Driversnote makes clean mileage logs and an in-car beacon that starts them for you. Here is the comparison if you also track hours, expenses, and invoices.
Start freeDriversnote's free plan covers 15 trips a month, and Pro is $11 a month for unlimited trips. Self Employment Toolkit's free plan has unlimited mileage trips, and Pro is $6 a month or $48 a year with time tracking, expenses, invoices, and a year-end Schedule C export. Driversnote trip exports import directly.
| Self Employment Toolkit | Driversnote | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, or $6/mo or $48/yr | Free; Pro $11/mo |
| Free plan trips | Unlimited | 15 a month |
| Automatic drive detection | No, you start and end trips | Yes, iBeacon or phone motion |
| Time tracking | Yes | Not listed |
| Invoicing | Yes, no caps | Not listed |
| Expenses | Yes | Not listed |
| Schedule C export | Year-end bundle in Schedule C order | Mileage reports in PDF and Excel |
Competitor prices and features were checked against each company's own pricing and help pages in November 2026. Prices change, so check theirs before you decide.
Every new account gets 30 days of Pro, no card required. Then stay on Free (unlimited trips, clients, expenses, and invoices, 10 time entries a month) or keep Pro for $48 a year ($4 a month).
See pricingDriversnote's iBeacon sits in your car and starts a trip when you get in, which avoids the guesswork of phone motion detection. Its reports come out as PDF or Excel and are built to hand to an employer or the IRS. If you only need a mileage log, it is easy to live with.
Driversnote's free plan stops at 15 trips a month. Self Employment Toolkit's free plan has no trip limit at all. Pro is $6 a month and adds the things a mileage app does not do: billable hours, invoices, AI receipt reading, and a Schedule C export that pulls mileage in alongside everything else.
Self Employment Toolkit is a web app that works in your phone's browser. There is no App Store app yet and no automatic drive detection: you start and end each trip yourself, and the route distance is filled in for you. Invoices are emailed as PDFs, but clients cannot pay them by card inside the app yet. It does not file your tax return.
Export your trips from Driversnote as Excel and use Import on the Mileage tab. It reads Excel and CSV, matches the columns, and marks trips already in your log before you confirm.
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The tax year starts January 1, so the cleanest time to switch is before your first trip of the year. Every new account gets 30 days of Pro, no card required, so you can import what you have and try every feature. After that, keep Pro for $6 a month or $48 a year, or stay on Free.
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