Trip Logbook is a powerful comprehensive automatic mileage tracking app in the palm of your hand. Packed with features that will save you time and put money back in your pocket.
| Feature | Manual Trip Logging | Manual Start/Stop | Auto Logging (Bluetooth) | Auto Logging (CarPlay) | Auto Logging (iBeacon) | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Places Create Places for locations you frequently visit. These can then simply be selected from the list. |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Saves time when logging trips and increases trip logging accuracy |
| Trip Reasons Create your trip reasons you frequently use. These can then simply be selected from the list. |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Saves time when logging trips and increases trip logging accuracy |
| Route Attributes Use the two Places associated with the Route and create a Route Attribute. Specify the Trip Type (Business/Private), Trip Reason and Trip Distance. When you add a new trip and select these two Places, all the other fields in the trip get pre-populated and you can just save the trip. |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Saves time when logging trips and increases trip logging accuracy |
| Light Touch Logging Uses Route Attributes to complete ALL trip fields when logging or editing trips manually. Simply select the Travel From and Travel To Place from the list and Trip Logbook fills out the rest of the trip fields. |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Saves time by accelerating manual trip logging and editing. This increases trip logging accuracy and efficiency. |
| Zero Touch Logging Uses Route Attributes to complete ALL trip fields when logging trips automatically. |
❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Saves time by taking automatic trip logging to the next level. This increases trip logging accuracy and efficiency. |
| Live Tracking Uses your phone's GPS to record the route travelled and the most accurate trip distance. |
❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | This increases trip logging accuracy and efficiency. |
| Optimised Tracking Conserves your phone's battery by only recording major location updates. Uses the specified Route Attribute Distance value. |
❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Slightly less accurate distance tracking that will require more frequent odometer alignment. Conserves your phone's battery. |
| Trip in Progress Map When used with a vehicle phone mount, you can monitor your trip tracking in real time using the interactive map. |
❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Ensures trip tracking accurately records your trip. You are immediately aware if tracking gets interrupted. Easily keep an eye on your odometer reading and quickly align if required. This saves time by eliminating the need to capture missing trips and trip details. Accurate trip logging means you can claim every cent that is due to you. By using a vent mount, your phone also has a more direct path to the satellites in the sky above. |
| Align Odometer Align your odometer by tapping on the odometer reading on the "Trip in Progress" map or on the last logged trip "Close KM: xxxxx" button. |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Increases trip tracking accuracy and saves time correcting already logged trips. Puts money back in your pocket because every KM is accurately logged. |
| Voice Commands Uses Siri voice commands to Start and End trips. You can also align the odometer using voice. |
❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Safer and hands-free experience. Keep your eyes on the road and hands on the steering wheel. |
| Voice Dictation Use the microphone button on your phone keyboard and your voice to enter the text in fields. |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Makes it easier and faster to capture trip details. |
| CarPlay Console - Trip Logbook App Use the Trip Logbook CarPlay app on your CarPlay Console to monitor your trip tracking at a glance. You can start and stop trip tracking with one tap. This can be used without creating the CarPlay automations in the Apple Shortcuts App. |
❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | Ensures trip tracking accurately records your trip. You are immediately aware if tracking gets interrupted. Easily keep an eye on your odometer reading and use Siri voice command to align if required. This saves time by eliminating the need to capture missing trips and trip details. Accurate trip logging means you can claim every cent that is due to you. Safer and hands-free experience. Keep your eyes on the road and hands on the steering wheel. |
| Widget on iPhone Lock Screen Add the Trip Logbook Widget on your iPhone Lock screen. You can start trip tracking with a single tap. |
❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | A convenient and fast way to start your trip. When you start a trip the "Trip in Progress" map launches. |
| Control Button on iPhone Lock Screen Add the Trip Logbook Control button to your iPhone Lock screen. You can start trip tracking with a single tap. |
❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Another convenient and fast way to start your trip tracking. When you start a trip the "Trip in Progress" map launches. |
| Live Activity on the Apple Lock Screen Use the Trip Logbook Live Activity indicator on your iPhone lock screen to do basic trip tracking monitoring. This is a quick indicator that a trip is in progress and it displays essential information. |
❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Basic trip monitoring at a glance. Saves your phone's battery by ensuring that active trips have indeed ended and do not continue to run. |
Trip Logbook is available on the Apple App Store with a full‑access 30‑day free trial. No payment details required — just install and start driving.
We want every user to confirm the value for themselves. Trip Logbook should pay for itself many times over — even compared to “free” mileage apps.
