MileIQ makes automatic drive detection effortless, which means your deductible or reimbursable mileage can rack up quickly. To help you stay organized and maximize the value of your mileage tracking, we’ve compiled our best practices for classifying, managing, and reporting your drives.
Follow these tips to stay on top of your mileage, save time, and ensure you're leveraging MileIQ’s full feature set.
✅ Stay Up-to-Date with Drive Classification
The most efficient MileIQ users make drive classification part of their regular routine. Here’s how you can, too:
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Make it a habit: Set a weekly reminder, use your MileIQ weekly summary email, or align classification with your regular admin tasks.
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Use idle moments: Waiting in line, during TV commercials, or while the coffee brews—take advantage of spare moments to catch up on unclassified drives.
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Add MileIQ to your home screen: Keeping the app front and center helps ensure you never forget to check in.
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Make it fun: Try to hit “100% Complete” each month—set mini-goals or reward yourself!
💡 Tip: Drives typically appear in the app 5 minutes after a trip ends.
🔄 Use Frequent Drives to Save Time
MileIQ learns from your habits! The Frequent Drives feature helps classify drives automatically based on past patterns—saving you even more time.
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After classifying a drive the same way several times, MileIQ will start to suggest or auto-classify future similar drives.
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You can confirm or adjust these classifications as needed.
➡️ Learn more about Frequent Drives and how to manage them.
🕒 Automate with Work Hours
Save time by letting MileIQ automatically classify drives based on your schedule.
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Set your typical Work Hours, and MileIQ will classify drives during that time as Business.
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Drives outside these hours will be marked as Personal (but you can still adjust them later via the web dashboard).
➡️ How to set up Work Hours and auto-classification
📍 Name Your Frequent Locations
Give custom names to commonly visited places—like “Home,” “Office,” or client addresses—to quickly recognize and sort your drives.
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Named Locations help you identify patterns, improve organization, and simplify classification.
➡️ How to name locations in MileIQ
🏷️ Use Custom Purposes
Need more flexibility than just “Business” or “Personal”? MileIQ’s Custom Purpose feature lets you:
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Create your own labels (e.g., "Volunteer", "Site Visit", "Team Meeting").
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Classify drives by swiping a drive card and selecting a purpose from the custom grid.
➡️ How to create custom drive purposes
➡️ How to classify drives with custom purposes
🔍 Search and Bulk Classify Drives
The Web Dashboard makes it easy to manage multiple drives at once:
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Search drives by date, purpose, location, notes, or vehicle.
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Select groups of drives and classify them in bulk to save time.
➡️ Learn how to bulk classify drives on the web dashboard
📊 Generate Drive Reports
Once drives are classified, you're ready to generate reports for reimbursement or tax purposes:
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Use filters on the dashboard to tailor reports by vehicle, purpose, or timeframe.
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Export reports to your email as PDFs or spreadsheets.
➡️ How to request a monthly report
➡️ How to request a yearly report
🔄 Stay Updated for the Best Experience
Make sure you’re running the latest versions of MileIQ and your device’s OS to enjoy new features and improvements:
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iOS App: App Store > Updates > MileIQ > Update
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Android App: Play Store > Profile > Manage apps & device > MileIQ > Update
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iOS Software: Settings > General > Software Update
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Android OS: Settings > About phone > Software update
With MileIQ, tracking, classifying, and reporting your drives has never been easier.
Stay current, use smart features like Frequent Drives and Work Hours, and you'll have a stress-free mileage log ready whenever you need it.
📖 Need more help? Visit our Help Center or reach out to support at support@mileiq.com any time!