About Mile Logger - Mileage tracker
Missing mileage write-offs due to app errors
The app is experiencing significant reliability issues, resulting in missing trips and lost data, which leads to uncertainty about accurate mileage tracking. Users are frustrated and concerned about potential financial losses due to these inaccuracies and the app's failure to function properly.
13 different people have complained about this since 15 Mar 2026, most recently on 15 Mar 2026.
- “The app worked well at first but during the last few weeks I’ve noticed it’s missing trips and sometime losing whole days.”
- “At this point I am wondering how many miles I am missing as write offs due to this inaccuracy and unreliability.”
- “Mile Logger - Mileage tracker — This app seems broken.”
13 people in 13 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 13 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 13 people using Mile Logger - Mileage tracker
- What goes wrong
- Missing feature15% of posts
- Doesn't work8% of posts
- Manual work8% of posts
- How bad
- 69% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 15 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Mile Logger - Mileage tracker
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 31% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint969%
- Request431%
Sources
13 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original. 2 posts were held back as off-topic; all 13 still count toward the score.
- user·9ca9App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Expenses & receipts·11 May 2018·Complaintsource ↗
…s now I’ve been using the app since February 2018, it’s now mid May. The app worked well at first but during the last few weeks I’ve noticed it’s missing trips and sometime losing whole days. I’ll get the notification that I have new trips to log, example from yesterday was 7, I’ll click on the icon to open the app…
FrustratedMissing feature - user·42c4App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Expenses & receipts·15 Mar 2026·Complaintsource ↗
…e app to not have to watch the ad, but that has never been an option. At this point I am wondering how many miles I am missing as write offs due to this inaccuracy and unreliability.
Missing feature - user·1006App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Expenses & receipts·03 Aug 2023·Complaintsource ↗
Mile Logger - Mileage tracker — This app seems broken After classifying my first trip as personal, it vanished. Totals at the top still show zero. On the reports page, personal and business are covered by the stat boxes (which don’t work either). It worked tracking my trip automatically but then fell completely flat.
Strong complaint - user·6939App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Expenses & receipts·05 Jan 2018·Complaintsource ↗
…. I would choose that option IF the app actually gave me this option. So now this app doesn't work... hopefully there's an update to fix this.
Doesn't work - user·2058App Store (English storefronts)App Store US/Expenses & receipts·22 Apr 2025·Complaintsource ↗
…’t made it better I have used this app for years. And I’ve hated it. It fails to send notifications, so if you aren’t actively thinking about mileage, you accumulate hundreds of miles of trips before you remember to classify them. Glitches and missed trips galore are part of this app. Now, ads pop open every time you…
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Why did it move?
Score 27.4 → 26.8 · 27 Sept 2026, 13:00 → 14:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Missing mileage write-offs due to app errors a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 13 different people described it independently, in 13 mentions, the earliest from 15 Mar 2026 and the most recent from 15 Mar 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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