Comparison, checked August 23, 2026
Odie vs Driversnote
Driversnote is an established tracker with a Canadian site, French support, a web dashboard and team plans, and it sells a small beacon for cars that are hard to detect. Odie is a newer iPhone app that detects your car over Bluetooth without extra hardware, keeps your trips on the phone, and has no account and no analytics. Here is how they compare.
| Question | Odie | Driversnote |
|---|---|---|
| How a trip starts | By itself when your phone connects to your car (hands-free Bluetooth, CarPlay wired or wireless, or the car’s own Wi-Fi) and motion confirms you are driving. Motion-only mode for cars that do not connect. No hardware to buy. | Automatic tracking, with an optional iBeacon dongle sold for $40 USD or $54 CAD. |
| Account needed | No. Nothing to sign up for. | Yes, an account is required. |
| Third-party analytics in the app | None. No third-party SDKs at all. | The privacy policy names Google Analytics, Branch and BugSnag. |
| Where your data lives | On your iPhone. Optional iCloud sync goes through your private iCloud database, which we cannot read. | Not checked by us; see their privacy policy. |
| Free tier and price | Free: trips logged by hand without limit, 40 automatic trips a month, one car, CSV export of every trip. Odie Pro (automatic trips without limit, the year report, more than one car): $4.99 CAD or $3.99 USD a month, $39.99 CAD or $29.99 USD a year. | 15 free trips a month. Pro is $11 USD or $16 CAD a month on the web. |
| Rates built in | Yes, for Canada and the United States. CRA: the two-tier table for 2024 to 2026 from canada.ca, territories switch. IRS: the standard rate for 2024 to 2026 from irs.gov, including the July 2026 change. Each trip priced at the rate of its date; override for an employer’s rate. | Not checked by us. |
| Miles or kilometres | Both. Set by the country you pick at setup, changeable later; trips are stored in metres. | Not checked by us. |
| Parking and tolls on top of the IRS rate | Yes. Under the IRS scheme, parking and tolls on business trips are added to the standard-mileage figure, on their own line in the report. | Not checked by us. |
| Languages | English and French. | Yes, French is supported. |
| Platforms | iPhone, iOS 17 or later. | Not checked by us; see their site. |
| Report format | Year PDF and CSV, plus a full CSV export of every trip. | Not checked by us. |
| EV charging expenses | Yes. Charging category with kWh and price per kWh. | Not checked by us. |
Sources for the Driversnote column, as read on August 23, 2026. Odie facts come from the app’s source code. Where we could not verify something, the cell says so.
Who should pick Driversnote
People who need Android or a web dashboard, teams that want a manager’s view, and drivers who would rather plug in a beacon than rely on the car’s own Bluetooth. Driversnote also has a long track record in Canada and speaks French.
Who should pick Odie
Drivers in Canada or the United States who want automatic trips without buying hardware, no account, and no analytics or crash-reporting code in the app. Odie has the CRA tiers and the IRS rate built in, works in English and French, and makes the year report on the phone.
Questions
Does Odie need a beacon or dongle?
No. Odie recognises your car by the name of its hands-free Bluetooth. If your car does not pair, there is an optional Bluetooth LE scan and a motion-only mode where you confirm each trip.
Can I bring my Driversnote trips into Odie?
Not today. Odie has no importer for other apps. Keep your old reports and start a clean log in Odie from a chosen date.
Is Odie available now?
Yes. Odie is on the App Store, free to start; Odie Pro is a subscription billed by Apple.
Your next work trip can log itself.
Odie is on the App Store, free to start.
