# Odie

> Odie is an automatic mileage tracker for iPhone (iOS 17 or later), made in Montréal for people who drive for work in Canada and the United States. It recognises the car by its hands-free Bluetooth name, confirms driving with the motion sensor, records the trip on the phone, and asks Work or Personal from the lock screen. At tax time it produces a year report (PDF and CSV): in Canada, kilometres at the CRA two-tier allowance; in the United States, miles at the IRS standard rate with parking and tolls on top. There is no account, no analytics, no ads and no third-party code; optional sync goes through the user’s own private iCloud database. English and French.

Facts as of August 23, 2026. Canada: the CRA 2026 allowance rate is 73¢/km for the first 5,000 km and 67¢/km after, plus 4¢ in the territories; the self-employed deduct the business-use share of actual costs on T2125; keep the log six years. United States: the IRS business rate is 76¢/mile (Jul 1 to Dec 31, 2026), 72.5¢/mile (Jan 1 to Jun 30, 2026), 70¢/mile (2025); medical or moving 20.5¢ then 23.5¢ in 2026; charity 14¢; depreciation component 35¢ for 2026; parking and tolls on top; W-2 employees cannot deduct mileage outside the four Form 2106 exceptions; keep the log generally three years. Odie is free for trips logged by hand without limit, 40 automatic trips a month, one car and CSV export; Odie Pro (automatic trips without limit, the year report, more than one car) is $4.99 CAD a month or $39.99 CAD a year (priced in USD by the App Store in the United States).

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## Product

- [Odie, the mileage tracker that knows your car](https://www.odielog.com/): Automatic mileage tracking for iPhone. Odie starts when you drive your car, asks Work or Personal from the lock screen, and builds the year report your accountant expects, in Canada or the United States. No account, no third-party trackers.
- [How Odie works](https://www.odielog.com/how-it-works): How Odie detects your car, records a trip in the background, asks Work or Personal, and turns a year of driving into a CRA or IRS report. Limits included.
- [Privacy by design](https://www.odielog.com/privacy-by-design): Odie has no account, no analytics, no ads and no third-party code. Here is what that means in practice, with the evidence from the app itself.
- [Odie for Canada: CRA logbook, kilometres, French](https://www.odielog.com/canada): Built for CRA logbooks: kilometres by default, the two-tier allowance priced per trip in date order, the business-use method for the self-employed, and a year report in French or English.
- [Odie for the United States: IRS mileage log, miles](https://www.odielog.com/united-states): Built for IRS mileage logs: miles by default, the standard rate priced per trip across the July 2026 change, parking and tolls on top, a year report for Schedule C.
- [Mileage tracker with no account](https://www.odielog.com/mileage-tracker-no-account): What no account and no third-party SDKs mean in Odie: trips stay on your iPhone, optional private iCloud sync, Apple services only. And what that costs you.
- [Support](https://www.odielog.com/support): Help with Odie: trips that did not start, passengers, short distances, moving phones, diagnostics, rates. Email support is answered by the Odie team.
- [Press kit](https://www.odielog.com/press): Odie press kit: one-paragraph description, facts for Canada and the United States, app icon and screenshots in light and dark, and a contact address.
- [How this blog is written](https://www.odielog.com/how-we-write): Odie’s articles are drafted with AI assistance from the official pages they cite, then checked figure by figure against those pages before they appear.
- [Blog: mileage logs, CRA and IRS rules](https://www.odielog.com/blog): Practical notes on mileage logs, CRA and IRS rules, vehicle expenses and how trip detection works. Written for people who drive for work and for their accountants.

## Tools

- [Mileage calculator: CRA and IRS](https://www.odielog.com/mileage-calculator): Pick Canada or the United States, enter a distance and a period; get the amount at the CRA tiers in kilometres or the IRS standard rate in miles. Rates checked and dated.
- [CRA mileage calculator](https://www.odielog.com/cra-mileage-calculator): Enter kilometres and a year; get the CRA allowance with the two tiers shown, plus the territories supplement. Rates from canada.ca, checked and dated.
- [IRS mileage calculator](https://www.odielog.com/irs-mileage-calculator): Enter miles and a period; get the amount at the IRS standard mileage rate, including the two halves of 2026. Rates from irs.gov, checked and dated.
- [Mileage log template (CSV and PDF)](https://www.odielog.com/mileage-log-template): A free mileage log template with the columns the CRA and the IRS ask for: date, from, to, purpose, odometer and distance. Download as CSV for a spreadsheet or PDF to print.

