MileIQ tracks mileage. SparkReceipt tracks mileage, receipts, expenses, and bank statements, all in one plan.
MileIQ is a dedicated mileage tracker, and its monthly price has more than doubled since 2024, climbing from $5.99 to $13.99. SparkReceipt puts business mileage in the same app that scans your receipts, tracks your expenses, and reads your bank statements, with 1 user included and more at a per-user rate. If you track more than miles, one subscription can replace two.
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A mileage-only tracker versus one app for your whole pre-accounting stack.
| MileIQ | SparkReceipt | |
|---|---|---|
| What it tracks | Mileage only | Mileage, receipts, expenses, income, and bank statements |
| Automatic drive detection | Yes, logs drives in the background | No. You tap Start and Stop, add a trip manually, or approve trips suggested from your phone's calendar |
| Business/personal classification | Swipe each drive | One tap, single or in batches |
| Mileage report | IRS-rate reports (CSV and PDF) | Trip reports as PDF, CSV, or Excel. New US accounts start at the IRS rate, and Elite adds the Schedule C worksheet |
| Receipt scanning | No | AI scanning in almost any language, 190 currencies |
| Expense & income tracking | No | Yes |
| Bank statement extraction | No | Yes (PDF, CSV, or Excel) |
| QuickBooks / Xero sync | No | Yes, for receipts and expenses |
| Users included | 1 | 1, add more per-user |
| Free tier | 40 drives/month | Pro and Elite start with a 7-day free trial |
| Price (as of August 2026) | $13.99/month, or $11.66/month billed annually | $10.75/month billed annually |
MileIQ does one thing, and it does it well: it detects your drives automatically. You never press a button. It runs in the background and logs every trip for you to swipe business or personal. If zero-touch mileage capture is the only thing you need, a dedicated auto-tracker is a fine tool.
SparkReceipt's Trips feature works differently today. You tap Start when you set off and Stop when you arrive, or you enter a trip by typing the addresses. It records the route by GPS in the background once a trip is running, doubles the distance for a round trip, and lets you classify each trip business or personal in one tap. It can also suggest a trip for each meeting in your phone's calendar that has an address.
So the honest split is simple:
Most freelancers and small business owners are in that second group. They were never shopping for a mileage app. They needed their whole shoebox handled, and mileage was one more thing on the pile.
One app instead of three or four — Your miles, receipts, expenses, and bank statements live in one place. Log a drive on your phone, snap the gas receipt at the pump, and both are waiting on your dashboard, already sorted. Explore the mileage tracker and the AI receipt scanner.
1 user included, add teammates per-user, accountant free on top. You, plus your partner and team members added at a per-user rate, and your accountant joins at no cost. MileIQ's Unlimited plan covers one person.
AI receipt scanning — Snap any receipt and AI pulls the vendor, amount, date, and tax in seconds, in almost any language and 190 currencies. A mileage tracker can't do this at all.
Bank statement extraction — Upload a PDF, CSV, or Excel statement and AI extracts every transaction, then flags the charges missing a receipt. See the bank statement extractor.
A stable, all-in-one price — MileIQ's monthly plan went from $5.99 to $13.99 in two years, for the same single feature. SparkReceipt bundles the whole stack into one plan. Check SparkReceipt pricing for current numbers.
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Start Free Trial| Feature | MileIQ | SparkReceipt |
|---|---|---|
| Mileage tracking | Automatic background drive detection. The app logs trips with no input from you. | GPS trips you start and stop, manual entry by address, and trips suggested from your phone's calendar. |
| Trip classification | Swipe each drive business or personal. | Classify trips business or personal in one tap, individually or in batches. |
| Mileage reports | Reports formatted to the IRS standard rate, exportable as CSV or PDF. | Trip reports for any date range as PDF, CSV, or Excel, plus a PDF for each trip. New US accounts start with the IRS rate as the default, which you can change. On Elite, the Schedule C worksheet lists your business trips. |
| Receipt scanning | Not available — MileIQ tracks mileage only. | AI extracts vendor, amount, date, tax, and line items from any receipt, in almost any language. On a gas receipt, it also records the gallons you pumped. |
| Expense & income tracking | Not available. | Full expense and income tracking with automatic tax-category sorting. |
| Bank statement extraction | Not available. | Upload a statement and AI extracts and matches every transaction. |
| Accounting sync | Not available. | Direct QuickBooks Online and Xero sync, plus Zapier, Make, and Pabbly. |
| Multi-currency | Distance and reimbursement in your local unit. | 190 currencies with live exchange rates for receipts and expenses. |
| Users | One user on the Unlimited plan. | 1 user included, add more per-user. Invite your partner, and your accountant is always free. |
| Free tier | 40 drives per month, then paid. | Pro and Elite start with a 7-day free trial of every feature. |
SparkReceipt does not detect drives by itself, so a dedicated mileage app wins on hands-off capture. SparkReceipt aims to be the one app a self-employed person opens for everything else, with mileage included instead of billed separately.
