Stride vs Everlance: Which Mileage App Fits, and What They Miss

Stride is a free app built for gig and self-employed workers. It tracks your business miles, lets you log expenses, and points you toward the deductions people in your line of work tend to miss. There is no paid tier to weigh, because the app itself is free.

Free does not mean manual. Stride tracks your miles automatically with GPS, running in the background so each drive gets logged without you starting and stopping it. The trade for the price is scope. Stride keeps to the essentials of miles, expenses, and deductions. For a driver who wants a no-cost, no-decision way to keep a clean mileage log, that is a fair trade.

Stride is a strong pick if you want the essentials with nothing to pay and nothing to configure.

Everlance is built around automatic drive detection. It runs in the background, records your drives on its own, and you classify each one as business or personal, often with a single swipe. On top of miles, it sorts your expenses through the year so tax season is less of a scramble, and it keeps your revenue and costs in one view.

Everlance offers a free tier and a paid plan. The free tier caps how many drives it logs automatically each month. The paid plan removes that cap and unlocks the fuller set of expense and reporting tools. So the honest way to frame it is this. If you drive a lot and want everything captured automatically, Everlance is built for that, and the volume is what pushes most heavy drivers to the paid plan.

Everlance is a strong pick if you would rather the app do the tracking for you and you want expense tools alongside your miles.

The two apps answer different questions.

• Pick Stride if free and simple wins for you. It tracks miles automatically and covers expenses at no cost.
• Pick Everlance if you want deeper expense sorting and reporting, and you drive enough that paying for unlimited automatic tracking pays for itself.

There is no wrong answer here. Both produce the mileage record the IRS wants, and any clean log lowers your tax bill. Choose the one that matches how much you want the app to do for you, and how much you are willing to spend to have it done automatically. If you want the wider field, including MileIQ, Hurdlr, and QuickBooks Solopreneur, see do rideshare drivers need a mileage tracker.

Here is the thing neither Stride nor Everlance can do, no matter which one you pick.

A mileage app measures the driving you already did. It does not change where that driving comes from. When an Uber or Lyft ride ends, the passenger goes back to the app, and the next time they need a ride the platform decides who gets it. Your tracker will faithfully record that you drove. It has no way to bring that rider back to you.

That is the gap. You can keep a perfect mileage log all year and still start every week at zero, waiting for the platform to hand you your next fare. The apps you drive for own the relationship with the rider. The mileage app just counts the miles.

SOLODRIVE.PRO is built for the job a mileage app cannot do. It gives you a booking page at your own handle. When a passenger has a good ride with you, you share your link. Next time they need a ride, they can request you directly instead of opening the app and taking whoever it assigns. A rider who books you by name is a rider the platform cannot reassign.

Keep the mileage app you like for taxes. SOLODRIVE.PRO adds the part it was never going to give you, which is a base of riders who come back.

It also keeps a few of the records a working driver needs in the same place you run your bookings. You can track your direct earnings and stay tax-ready, and you can log the earnings from your other platforms yourself so your numbers live in one place instead of scattered across screenshots. You enter those other-platform figures by hand, since it does not import them for you. On the Pro plan, that becomes a Schedule C ready breakdown. You can also log your vehicle upkeep, like oil, tires, brakes, and registration, which is exactly the kind of record the actual-expense method depends on. Your riders sit in a simple customer list you can see, so you know who books you and who to keep.

On a direct booking, the platform fee is a fraction of what the apps take. You start free. The Free plan is 12% per ride, with a $2.00 per-ride minimum. As you grow, Basic lowers it to 6.5% with a $1.50 per-ride minimum, Pro to 4% with a $1.00 minimum, and the Elite tier carries no platform fee at all. The point is not one cheaper ride. The point is a rider who books you again and again, with no app in the relationship. SOLODRIVE.PRO works alongside the apps you already drive, and alongside the mileage tracker you already trust.

Is Stride or Everlance better for Uber and Lyft drivers?

Neither is simply better. They fit different drivers. Stride is free and tracks your miles automatically with GPS. Everlance also detects drives automatically and adds deeper expense tools, with a paid plan for drivers who want unlimited automatic tracking. If cost is the deciding factor, Stride is free. If you want deeper expense sorting and reporting, Everlance is built for that.

Is Stride really free?

Yes. Stride is a free app for gig and self-employed workers. It tracks your business miles, lets you log expenses, and surfaces deductions people in your work often miss. There is no paid tier for the tracking itself. Stride says it will never charge members for the app, and it funds the app through commissions on health insurance plans sold through Stride Health.

Does Everlance track my miles automatically?

Yes. Everlance is built around automatic drive detection. It records your drives in the background and you mark each one as business or personal. Its free tier caps how many drives it logs automatically each month, and the paid plan removes that cap, which is why heavier drivers tend to move to the paid version.

Does SOLODRIVE.PRO replace Stride or Everlance?

Not entirely. SOLODRIVE.PRO logs the miles on every ride you drive through it, automatically, on every plan including Free, but it does not track the miles you drive for Uber or Lyft in the background. Keep whichever mileage app you prefer for those. SOLODRIVE.PRO does the job those apps do not, which is giving you a booking page at your handle so passengers can book you directly and become repeat riders. You can also track your earnings and log your vehicle costs in it to stay tax-ready, but it does not automatically import your trips.

Can I use a mileage app and SOLODRIVE.PRO together?

Yes, and most drivers should. They solve different problems. Your mileage app measures the driving you already did. SOLODRIVE.PRO helps you get more of the driving that is yours, from riders who book you by name. They work alongside each other, and alongside Uber and Lyft.