Shoeboxed: Mileage Tracker
What is Shoeboxed?
Shoeboxed: Mileage Tracker is a Finance app, free to download, that records business trips from the phone in the background and sends a nightly text summary for the user to mark as work or not. It also captures receipts by photo, email forwarding, or a Gmail plugin, and offers a mail-in option for paper receipts. The description says it produces IRS-ready expense reports with date, destination, distance, and business purpose.
Pricing. Shoeboxed: Mileage Tracker is free to download on the App Store.
Good for
- Self-employed people who want business mileage logged automatically
- Small business owners collecting digital and paper receipts for tax time
- Owner/operator truckers, contractors, realtors, or consultants tracking.
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Why this app is in A tier
Shoeboxed scores 80 out of 100: rating 81, rating count 73, App Store search rank 67, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and A tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
STOP CARRYING TWO APPS FOR MILES AND RECEIPTS Our mileage customers ask us the same question: "Wait, does your mileage tracker do my receipts too?" It does. You get UNLIMITED mileage tracking starting at $9/mo AND receipt capture/extraction too. And did you know we're the only receipt app that still scans paper receipts? True. AUTOMATIC, UNLIMITED MILEAGE TRACKING Your phone tracks every business trip in the background. Every evening, we text you a summary: your trips, your miles, your potential deductions. Text back which ones were for work. That's it. No buttons, no screens, no remembering to start tracking. At the current IRS rate of $0.76/mile, 12,000 business miles means $9,120 in deductions. DIGITAL RECEIPTS MADE EASY Photograph any business receipt, our app reads it and extracts the key fields in seconds. Have receipts in email? Just forward them to receipts@shoeboxed.com and they land in your account. Gmail user? Install our Gmail plugin and we read them automatically. We grab the fields the IRS requires: vendor, amount, date, and category. You get every receipt stored, organized, and searchable, ready for tax time or your accountant. PAPER RECEIPTS If you ha
Compare in Mileage Tracking
| Measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | A | A | C |
| Score | 80 / 100 | 82 / 100 | 69 / 100 |
| Rating | 4.5 ★ | 4.5 ★ | 4.8 ★ |
| Ratings | 1.8K | 8.7K | 12.8K |
| Latest ratings · 180d | — | 3.4 ★ · 19 reviews | 2.8 ★ · 12 reviews |
| Last update | 20d ago | 7d ago | 3d ago |
| Price | Free download | Free download | Free + IAP |
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Where else it ranks
- Best Receipt Tracking AppsA tier, #9, score 84
- Best Receipt Scanning AppsC tier, #12, score 64
- Best Expense Tracking Appslisted, beyond the tiered top, score 64
Questions about Shoeboxed
Is the app free to use?
The app is free to download. The description lists paid subscription tiers after a trial: Starter at $9/mo, Pro at $29/mo, and Plus at $79/mo. Mileage tracking is listed as unlimited on each tier, and the tiers differ by scan count.
How does mileage tracking work?
The phone tracks business trips in the background. Each evening the app texts a summary of your trips, miles, and potential deductions, and you text back which trips were for work.
Can it handle paper receipts?
Yes. Tap the Magic Envelopes icon and the app mails you a prepaid envelope. You send in your paper receipts, and people in Durham, NC scan them into your account. The listing does not state the cost of this service.
Is Shoeboxed free?
Shoeboxed is free to download.
What is Shoeboxed good for?
Shoeboxed is built for self-employed people who want business mileage logged automatically, small business owners collecting digital and paper receipts for tax time, owner/operator truckers, contractors, realtors, or consultants tracking.. It sits in the mileage tracking list on AppTierList.
Is Shoeboxed worth it?
Shoeboxed is A tier, ranked #9 of 16 mileage tracking apps with a score of 80 out of 100, from a 4.5 App Store rating across 1,824 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 8 apps rank above it.
How does Shoeboxed compare to Motus?
Shoeboxed is A tier at 80; Motus is A tier at 82. Motus ranks higher. Shoeboxed is free to download, Motus is free to download.
How often is Shoeboxed updated?
Shoeboxed was updated 20 days ago, which counts in its favour.
All the facts
- Lists
- Mileage Tracking (A tier, #9) · Receipt Tracking (A tier, #9) · Receipt Scanning (C tier, #12) · Expense Tracking (#54, beyond the tiered top)
- Tier
- A (Excellent)
- Score
- 80 / 100
- Rank in list
- #9 of 16
- Ranking certainty
- settled
- Price
- Free download
- App Store rating
- 4.5 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 1,824
- Current version
- (20 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Finance
- Good for
- Self-employed people who want business mileage logged automatically, Small business owners collecting digital and paper receipts for tax time, Owner/operator truckers, contractors, realtors, or consultants tracking.
- Requires
- iOS 15.0 or later
- Size
- 31 MB
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
App Store data read · ranking · how it is computed