DropLaneKnow what the day really paid.
Start the van. That's it. DropLane records every drive and the route it actually took, takes the costs off the takings, and has your hourly rate waiting before you're through the door.
14 days free ยท no account, no ads ยท iPhone
- 0buttons to press
- 24languages
- 17tax rates built in
Two days. Same kilometres. Not the same money.
Both of these are three drives and about eighty-five kilometres, off the same phone, in the same van. A mileage app files them as more or less the same day. They are thirty-four dollars apart.
Thursday 30 July
- On the road
- 87.0 km
- Drives
- 3 drives
Kept$194.45
Yesterday
- On the road
- 82.9 km
- Drives
- 3 drives
Kept$228.85
Four kilometres apart. $34.40 apart.
Kilometres are the easy half, and the half that tells you nothing. Which day was worth getting up for is in the other column โ and that is the column DropLane fills in for you, on the day, without you writing anything down.
What did the day actually pay?
$316.39 sounds like a good day. Five hours and fifty-six minutes and $17.75 of costs later, it worked out at $43.22 an hour. That is the number nobody driving has, and the one DropLane hands you before you're through the door.
One day โ 50.8 km, two drives, 5 h 56 min
- $43.22an hour
- 5 h 56 minon the road
One day's figures, straight off the app in the films above. Yours will be different โ the point is having them on the day, in the van, instead of finding out in April.
Three steps, and two of them aren't yours
There is no start button in DropLane, on purpose. Nobody remembers to press one at six in the morning with a van full of parcels.
Turn it on once
Install the app and allow location in the background. That's the last bit of setup there is.
Drive
Every drive saves itself, with the route, the stops, and how long you were at each one.
Sort it in a tap
Business, empty, on the way to a pick-up, or personal. The totals and the tax figure follow on their own.
Notifications
"Always" lets drives record with the app closed.
While you're driving, a Live Activity keeps the kilometres climbing on the lock screen โ so you can see the drive being recorded without unlocking anything.
The report, portrait or landscape
Then the days stack up on their own. Pick a week, a month or your own dates, tick what goes in, and the PDF for the accountant is one tap away โ built from drives you never had to log.
This is the PDF itself, not a picture of the switches that make it. Pick the shape that suits whoever reads it โ upright for filing, wide when the trips table needs the room โ and it rebuilds either way.
Your data. Yours alone.
Everything stays on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. No account, no server, nothing sold. Only you decide who sees your trips.
0Servers holding your location
- This is what lets DropLane record the miles. Your location history never leaves your iPhone.
- iCloud backup and restore, no account needed
- Export CSV for your records
What it actually does
Built by a courier with ten years on the road, for the job as it really is.
What the day actually paid
Earnings in, fuel and costs out, and the number that matters at the bottom โ per day, week, month.
What an hour really pays
Fuel, finance and insurance spread across the days you work, so the hourly figure is the true one.
Mileage without touching the phone
Drives record themselves in the background, from the moment you pull away to the moment you park.
Records ready for your accountant
A PDF with every drive, its route and its date. Mileage rates built in for seventeen countries.
Stops and waiting time
See how long you sat at each drop or depot, without writing anything down.
Nothing leaves your phone
No account to make, no tracking, no ads. Your route history is yours, backed up only to your own iCloud.
Renewals
Type the reading once and DropLane keeps it ticking from the kilometres it tracks โ so service and roadworthy warnings can count down in kilometres, not just dates.
Your vehicle
Log services, tyres, and repairs here โ with the invoice photo attached, it's your full garage history in your pocket.
Fuel card
Set the price your card charges per litre. Log litres when you fill up and DropLane works out the cost.
The whole app, in daylight and dark
Real screens, from a month of real work. Flip the switch at the top and every screen here changes with it.
Where DropLane knows the rules
The app works anywhere. In these countries it also knows the mileage rate the tax office allows, and what your vehicle paperwork is called.
- ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom 55p/mi
- ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland
- ๐บ๐ธ United States 76ยข/mi
- ๐จ๐ฆ Canada 73ยข/km
- ๐ฆ๐บ Australia 91ยข/km
- ๐ฉ๐ช Germany 30c/km
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands 25c/km
- ๐ง๐ช Belgium 47.61c/km
- ๐ฆ๐น Austria 50c/km
- ๐ต๐น Portugal 40c/km
- ๐ต๐ฑ Poland 1.15 zล/km
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia 5.90 Kฤ/km
- ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia 31.3c/km
- ๐ญ๐บ Hungary 15 Ft/km
- ๐ธ๐ช Sweden 25 kr/mil
- ๐ณ๐ด Norway 3.50 kr/km
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark 3.94 kr/km
- ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 55c/km
- ๐ท๐ด Romania
- ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria
- ๐ฌ๐ท Greece
- ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania
- ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia
- ๐น๐ท Turkey
- ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine
Somewhere else? Type in the rate your own tax office allows and DropLane does the rest.
Read it in your own language
The whole app โ every screen, every notification, the reports โ not just this page. And the money stays in your currency, whichever language you read it in.
- ๐ฌ๐ง English
- ๐บ๐ธ English (US)
- ๐ฆ๐บ English (AU)
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Dansk
- ๐ฉ๐ช Deutsch
- ๐ช๐ธ Espaรฑol
- ๐ซ๐ท Franรงais
- ๐ฎ๐น Italiano
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Nederlands
- ๐ต๐ฑ Polski
- ๐ท๐ด Romรขnฤ
- ๐ง๐ฌ ะัะปะณะฐััะบะธ
- ๐ธ๐ช Svenska
- ๐ณ๐ด Norsk
- ๐ซ๐ฎ Suomi
- ๐ฑ๐ป ะ ัััะบะธะน
One price, everything in it
Fourteen days free. No card to start, and nothing locked behind a higher tier.
