Best Mileage Tracker Apps in Canada for a CRA Logbook

Most mileage apps were built for the United States, where a self-employed driver deducts a standard rate per mile. A self-employed Canadian does not. On Form T2125 you claim a share of what the car actually cost you, and that share is your business-use percentage: business kilometres divided by total kilometres for the year. The CRA's per-kilometre rate is what an employer may pay an employee tax-free as an allowance, and it is not a deduction a sole proprietor can take (see who can use the CRA mileage rate).

So the test for a mileage app in Canada is narrower than "does it track trips." It is whether the app produces the record the CRA asks for and the percentage the T2125 needs. Every app below tracks trips. They differ a lot on the rest.

Every price and limit on this page was read from each company's own Canadian page or its Canadian App Store listing in October 2026. Claimable Drive is our product, and we say where it fits and where it does not.

What the CRA asks a logbook to hold

The CRA's motor vehicle records page asks for, on every business trip, the date, the destination, the purpose and the number of kilometres driven. For the year it asks for the odometer reading at the start and the end of the fiscal period, which is what gives the total kilometres the percentage is divided by. The field-by-field detail is in what a CRA logbook has to contain.

The CRA does not approve apps, and it accepts a phone, a spreadsheet and a paper notebook on the same terms (app or paper: what the CRA accepts). That leaves four things worth comparing:

1. Does it record without you remembering to? Automatic detection is what keeps a log complete for twelve months, and a log with gaps is hard to defend if the CRA asks to see it.
2. Does it record personal driving too? The percentage needs total kilometres. An app that only keeps business trips leaves you to get the denominator from the odometer.
3. Does it give you the percentage, or a dollar figure at the CRA rate? A self-employed driver needs the percentage. A per-kilometre total is the right output for an employee reimbursement claim and the wrong one for a T2125.
4. What does the free tier keep and export? Some cap the drives you can record, some cap the drives you can see, and some charge for the report. Free mileage tracker apps in Canada goes through each free plan.

One thing no app here does: none of them advertises a mode for the CRA's simplified logbook, where a full base year lets you keep a three-month sample in later years. Driversnote explains the rule in its guides. In every app you keep the base year and the sample yourself.

The apps

Driversnote

The most explicitly Canadian of the established trackers. Its Canadian site and App Store listing sell "CRA-compliant vehicle logs", it works in kilometres, and its Canadian report can show either a total at the CRA rate or a business and personal split of kilometres with the percentage. You enter a starting odometer and it works out the reading for each trip, and reports export to PDF and Excel. It tracks automatically, with manual start and stop and an optional iBeacon, on iPhone, Android and the web.

The free plan covers 15 trips a month for tracking and reporting. Pro is listed at 16 CAD a month (before tax) on driversnote.ca; through the Canadian App Store it is C$19.00 a month or C$204.99 a year. It is rated 4.7 from 13,127 ratings on the Canadian App Store (October 5, 2026).

Best for: a self-employed Canadian who wants an established app that already speaks CRA, and drives few enough business trips that 15 a month fits, or will pay for Pro. Our Driversnote comparison goes deeper.

MileIQ

The best-known brand in the category, with automatic background detection and swipe-to-classify on iPhone and Android, plus a web dashboard. In Canada it measures in kilometres by default and ships with the 2026 CRA rates. Its reports are built around a per-kilometre value, totalling business, commute and personal drives. You can enter a starting annual odometer reading for each vehicle, and we found no business-use percentage or end-of-year reading in its help centre.

Free is 40 drives a month, the most generous cap among the capped apps. Past 40, MileIQ keeps detecting drives but a free user can only see the first 40 classified drives that month. Its Canadian App Store listing describes the downloadable CRA log as a premium feature. Unlimited is C$12.49 a month billed annually or C$14.99 month to month. Rated 4.7 from 9,814 ratings (October 5, 2026).

Best for: an employee claiming kilometres against an allowance or reimbursement, where a per-kilometre total is exactly what is wanted.

