RoadKept vs TripLog
TripLog is built to answer "Can I automate mileage and expenses for less?" RoadKept is built to answer "How much do I owe, how much should I set aside, and how much did I save?" That is the whole comparison, and the rest of this page is the evidence for it: every TripLog figure below is from TripLog's own pages, with the day we read them, and every RoadKept figure is the one the product itself shows.
Start free — no cardThe Free plan needs no card. Pro is $7 a month or $69 a year, with a 14-day trial.
What each one costs
| Product | No-cost plan | Paid | Trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| RoadKept | Free plan: the set-aside calculator, 10 Tax Copilot questions and 5 receipt scans a month, no card, your full history | Pro: $7 a month, or $69 a year | 14 days, card up front |
| TripLog | Basic: unlimited automatic mileage tracking, basic expense tracking, tax-compliant reports, parking, tolls, fuel and MPG (TripLog's pricing page, checked 16 August 2026) | Premium: $4.99 a month billed annually, or $59.99 a year (TripLog's pricing page, checked 16 August 2026) | No trial stated |
A price here is the vendor's list price for a new subscriber on the day it was read. It says nothing about what an existing subscriber pays, and vendors change list prices without notice — check the page before you decide.
What each one claims to do
Yes, Partly and No are what TripLog's own pages claim, read on 16 August 2026. "Not stated" means the page we read did not say. RoadKept's column is what the product does today.
| What each one claims | RoadKept | TripLog |
|---|---|---|
| Mileage capture | ||
| Automatic trip detection (background GPS) | No | Yes |
| Manual entry by day, week or month | Yes | Not stated |
| Odometer start and end per trip | Yes | Not stated |
| Bulk paste of past shifts | Yes | Not stated |
| Named locations and frequent routes | No | Not stated |
| Trip replay on a map | No | Not stated |
| Multiple vehicles | Yes | Not stated |
| Tax | ||
| A set-aside figure from your own numbers | Yes | No |
| Progressive federal brackets, not a flat rate | Yes | No |
| All four filing statuses | Yes | Not stated |
| State income tax | Partly | Not stated |
| Self-employment tax and QBI | Yes | Not stated |
| Quarterly deadlines with the amount due | Yes | Not stated |
| Safe-harbor underpayment tracking | Yes | No |
| Standard mileage vs actual expenses, per vehicle | Yes | No |
| 1099 reconciliation against your own records | Yes | Not stated |
| W-2 plus gig withholding optimizer | Yes | Not stated |
| More than one business on one return | Yes | Not stated |
| 1099 e-filing | No | No |
| Deductions and expenses | ||
| Receipt scanning | Yes | Partly |
| Receipt storage | Yes | Not stated |
| Bank and card import | No | Yes |
| Earnings import from platform CSV | Yes | Not stated |
| Fuel and maintenance logs | Yes | Yes |
| Reports | ||
| CSV export | Yes | Not stated |
| PDF report | Yes | Not stated |
| Excel export with numeric cells | Yes | Not stated |
| Year-end package for a preparer | Yes | Not stated |
| QuickBooks or Concur integration | No | Yes |
| Platform | ||
| Native iOS and Android app | No | Not stated |
| Full web app | Yes | Partly |
| AI tax assistant | Yes | Not stated |
| Paid audit defense | No | No |
Where TripLog is ahead
- Automatic trip detection (background GPS)
- Bank and card import
- QuickBooks or Concur integration
Where RoadKept is ahead
- A set-aside figure from your own numbers
- Progressive federal brackets, not a flat rate
- Safe-harbor underpayment tracking
- Standard mileage vs actual expenses, per vehicle
- Receipt scanning
- Full web app
Who should pick which
Pick TripLog if what you want is automatic trip detection (background GPS), bank and card import and quickBooks or Concur integration. It has those today and RoadKept does not.
Pick RoadKept if you want to know what to hold back from every payout, what each quarterly payment is, and what your year-end Schedule C looks like, computed from your own records. TripLog's pages do not claim a set-aside figure from your own numbers, progressive federal brackets, not a flat rate and safe-harbor underpayment tracking.
Many drivers run both: a capture app for the miles, RoadKept for the tax side. Paste the month's miles in and RoadKept does the arithmetic.
Worth knowing about TripLog
- TripLog Premium adds OCR receipt capture, a web app, auto-classification rules, cloud backup, bank and card integration, and QuickBooks Online and SAP Concur.
- Unlimited automatic mileage on a no-cost plan is the vendor's own claim; we have not measured its capture reliability or battery use.
Questions drivers ask
How do RoadKept and TripLog prices compare?
RoadKept Pro is $7 a month or $69 a year, and the Free plan is $0 with no card. Premium: $4.99 a month billed annually, or $59.99 a year (TripLog's pricing page, checked 16 August 2026). Each figure is that vendor's list price for a new subscriber on the day shown, and any of them can change, so read the pricing page before you decide. RoadKept's price is the one you join at for as long as your subscription stays active without a lapse.
Does RoadKept detect trips automatically like TripLog?
Not today. TripLog's page says it detects trips automatically in the background. RoadKept logs miles by manual entry, odometer readings, bulk paste of past shifts, or a foreground GPS tracker that pauses if your screen locks or you switch apps. If automatic trip detection is the one thing you need, TripLog has it and RoadKept does not.
What does RoadKept do that TripLog does not?
Going by TripLog's own pages, it does not offer, or only partly offers: a set-aside figure from your own numbers, progressive federal brackets, not a flat rate, safe-harbor underpayment tracking, standard mileage vs actual expenses, per vehicle, receipt scanning and full web app. RoadKept does each of these, and the set-aside figure, the quarterly amounts and the year-end report are computed by code from your own records rather than estimated.
Can I use TripLog and RoadKept together?
Yes. Some drivers keep a mileage app for automatic trip detection and use RoadKept for the tax side: paste the month's miles in, and RoadKept computes the set-aside figure, the quarterly amounts and the year-end Schedule C report from them. Your records stay yours and export any time.
The Free plan needs no card. Pro is $7 a month or $69 a year, with a 14-day trial.