Mileage log for iPhone and Apple Watch
Your miles. Your phone. Nobody else's.
Own Miles notices when you drive, records the trip, and asks one question afterwards: business, personal or commute? At tax time it hands you the log the IRS expects. Your trips never leave your devices.
Joining the beta opens an email to us. We write once with the TestFlight invite and once at launch, nothing else.
Open the app and drive. There's nothing to sign up for.
Trips live on your iPhone and, if you like, in your own iCloud.
The free version logs every drive. No monthly cap, ever.
How it works
Drive. Swipe. Export.
Most days you won't open it at all. A few seconds of review keeps the log honest.
It notices the drive
When your car leaves where it was parked, Own Miles starts measuring. When you park, the trip is saved with its route, distance and the places it started and ended. It stays quiet the rest of the day, so your battery barely notices.
You say what it was
One tap after the drive, from the notification, Today or the Trips list. It learns your routes and suggests the answer.
- Business
- Personal
- Commute
Tax time takes a minute
Reports adds up your Schedule C, Part IV miles and the deduction at the IRS standard mileage rate, and flags trips that still need a business purpose. Export a PDF log for your accountant or a CSV for your spreadsheet.
The privacy promise
Where you drive is nobody's business but yours.
A mileage log is a map of your life: your home, your clients, your doctor. Own Miles was built so that map never reaches us, or anyone else.
- No accountNo email, no password, no profile.
- No serversWe don't run any. Sync uses your own private iCloud.
- No analytics or adsNo tracking code in the app or on this site.
- Never soldYour routes are never sold, shared or used to train anything.
- Yours to takeExport or delete everything from Settings, whenever you like.
Read the privacy policy; it's short.
Made for iPhone
Everything a mileage log should do, and nothing it shouldn't.
Commute rules built in
Drives between your saved home and work are suggested as commuting, with the IRS exceptions explained.
Missed a drive?
If a drive starts miles from where the last one ended, Own Miles offers to add the one in between.
Rules (Pro)
Classify drives on their own by place, by hours, or by vehicle.
Widgets and Live Activity
This month's business miles on your Home Screen, the drive in progress on your Lock Screen.
Siri and Shortcuts
Start or add a trip by voice, or build it into your own automations.
Apple Watch (Pro)
The drive in progress and this month's totals on your wrist.
Every vehicle (Pro)
Log the work van and the family car separately, with odometer readings.
On all your devices
Turn on sync and your log follows you through your own private iCloud. We never hold a copy.
Pricing
Free to log. Pro when it's tax time.
The price you start at is the price you keep. We won't raise the price of an active subscription.
Free
$0
- Every drive logged, with no monthly limit
- Business, personal and commute in a tap
- Yearly totals and the deduction in Reports
- CSV export
- Widgets, Live Activity, Siri and Shortcuts
Own Miles Pro
$29.99 / year
14-day free trial, then $2.49 a month, billed yearly.
- The IRS-ready PDF mileage log
- Rules that classify drives on their own
- More than one vehicle
- The Apple Watch and Mac apps
- Shared with your Family Sharing group
Coming from MileIQ? Your first year of Pro is $14.99. See the switcher offer.
Join the beta
Own Miles is in testing now. Send one email and we'll invite you to the TestFlight beta when the next round opens. We use your address only for the beta and the launch note.
Send it from the address you use for your Apple Account, so the TestFlight invite reaches you.
Questions
Good to know
When can I get it?
Own Miles is in testing now, with a public beta through TestFlight next and the App Store after that. Join the beta and we'll write once with the invite, and once at launch.
Does it drain my battery?
It waits for your car to leave where it was parked before it turns on full location, and turns it off when the drive ends, so most of the day it uses almost nothing.
Why does it need location set to Always?
So it can notice a drive without you opening the app. Your location is used on your iPhone to measure the trip and never sent to us. You can also start trips yourself if you'd rather not allow it.
Is my commute deductible?
Usually not. Driving between home and your regular workplace is commuting. Own Miles suggests Commuting for those drives and explains the exceptions. Check your own case with a tax professional.
Can I bring my history from another app?
Yes. Own Miles imports the CSV exports of MileIQ, TripLog, Everlance and Stride, matches their columns and leaves out drives you already have. See switching from MileIQ.
What happens to my trips if I stop paying for Pro?
Nothing. They stay on your iPhone, keep being logged, and you can still export them as CSV.
Is this tax advice?
No. Own Miles keeps a careful log and adds it up at the IRS standard mileage rates. How to claim it depends on your situation, so check your return with a tax professional.