WHO IT'S FOR
MilePal for contractors and trades: mileage tracker
MilePal for contractors and trades is a mileage tracker. Job sites, supply runs and estimates: every business mile logged without a notebook in the truck.
The problem
Contractors drive between job sites and the supply house all day. Those miles add up, but nobody fills out a mileage book at the end of a long day. By tax time the notebook has three weeks of entries and a lot of blank pages.
How it works
Drive. Android tells MilePal when you start, and it records the trip on its own.
Swipe job-site and supply runs right for Business, personal drives left.
Name the supply house and your regular job sites once. Every drive there arrives as Business with its purpose filled in.
Set Work hours so tracking turns off after hours.
Export the year's log as a PDF or CSV at tax time.
Why it matters at tax time
The IRS wants the date, destination, business purpose and miles of each trip, recorded at or near the time, plus your total miles for the year. For 2026 the business rate is 72.5 cents per mile for trips through June 30 and 76 cents per mile from July 1. Sources and details are in what a mileage log needs to show the IRS.
Driving between job sites, to clients, or for supplies during the workday is usually business driving. Driving from home to your regular workplace is commuting and generally is not. Ask a tax professional about your own situation.
Questions
Does MilePal work for a small team?
MilePal is built for freelancers, gig drivers, contractors and small teams.
What is the 2026 IRS rate?
72.5 cents per mile for business trips January 1 to June 30, 2026, and 76 cents from July 1. See our mileage log guide for sources.
Can I tag a drive to a job?
Yes. Purposes and clients are your own labels, and a named job-site address sorts itself every time.
Is MilePal free?
Tracking and the log are free and never run out. You get 30 days of everything except the tax reports when you start.