TripLog

The only app here whose free plan records without limit: its Basic plan is "free forever" with unlimited automatic GPS tracking. Reports are where it charges. Unlimited reporting is Premium, and a free user gets one free pass a year (a seven-day Premium pass) for the year-end report. Premium is listed at 4.99 a month, paid annually as 59.99, on a pricing page that switches between USD and CAD. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android, with a web app on Premium and optional hardware for automatic start.

We found no odometer log or business-use percentage, and its reports are labelled tax-compliant rather than CRA-specific. Rated 4.3 from 649 ratings (October 5, 2026).

Best for: a driver who wants every kilometre recorded at no cost and is willing to do the percentage from the export once a year.

Everlance

A US-first app with a Canadian mode. Its Canadian App Store listing promises a business-use percentage worked out from your kilometres and names T2125 filers, and its help centre says it is CRA-compliant, though it also says the default settings are tailored to the US: you switch it to kilometres and the CRA rate yourself. You can enter a starting odometer reading for each year, but its help centre says there is no place for an end-of-year reading and that neither reading appears in exports. It keeps vehicle expenses and the logbook together, with automatic recording on iPhone and Android and a web dashboard.

Free covers 30 automatically detected trips a month plus unlimited manual trips. Through the Canadian App Store, Starter is C$14.99 a month or C$119.99 a year and Professional is C$149.99 a year. Rated 4.8 from 1,247 ratings (October 5, 2026).

Best for: a driver who wants mileage and vehicle expenses in one app and does not mind setting it up for Canada.

QuickBooks (Self-Employed and Lite)

Intuit sells two products to Canadian freelancers. QuickBooks Lite launched in Canada in July 2026 and starts at about $20 a month according to Intuit Canada; Intuit says QuickBooks Self-Employed is still supported, with Lite as the newer option. Self-Employed tracks drives automatically with swipe classification and a business purpose, and Intuit's Canadian help says it "takes care of the logbook portion" for you. Its help also has you enter your odometer reading on January 1 and December 31, then says it works out the business proportion for you. On Lite, Intuit's own pages describe the mileage feature two ways, one as automatic tracking and one as a manual log of date, distance and purpose, so check it in the app before you rely on automatic capture.

Best for: someone who wants full bookkeeping and GST/HST tracking, with mileage as one feature among many rather than the reason for the app.

Claimable Drive

Our mileage logbook for iPhone, in beta on TestFlight. It records drives in the background, and you swipe each one business or personal. Personal drives are kept, because they are the denominator. From those swipes it works out the business-use percentage, asks for the start and end odometer readings when they are due, and states in the logbook the days recording was armed and the longest stretch nobody was watching. The logbook exports any time, free.

Free records thirty drives a month. Past thirty, recording pauses until the first of the next month, and the drives you have stay yours in full; a subscription keeps it recording all month. Drive is iPhone only today, with no Android or web version, and it has no App Store ratings yet because it is not on the App Store.

Best for: a self-employed Canadian who wants the T2125 percentage itself, without doing the division at year end.

Comparison table

	Free tier	Records personal drives	Business-use %	Odometer readings	Platforms
Driversnote	15 trips a month	Yes	Yes, in the Canadian report	Yes, per trip from a starting reading	iPhone, Android, web
MileIQ	40 drives a month visible	Yes	Not found	Starting reading per vehicle	iPhone, Android, web
TripLog	Unlimited recording, one report pass a year	Yes	Not found	Not found	iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android, web on Premium
Everlance	30 automatic trips a month	Yes	Yes, per its Canadian listing	Starting reading per year, none at year end	iPhone, Android, web
QuickBooks Self-Employed	Paid plan	Yes, swipe classification	Yes, per its Canadian help	Yes, January 1 and December 31	Mobile app, web
Claimable Drive	30 drives a month, export free	Yes	Yes	Yes, asked when due	iPhone only, TestFlight

"Not found" means we looked in the company's own Canadian pages and help centre and did not find the feature, not that it is impossible to get the figure from an export.