## Rates and rules

- [CRA mileage rate](https://www.odielog.com/cra-mileage-rate): The CRA automobile allowance rates for 2026, 2025 and 2024, what the two tiers mean, the territories supplement, the 2026 deduction ceilings and a worked example.
- [IRS mileage rate 2026 and 2025](https://www.odielog.com/irs-mileage-rate): The IRS standard mileage rates for 2025 and both halves of 2026, business, medical and charity, the depreciation component, the section 280F limits and a worked example.

## Comparisons

- [Odie vs MileIQ](https://www.odielog.com/compare/odie-vs-mileiq): A sourced comparison of Odie and MileIQ for drivers in Canada and the United States: how trips start, accounts, analytics, where data lives, price, rates.
- [Odie vs Driversnote](https://www.odielog.com/compare/odie-vs-driversnote): A sourced comparison of Odie and Driversnote for drivers in Canada and the United States: how trips start, beacons, accounts, analytics, price, rates, languages.
- [Odie vs Everlance](https://www.odielog.com/compare/odie-vs-everlance): A sourced comparison of Odie and Everlance for drivers in Canada and the United States: how trips start, accounts, analytics, where data lives, price, rates.
- [MileIQ alternative for Canada and the US](https://www.odielog.com/mileiq-alternative): Leaving MileIQ after the price change? What to look for in a replacement in Canada or the United States, CRA tiers, the IRS rate, and how Odie differs.

## Legal

- [Privacy policy](https://www.odielog.com/privacy-policy): How Odie handles your data in Canada and the US: trips stay on your iPhone, optional private iCloud sync we cannot read, no analytics, no ads, no account.
- [Terms of use](https://www.odielog.com/terms): Plain-language terms for the Odie website and app: your data is yours, no account is created, no warranty beyond what the law requires. Québec law.

## Blog: Canada

- [Commuting or business driving: where the CRA draws the line](https://www.odielog.com/blog/commuting-vs-business-driving-canada): Why the drive from home to your regular workplace is personal, what flips a trip to business, and how to keep a log that survives a review.
- [Odometer readings, year bounds, and the percent-of-driving check](https://www.odielog.com/blog/odometer-readings-and-year-bounds): Why the CRA asks for start and end of year odometer readings, how two readings turn a log into a percentage, and a monthly habit that catches gaps early.
- [EV charging as a vehicle expense in Canada](https://www.odielog.com/blog/ev-charging-as-a-vehicle-expense): Where electricity fits among vehicle costs, what to record for each charge, the home-charging attribution problem, and what public-network receipts give you.
- [Employee allowance or self-employed deduction: the two Canadian regimes](https://www.odielog.com/blog/employee-allowance-vs-self-employed-deduction): A T2200 employee and a T2125 sole proprietor account for the same driving in different ways. The two systems side by side, with one worked example.
- [Reconstructing a mileage log after missing months](https://www.odielog.com/blog/reconstructing-a-mileage-log): Honest guidance when the log has gaps: what evidence helps, what the CRA accepts and does not, and why prevention is cheaper than reconstruction.
- [What the CRA wants in a mileage logbook](https://www.odielog.com/blog/cra-logbook-requirements): The full logbook, the simplified three-month sample, the 10-point rule with its formula, what each trip record needs, and how long to keep it.
- [CRA automobile allowance rates for 2026 (with 2024 and 2025)](https://www.odielog.com/blog/cra-automobile-allowance-rates-2026): The per-kilometre rates the CRA treats as reasonable for 2024, 2025 and 2026, what the two tiers mean, and a worked example for 6,200 km.

## Blog: United States

- [IRS standard mileage rate for 2026: a split year](https://www.odielog.com/blog/irs-standard-mileage-rate-2026): 72.5 cents for January through June, 76 cents from July 1, how that compares with 2025, and what it means for a log that crosses the midpoint.

## Blog: both countries

- [Leaving MileIQ: exporting your data and starting a new log](https://www.odielog.com/blog/leaving-mileiq): How to get your drives out of MileIQ, what to keep and for how long, what a new log needs on day one, and what does not carry over.
- [What your mileage app knows about you: reading the privacy label](https://www.odielog.com/blog/what-your-mileage-app-knows-about-you): How to read an App Store privacy label for a mileage tracker, what Data Used to Track You means, and what the labels of three popular apps said on August 21, 2026.
- [How mileage apps decide a drive has started: Bluetooth, beacons and motion](https://www.odielog.com/blog/bluetooth-vs-motion-trip-detection): The three ways an app knows you are driving, how each one fails, and the honest limits of relying on the car's Bluetooth.

