MileIQ

MileIQ drive feed

Type| Private
Industry| Software
Founded| September 2013; 12 years ago (2013-09)
Founders|

* Dan Bomze
* Chuck Dietrich

Headquarters|

San Francisco, California

United States

Key people

| Chuck Dietrich (CEO 2013-2015), Dan Bomze (CEO 2021-2023), Andrey Kolesnikov (CEO 2023-2025)
Products| MileIQ mobile app[1]
Parent|

* Bending Spoons (2025–present)
* Microsoft (2015–2021)

Website| www.mileiq.com

MileIQ is an American-based technology company that develops a mileage tracking and logging app.[2]

The app uses automatic mileage tracking to calculate mileage while driving for business purposes that can then be used to report for reimbursement and potentially a tax deduction with the IRS, being attributed as the first mobile app to passively track such data. MileIQ has been compared to Fitbit for driving[3] and has been discussed in national business publications that include Fast Company, Fortune, and Forbes.[4][5]

On November 5, 2015, Microsoft announced that it had acquired MileIQ.[6] On March 18, 2021, Microsoft divested MileIQ and it became an independent company again.[7] Subsequently in July 2025, the company was acquired by Bending Spoons for $233 million.[8]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Products and services
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

MileIQ was founded by Dan Bomze, an entrepreneur and investor of numerous startups. He began collaborating with a small team to design software that would simplify mileage reimbursement.[9] Bomze obtained feedback from others who tracked mileage for reimbursement and began looking for a business partner knowledgeable with software development.[9] He was introduced to SlideRocket CEO and former Salesforce.com general manager Chuck Dietrich who became a founding partner in the company.[10] MileIQ was officially launched in the App Store in 2013, later becoming available for Android.[9][11]

Concur Technologies, a company that integrates third-party apps for users to file business reports, added MileIQ to its service offerings in early 2014.[12] The same year, MileIQ partnered with cloud accounting software company FreshBooks. The partnership allowed users of MileIQ to automatically import their driving data into their FreshBooks accounts.[13]

On November 5, 2015, Microsoft announced that it had acquired MileIQ for an undisclosed amount and the app was integrated into the Microsoft license scheme.[6] On March 18, 2021, Microsoft divested MileIQ and it reverted to an independent company again as MileIQ LLC. The newly independent company was led by the original creators of the mileage tracking app.[7]

In 2025 MileIQ raised its annual subscription rate by 50% from $59.99 a year to $89.99 a year.

## Products and services

MileIQ offers an app named after the company ("MileIQ") which passively tracks and logs mileage of users. The app works in the background of a Smartphone, tracking and recording all driving activities. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to filter personal and business mileage based on time, day, and other factors. The app syncs with online mileage logs to document information obtained while driving. The MileIQ app is available for free download on the App Store and Google Play.[3] After a one-time download and profile set-up, it works like an activity tracker and begins to log drives automatically, or allows for manual entry of travel.[4] The user swipes left or right at the end of each trip to indicate if the trip was for personal or business.[14] The free version of the app tracks up to 40 drives per month with a premium feature that allows for more.[3]

## See also

* Business mileage reimbursement rate
* Tax deduction
* Vehicle miles traveled tax

## References

1. ↑ Martin, Allison (February 28, 2014). "Tax Hacks 2014: 13 Helpful Income Tax Apps". MoneyTalkNews. http://www.moneytalksnews.com/tax-hacks-2014-13-helpful-income-tax-apps/.
2. ↑ Cull, Ian (March 18, 2015). "Mile IQ App Helps Drivers Track Mileage for Business Trips". NBC Bay Area. http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Mile-IQ-App-Helps-Drivers-Track-Mileage-for-Business-Trips-296683911.html.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tipton, Adriana (February 26, 2015). "MileIQ Is Like Fitbit For Driving; Here's Why". Tech News Today. http://www.technewstoday.com/21726-mileiq-is-like-fitbit-for-driving-heres-why/.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Aamoth, Doug (April 10, 2015). "Free App Friday: 5 Great Last-Minute Tax Tools". Fast Company. http://www.fastcompany.com/3044857/app-economy/free-app-friday-5-great-last-minute-tax-tools.
5. ↑ "Sharing-economy jobs make taxes uber-complicated". Fortune. April 14, 2015. http://fortune.com/2015/04/14/taxes-on-sharing-economy-jobs/.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kim, Eugene (November 5, 2015). "Microsoft just bought a startup that can automatically track how far you drive.". Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-acquires-mobile-data-labs-2015-11?r=US&IR=T.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Why the change?". MileIQ. https://mileiq.com/en-gb/teams/admin#:~:text=Why the change?,a payment method on file..
8. ↑ "Bending Spoons compra Vimeo per 1,38 miliardi di dollari" (in it). 2025-09-10. https://forbes.it/2025/09/10/bending-spoons-compra-vimeo-138-miliardi-dollari/.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "About us". https://www.mileiq.com/about.
10. ↑ Carney, Michael (January 29, 2015). "MileIQ raises $11M to take the pain out of mileage tracking and put more cash in users' pockets". Pando Daily. http://pando.com/2015/01/29/mileiq-raises-11m-to-take-the-pain-out-of-mileage-tracking-and-put-more-cash-in-users-pockets/.
11. ↑ Channer, Rory (March 9, 2015). "6 apps to pack on your phone for business travel". Los Angeles Business Journals. http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/growth-strategies/2015/03/6-apps-to-pack-on-your-phone-for-business-travel.html?page=all.
12. ↑ Frank, Blair Hanley (May 8, 2014). "Concur expands App Center, adds MileIQ, Trover and more than 30 other partners". GeekWire. http://www.geekwire.com/2014/concur-expands-app-center-30-new-partners/.
13. ↑ Lapchuk, Lindsay. "FreshBooks and MileIQ partner to make tracking your miles a breeze". http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/freshbooks-and-mileiq-partner-to-make-tracking-your-miles-a-breeze.
14. ↑ Weston, Liz (April 27, 2015). "Financial records: What to keep, what to toss". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-weston-files-idUSKBN0NI16C20150427.

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