Which should you choose

• You are self-employed and want the percentage done for you: Driversnote, Everlance or Claimable Drive. Driversnote is the established choice; Everlance keeps vehicle expenses alongside the log; Drive is the one built around the percentage and keeps the export free.
• You are an employee claiming kilometres against an allowance: MileIQ or Driversnote, both of which report at the CRA rate in kilometres.
• You want to pay nothing and do the arithmetic yourself: TripLog's free plan records every kilometre; take the year's report with the free pass and divide business by total kilometres (how to calculate the business-use percentage).
• You already keep your books in QuickBooks: use its mileage. Self-Employed works the percentage out from your two odometer readings; on Lite, confirm whether your plan tracks automatically.

Whichever you pick, take a photo of the odometer on the first day of your fiscal year and the last (why the two readings matter). No app can reconstruct the starting reading after the fact.

FAQ

Does the CRA approve any mileage app? No. The CRA does not certify apps or formats. It asks for a record of each business trip (date, destination, purpose, kilometres) and the odometer readings for the year, and any app, spreadsheet or notebook that holds those is acceptable.

Can a self-employed Canadian claim the CRA per-kilometre rate? No. The per-kilometre rate is the reasonable tax-free allowance an employer may pay an employee. A sole proprietor claims actual vehicle costs on the T2125, multiplied by the business-use percentage. An app whose only output is kilometres times the rate gives you the wrong number for a T2125.

Do I need to record personal drives? You need the total kilometres for the year, because the percentage is business over total. Either log personal drives too, or rely on the start and end odometer readings for the total.

Is there a mileage app that handles the CRA simplified logbook? None of the apps compared here advertises a simplified-logbook mode. You keep a full base year, then a three-month sample in a later year, and check the sample against the base year yourself (the base-year rule).

Sources

1. CRA, Motor vehicle records: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/sole-proprietorships-partnerships/business-expenses/motor-vehicle-expenses/motor-vehicle-records.html
2. Driversnote Canada, Pricing: https://www.driversnote.ca/pricing
3. Driversnote, How to create a detailed report (Canada): https://driversnote.helpscoutdocs.com/article/505-how-to-create-a-detailed-report-canada
4. Driversnote on the Canadian App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/mileage-tracker-by-driversnote/id924418916
5. MileIQ Canada, Pricing: https://mileiq.com/en-ca/pricing
6. MileIQ Support, free drive limit: https://support.mileiq.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004851126
7. MileIQ Support, units and rates: https://support.mileiq.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000885703
8. MileIQ on the Canadian App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/mileage-tracker-by-mileiq/id578830929
9. TripLog, Pricing: https://www.triplog.net/pricing
10. TripLog on the Canadian App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/mileage-tracker-app-by-triplog/id585918522
11. Everlance, Everlance for Canadians: https://help.everlance.com/hc/en-us/articles/45326497256219-Everlance-for-Canadians
12. Everlance on the Canadian App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/mileage-tracker-by-everlance/id985378916
13. QuickBooks Canada, QuickBooks plans for self-employed: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/ca/resources/running-a-business/quickbooks-plans-for-self-employed/
14. QuickBooks Canada, Lite: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/ca/online/lite/
15. QuickBooks Canada support, Automatically track mileage in QuickBooks Self-Employed: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-ca/help-article/track-mileage/automatically-track-mileage-quickbooks-self/L3jLlAy2N_CA_en_CA
16. QuickBooks Canada support, Documenting vehicle use for the CRA: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-ca/help-article/self-employment-taxes/cra-documenting-vehicle/L2okAFgVc_CA_en_CA
17. Claimable Drive: https://tryclaimable.ca/drive
18. MileIQ Support, vehicles and odometer readings: https://support.mileiq.com/hc/en-us/articles/205144255
19. Everlance, starting and end-of-year odometer readings: https://help.everlance.com/hc/en-us/articles/45326073229467
20. Everlance, odometer readings in data exports: https://help.everlance.com/hc/en-us/articles/45326107596571
21. QuickBooks Canada support, Calculate your mileage allowance in QuickBooks Self-Employed: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-ca/help-article/track-mileage/mileage-allowance/L2UuK3e92_CA_en_CA