TradesTimer vs MileIQ
What MileIQ is
A dedicated automatic mileage tracker that uses GPS to log drives and allows users to swipe between business and personal categories.
Best for: Professionals who primarily need to track business mileage for tax purposes but do not need to track time spent at specific job sites or estimate billable durations.
Pricing at a glance
$5.99 FREEMIUM
Free tier limited to ~40 drives/month; unlimited is roughly $5.99/mo. Pricing changes — verify.
Verified 2026-06-08
$0 FREE — FULL APP
Where MileIQ is strong
- Seamless business/personal trip categorization via swiping
- Highly-regarded automation for simple mileage logging
Where MileIQ falls short for trades
- Forces the user to use a separate, manual method to track how long they worked at a location for billing.
- Requires the user to manually track jobsite durations because the app only logs driving movement between points.
What TradesTimer does differently
- Automatically identifies 'stops' to provide rounded billable hours alongside mileage
- Eliminates manual input by auto-detecting both trips and jobsite durations without pre-configuring locations
The verdict
MileIQ is a specialized tool for precise mileage categorization, while TradesTimer is built for solo tradespeople who need to reconstruct their entire workday, capturing both driving distance and estimated time spent on-site.
Page last verified 2026-06-08. If MileIQ has changed pricing or features since then and this page is stale, email support@tradestimer.com and we'll fix it.
Free. The whole app.
The whole time-tracking app is free — no trial, no feature gate, no ads, no per-user fees. (Encrypted cloud backup is on the roadmap.)
- Automatic day reconstruction from background GPS
- Unlimited stops, drives, and days
- Review and edit any block
- Rounded billable-hours summary, shareable as plain text
- Automatic mileage log, exportable for taxes
- 7-day summary view
- All location data stays on your device
Your location history stays on your phone.
There is no TradesTimer server storing your location trails. No account. No sign-up. Your GPS history lives on the device that recorded it — for as long as you want it. The only time anything leaves your phone is when you choose to share your billable-hours summary yourself.
The app does not talk to any third-party service with your location. Nothing about where you've been is uploaded anywhere. See the privacy policy for the full detail.