Comparison, checked August 23, 2026
Odie vs MileIQ
MileIQ is one of the oldest names in mileage tracking. It runs on more than one platform, has a web dashboard, and sells team plans. Odie is a newer, smaller app for the iPhone that keeps your trips on your phone and never asks you to make an account. Here is how the two line up.
| Question | Odie | MileIQ |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Runs in the background and detects drives by itself, with no on or off switch. Their page does not say which signals it uses. |
| 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 App Store label lists Data Used to Track You. |
| 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 and accountant package, more than one car): $4.99 CAD or $3.99 USD a month, $39.99 CAD or $29.99 USD a year. | 40 free drives, then C$14.99 a month or C$149.99 a year in Canada, or US$13.99 a month, or US$11.66 a month billed yearly in the US (checked October 2, 2026). |
| 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. | English only. |
| Platforms | iPhone, iOS 17 or later. | Not checked by us; see their site. |
| Report format | Year PDF and CSV, a one-month PDF statement, the accountant package with every receipt photo (Odie Pro), plus a full CSV export of every trip. | Not checked by us. |
| Automatic Work or Personal | Yes, from rules you can read: route rules you save, saved places, and routes where your last eight trips (weekdays and weekends judged apart) were all marked the same way. Marked Auto with the reason, one tap to change, and it can be switched off. | Yes. Work Hours: drives during the hours you set are classified Business. Frequent routes: after you classify the same route the same way three times, it offers to classify it for you (checked October 6, 2026). |
| Classify from the Lock Screen and CarPlay | Yes. When a trip ends, the trip card on the Lock Screen asks Work or Personal with two buttons; on iOS 26 and later the system also shows it on the CarPlay dashboard. | Not mentioned on their drive detection and classification page (checked October 6, 2026). |
| EV charging expenses | Yes. Charging category with kWh and price per kWh. | Not checked by us. |
Sources for the MileIQ 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 MileIQ
People who need Android, a web dashboard, or a team plan where a manager reviews everyone’s drives. MileIQ has years of history and a large user base, and its workflow is familiar to many accountants.
Who should pick Odie
Drivers in Canada or the United States who want the CRA tiers or the IRS rate built in, who would rather not create an account, and who want a mileage log that stays on the phone with no analytics or tracking code in the app.
Questions
Can I move my MileIQ history into Odie?
Not today. Odie has no importer for other apps. You can keep your old reports as PDFs and start a fresh log in Odie on a clean date, which is how the CRA and the IRS expect a log to read anyway.
Does Odie have a web dashboard like MileIQ?
No. Odie runs on the iPhone only, and that is a direct result of keeping your trips off our servers. Reports and exports are made on the phone and shared from there.
Is Odie available now?
Yes. Odie is on the App Store, free to start; Odie Pro is a subscription billed by Apple.
Switch to Odie.
No account to create. Keep your MileIQ export for your records and start a fresh log today. Free for 40 automatic trips a month.