Scan one of your own receipts and log a trip during your 7-day free trial.
Start Free TrialThis comparison is based on information publicly available from MileIQ's website and other online sources as of August 2026. Features and pricing may change over time. SparkReceipt is not affiliated with or endorsed by MileIQ.
Your first user is included. Each extra user: $1.00/month, billed $12 annually.
Your accountant joins free
For side hustles.
Total for 1 user · $69.00 billed annually
+ VAT/GST where applicable
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50 documents / month
For receipts and invoices
For small businesses with 1 to 40 people.
Total for 1 user · $129.00 billed annually
+ VAT/GST where applicable
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Unlimited documents*
Everything in Pro, plus:
Joel Ojala, co-founder, sets up SparkReceipt with you, tailored to how you work.
+ Elite for 1 user: $10.75/mo, billed annually
$529.00 today, then $129.00 a year
+ VAT/GST where applicable
Get set up with JoelAnnual plan only · No free trial
Everything in Elite
Plus a 60-minute session with Joel and one follow-up. In the session:
Unlimited linked accounts on every plan.
Unlimited document scanning on Elite is subject to fair use. Bank statement extraction uses monthly renewable credits. Historical email imports include a free allowance; larger imports use credits, with the cost shown before you start.
“SparkReceipt takes care of the busy work, allowing me to quickly save receipts and create expense reports.”
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HellerWeather · United States
“SparkReceipt is one of the very few software purchased that exceeded my expectations. Great product, great features, great value.”
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The Internet Design Co. · Scotland
“The scan accuracy is the most precise out there. Just try it!”
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INMIZE · Spain
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Start Free TrialIt depends on what you track. If you only need automatic mileage logging, a dedicated auto-tracker is the closest match. If you track mileage alongside receipts, expenses, and bank statements, SparkReceipt is the strongest alternative, because it handles your whole pre-accounting stack in one app, with 1 user included and more at a per-user rate.
No. You tap Start and Stop to record a GPS trip, or enter a trip by typing the addresses, and the app can suggest trips from the meetings in your phone's calendar that have an address. MileIQ's main strength is that it detects drives on its own, so if fully hands-off tracking is essential, factor that in.
MileIQ's Unlimited plan is $13.99 per month, or $11.66 per month billed annually, with a free tier of 40 drives per month. The monthly price has climbed from $5.99 in 2024 to $8.99 in 2025 to $13.99 in 2026. (Verify against MileIQ's pricing page — prices change.)
For most freelancers and small business owners, yes, especially if you also scan receipts and track expenses, because SparkReceipt does all of it in one plan. If your only need is automatic, zero-touch mileage capture, keep in mind that SparkReceipt does not detect drives automatically.
SparkReceipt generates a trip report for any date range as a PDF, CSV, or Excel file, and a PDF for each trip with the route, purpose, distance, and reimbursement. New US accounts start with the current IRS business rate as the default, which you can change, and it does not update itself when the IRS changes the rate. On Elite, the Schedule C worksheet lists your business trips priced at the IRS rate for each trip's date. MileIQ is stronger on IRS-formatted mileage reports specifically. Consult a qualified tax professional for advice on your mileage deduction.
Yes. Pro and Elite both start with a 7-day free trial of the full app: receipt scanning, expense tracking, bank statement extraction, and mileage together.
