MileIQ Alternative UK 2026: Free, Unlimited, HMRC-Ready

MileIQ is probably the first app anyone names when mileage tracking comes up, and the swipe-to-classify design deserves its reputation. For UK drivers the friction is the same as everywhere else: the free plan stops at 40 drives a month, and anyone genuinely driving for work hits that wall mid-month. Unlimited tracking is listed at $13.99 a month ($11.66/month billed annually) — UK billing shows the local equivalent.

Before the comparison, the disclosure: MileTrack is our product. Which is exactly why this page also lists the cases where MileIQ remains the better choice.

The comparison at a glance

Criteria	MileTrack	MileIQ
Price	£0 (currently free)	Free: 40 drives/mo; Unlimited: $13.99/mo or $11.66/mo billed annually
Journey limit	Unlimited	40/month on free plan
Automatic detection	Yes — phone sensors	Yes
Classification	Business / commute / personal	Swipe: business / personal
AMAP threshold context	45p/25p rates in reports	UK template reports
Data storage	On-device	Vendor cloud
Exports	PDF, CSV, XLSX with HMRC-expected fields	PDF/spreadsheet reports
Team features	No	Yes (Teams plans)
Platform	iPhone (no Android yet)	iOS and Android

Where MileIQ still wins

• Android. MileTrack has no Android app yet.
• Employer-run reimbursement. MileIQ Teams gives admins dashboards and centralised reporting; MileTrack has nothing comparable.
• Maturity. A decade on the market against an early-access product whose feature set is still growing.

Where MileTrack wins

• No cap. Every journey logged and classified, free. The 40-drive limit is not a minor quirk — for a self-employed HMRC claim, untracked journeys in the back half of every month are unclaimable miles.
• Price. £0 against roughly £110 a year at current exchange rates. That is real money next to a claim built on 45p per mile.
• Commute kept separate. Ordinary commuting is not business mileage under UK rules, and MileTrack treats it as its own category rather than something to remember to exclude.
• Privacy by architecture. Journeys stay on your iPhone and leave it only as the report you export.
• Nothing to cancel. No renewal date, no subscription mechanics.

And the honest limits: iPhone-only, no team features, early access.

The maths that actually matters

A UK mileage log protects the AMAP claim: 45p per mile up to 10,000 business miles per tax year, 25p beyond. A courier or mobile tradesperson logging 12,000 business miles is claiming £5,000 — against which an app fee is trivial, but missing miles are not. Journeys that never got logged because a free cap ran out are relief you cannot claim. The cap’s real cost is not the subscription price; it is the untracked second half of the month.

What HMRC expects a record to show — and for how long to keep it — is covered in the logbook rules guide.

Switching without losing your history

1. Export your MileIQ reports first — every year you have claimed. HMRC’s record window means old logs stay relevant for at least five years after filing.
2. Pick a clean start date, ideally the 6th of April or the 1st of a month.
3. Note your odometer on day one of the new log.
4. Run both apps for two weeks and compare captured journeys before cancelling anything.
5. Cancel the subscription, keep the archive.

MileTrack is free on the App Store — no account, no card. For the broader market picture, the UK mileage app comparison tests four apps side by side, and the Driversnote alternative guide covers the other big name.

Tax note: this article is general orientation, not tax advice. Competitor pricing verified 2026-09-03 — check the linked official pages before deciding.