Mileage Tracker Comparison · 2026
Stride is genuinely free, which is hard to beat if your bar is just basic mileage logging plus a bank link. FlexDash is $59.99/yr but adds AI earnings scanning, the Amazon Flex 40-hour cap tracker, deactivation defense, and Bluetooth car auto-trigger — features Stride doesn't offer at any price.
Stride is the longest-running free mileage and tax tracker for gig drivers. It's funded by health-insurance referrals rather than subscriptions, which keeps the app free indefinitely. Stride supports automatic mileage tracking, income logging, and Plaid bank linking — but the auto-tracking is battery-optimized at the cost of reliability, and it lacks AI earnings scanning and any Amazon Flex-specific tools.
| Feature | FlexDash | Stride |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic mileage tracking | Yes | Partial |
| AI earnings screenshot scanning | Yes | No |
| Amazon Flex 40-hr cap tracker | Yes | No |
| Bank-verified earnings (Plaid) | Yes | Yes |
| Earnings-by-platform dashboard | Yes | No |
| Bluetooth car auto-trigger | Yes | No |
| Automatic toll detection | Yes | No |
| Community gas prices | Yes | No |
| Deactivation defense PDF | Yes | No |
| IRS-compliant tax reports | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-platform single app | Yes | Partial |
If you're a gig driver on the tightest possible budget, you only need basic mileage logging, and you don't mind manual classification when the auto-tracker misses a trip, Stride's free price is hard to argue with.
Any gig driver where the cost of one missed deduction, one missed InstantPay fee, or one 40-hour-cap miscount would exceed FlexDash's $59.99/yr. The Amazon Flex cap tracker alone — which no free or paid competitor has — typically recovers the subscription cost in a single avoided cap-block forfeiture.
Yes — Stride charges no subscription fees. It's monetized through health-insurance marketplace referrals: when a Stride user signs up for an ACA plan through the app, Stride earns a commission from the insurance carrier. This funds the free tracker indefinitely.
No. Stride has no Amazon Flex-specific features. FlexDash is the only mileage tracker that tracks the 40-hour rolling weekly cap correctly, including future-scheduled blocks and the peak-season elevation to 50 hours.
No. Stride logs income manually or via bank deposit data, but doesn't extract structured earnings from screenshots. FlexDash uses Gemini AI to pull blocks, tips, base pay, station codes, and active-time hours from Amazon Flex and DoorDash earnings screens.
Yes — Stride uses Plaid (same as FlexDash). The difference is what each app does with the bank data: Stride logs deposits as income, while FlexDash auto-detects gig-platform deposits, breaks them down by platform for true $/hr calculations, and flags InstantPay fees as deductible expenses.
No. Stride's tracking is battery-optimized — it errs on the side of NOT tracking to save battery, which means missed trips. FlexDash uses Core Motion (iOS) and Activity Recognition (Android) with GPS confirmation for industry-standard tracking reliability, plus optional Bluetooth car auto-trigger for the cleanest possible 'driver is in the car' signal.
FlexDash is live on iPhone and Android — bank integration, Amazon Flex cap tracking, and Bluetooth auto-trigger included. Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial.
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