## En français

- [Odie, le suivi de kilométrage qui reconnaît votre auto](https://www.odielog.com/fr): Suivi automatique du kilométrage pour iPhone. Démarre avec votre voiture, demande Travail ou Personnel, produit le registre que l’ARC décrit. Sans compte.
- [Comment Odie fonctionne](https://www.odielog.com/fr/comment-ca-marche): Comment Odie reconnaît votre voiture, enregistre un trajet en arrière-plan, demande Travail ou Personnel et produit le registre annuel pour l’ARC. Limites comprises.
- [Vie privée dès la conception](https://www.odielog.com/fr/vie-privee): Odie n’a ni compte, ni analytique, ni publicité, ni code tiers. Voici ce que ça veut dire concrètement, avec les preuves tirées de l’application.
- [Odie au Canada : registre de l’ARC, en français](https://www.odielog.com/fr/canada): Un suivi de kilométrage pensé pour le registre de l’ARC et de Revenu Québec : kilomètres par défaut, les deux paliers de l’ARC, et un rapport annuel en français.
- [App de registre des déplacements pour le Québec](https://www.odielog.com/fr/application-registre-des-deplacements): Votre registre des déplacements pour Revenu Québec et l’ARC, sans y penser : Odie démarre avec votre voiture, demande Travail ou Personnel et produit le PDF annuel.
- [Soutien](https://www.odielog.com/fr/support): Aide pour Odie : trajets non démarrés, passagers, distances courtes, changement de téléphone, diagnostic, taux. Réponses par l’équipe Odie.
- [Comment ce blogue est écrit](https://www.odielog.com/fr/comment-nous-ecrivons): Les articles d’Odie sont rédigés avec l’aide d’une IA à partir des pages officielles citées, puis vérifiés chiffre par chiffre contre ces pages avant publication.
- [Blogue : registre, ARC et Revenu Québec](https://www.odielog.com/fr/blogue): Notes pratiques sur le registre des déplacements, les règles de l’ARC et de Revenu Québec, les dépenses de véhicule et la détection des trajets.
- [Calculateur de kilométrage ARC](https://www.odielog.com/fr/calculateur-kilometrage): Entrez vos kilomètres et l’année; obtenez l’allocation de l’ARC avec les deux paliers et le supplément des territoires. Taux tirés de canada.ca, vérifiés et datés.
- [Modèle de registre des déplacements (CSV et PDF)](https://www.odielog.com/fr/modele-registre-des-deplacements): Un modèle gratuit de registre des déplacements avec les colonnes que l’ARC et Revenu Québec demandent : date, départ, destination, but, odomètre et distance. En CSV ou en PDF.
- [Taux de l’ARC](https://www.odielog.com/fr/cra-mileage-rate): Les taux des allocations pour véhicule à moteur de l’ARC pour 2026, 2025 et 2024, le sens des deux paliers, le supplément des territoires et un exemple chiffré.
- [Politique de confidentialité](https://www.odielog.com/fr/politique-de-confidentialite): Comment Odie traite vos données : trajets sur votre iPhone, synchronisation iCloud privée optionnelle, services Apple seulement, aucune analytique, aucun compte.
- [Conditions d’utilisation](https://www.odielog.com/fr/conditions-d-utilisation): Conditions en langage clair pour le site et l’app Odie : vos données vous appartiennent, aucun compte n’est créé, les résultats fiscaux relèvent de vous.
- [Comment une application de kilométrage sait qu’un trajet commence : Bluetooth, balise ou mouvement](https://www.odielog.com/fr/blogue/detection-bluetooth-ou-mouvement): Les trois façons dont une application détecte que vous conduisez, les ratés de chacune, et les limites honnêtes du Bluetooth de la voiture.
- [Ce que l’ARC attend d’un registre des déplacements](https://www.odielog.com/fr/blogue/exigences-registre-des-deplacements-arc): Le registre complet, l’échantillon de trois mois, la règle des 10 points et sa formule, le contenu de chaque inscription, et la note de Revenu Québec.
- [Taux d’allocation automobile de l’ARC pour 2026 (avec 2024 et 2025)](https://www.odielog.com/fr/blogue/taux-allocation-automobile-arc-2026): Les taux au kilomètre que l’ARC juge raisonnables pour 2024, 2025 et 2026, le sens des deux paliers, et un exemple calculé pour 6 200 km.

## Optional

- [Press kit](https://www.odielog.com/press): description, facts, icon and screenshots
- [Support](https://www.odielog.com/support): support@odielog.com