~50%. Everlance is pivoting to enterprise. Routio is the fair, private, consumer-first choice.
| Routio | MileIQ | Everlance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic background tracking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IRS Schedule C tax package | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| No account / sign-up required | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Data never sold • private iCloud | ✓ | — | — |
| Unlimited drives on the free tier idea | Generous | 40/mo cap | 30/mo cap |
| Yearly price | $59.99 | $59.99 → $89.99 | up to $99.99 |
Competitor pricing & features as publicly listed in 2026; MileIQ/Everlance are trademarks of their owners. Comparison reflects our reading of public info.
Grant "Always" location once and Routio detects when you start and stop driving, logging each trip in the background. You don't open the app or press anything — just review and classify drives whenever you like.
No. There's no sign-up, no password, no email required. Your data lives on your device and your own private iCloud, so it follows you across your iPhone and iPad automatically.
Never. Your drives are stored on your device and your private iCloud (Apple's CloudKit). They're never sent to our servers and never sold to anyone. Privacy is the whole point.
Routio includes a full IRS Schedule C tax package (MileIQ doesn't), needs no account, never sells your data, and costs $59.99/yr — exactly what MileIQ used to charge before its ~50% price hike to $89.99.
$59.99/year (about $5/month) or $7.99/month, with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan. Cancel anytime in Settings.
Routio uses iOS's efficient motion + location services designed for all-day background use, so it's built to be light on battery while still catching every drive.
Let Routio capture every business mile — automatically — and hand you a tax-ready report at year end.
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