Monthly
A$11.99
per month, cancel any time
- Every feature, no add-ons
- 14 days free first
Yearly
A$79.99
per year โ the cheapest way in
- Every feature, no add-ons
- Save A$63.89 a year โ 44% cheaper
- Works out at A$6.67 a month
The price where you are
| Country | Monthly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom | ยฃ6.99 | ยฃ49.99 |
| ๐ฎ๐ชIreland | โฌ6.99 | โฌ49.99 |
| ๐บ๐ธUnited States | $6.99 | $49.99 |
| ๐จ๐ฆCanada | C$9.99 | C$69.99 |
| ๐ฆ๐บAustralia | A$11.99 | A$79.99 |
| ๐ณ๐ฟNew Zealand | NZ$12.99 | NZ$89.99 |
| ๐ฉ๐ชGermany | โฌ6.99 | โฌ49.99 |
| ๐ซ๐ทFrance | โฌ6.99 | โฌ49.99 |
| ๐ณ๐ฑNetherlands | โฌ6.99 | โฌ49.99 |
| ๐ซ๐ฎFinland | โฌ6.99 | โฌ49.99 |
| ๐ฎ๐นItaly | โฌ5.99 | โฌ39.99 |
| ๐ช๐ธSpain | โฌ5.99 | โฌ39.99 |
| ๐ต๐นPortugal | โฌ4.99 | โฌ34.99 |
| ๐ฌ๐ทGreece | โฌ4.99 | โฌ34.99 |
| ๐ธ๐ฐSlovakia | โฌ4.99 | โฌ34.99 |
| ๐ฑ๐นLithuania | โฌ4.99 | โฌ34.99 |
| ๐ฑ๐ปLatvia | โฌ4.99 | โฌ34.99 |
| ๐ธ๐ชSweden | 79 SEK | 599 SEK |
| ๐ณ๐ดNorway | 79 NOK | 599 NOK |
| ๐ฉ๐ฐDenmark | 49 DKK | 349 DKK |
| ๐ต๐ฑPoland | 24,99 zล | 169,99 zล |
| ๐จ๐ฟCzechia | 149 Kฤ | 999 Kฤ |
| ๐ญ๐บHungary | 2 490 Ft | 16 990 Ft |
| ๐ท๐ดRomania | 24,99 lei | 169,99 lei |
| ๐ง๐ฌBulgaria | โฌ4.99 | โฌ34.99 |
| ๐น๐ทTurkey | โบ199,99 | โบ1.399,99 |
| ๐ง๐ทBrazil | R$19,90 | R$129,90 |
| ๐ฒ๐ฝMexico | MX$99 | MX$649 |
| ๐ฟ๐ฆSouth Africa | R99.99 | R699.99 |
| ๐ฎ๐ณIndia | โน299 | โน1,999 |
| ๐จ๐ณChina | ยฅ29 | ยฅ199 |
| ๐ฏ๐ตJapan | ยฅ980 | ยฅ6,800 |
| ๐ฐ๐ทSouth Korea | โฉ8,900 | โฉ59,000 |
| ๐ฎ๐ฉIndonesia | Rp49.000 | Rp329.000 |
| ๐ฆ๐ชUnited Arab Emirates | AED 24.99 | AED 169.99 |
| ๐ธ๐ฆSaudi Arabia | SAR 24.99 | SAR 169.99 |
Coming to the App Store Each country has its own price rather than a converted one, so nobody pays a sterling bill in disguise. The App Store shows yours before you agree to anything, including tax. Not listed? The App Store still has a price for you in your own currency.
Questions couriers actually ask
Straight answers, from someone who does the job.
Isn't this just another mileage tracker?
It records mileage the same way, without a start button. The difference is what happens after: your takings go in, the fuel, parking and running costs come off, and the app tells you what the hour actually paid. A mileage figure on its own never told anyone whether the round was worth doing.
Does it drain the battery?
DropLane doesn't keep the GPS running all day. It sits quietly until it notices you've left where you parked, records while you're moving, and goes back to sleep when you stop.
Do I have to press start?
No โ and there's no button to press. That's the whole point. If you have to remember, you'll forget on the day it matters.
What if I forget to sort a drive?
Nothing is lost. Unsorted drives wait on the Days screen, and the app nudges you rather than guessing for you.
Will my route history end up somewhere?
No. There's no account and no server. Everything lives on your iPhone, and backs up only to your own iCloud if you want it to.
I drive a bike, not a van.
That works. Cargo-bike miles are recorded the same way. The built-in mileage rates are for motor vehicles, though, so what a bike can claim depends on your country and your circumstances โ worth asking an accountant.
Is my country's mileage rate in there?
Seventeen countries have their official rate built in and kept current. Anywhere else, type your own rate once and the app does the maths.
Can I use it in kilometres?
Yes. Miles or kilometres, your own currency, and the fuel price you actually pay โ all in Settings, on the first screen.
Does it work where there's no signal?
Yes. Recording runs off your iPhone's own GPS and wants no internet at all. Drives taken out of signal come back labelled โStartโ and โEndโ instead of street names, and DropLane fills those in the next time it sees Wi-Fi. A week down lanes with no bars still adds up right.
What happens when I get a new phone?
Sign in to the same iCloud and your drives, earnings and expenses come back on their own. There is no account to make and no password to lose, because there was never a server holding any of it โ the backup is yours, in your own iCloud.
What if I stop paying โ do I lose my records?
Nothing is deleted. Your drives stay on the iPhone and in your own iCloud, exactly where they were. But DropLane needs an active subscription to open, so if you want the figures somewhere else, export the CSV before you go. It's in Settings, and it's one tap.
How do I know what fuel really cost before the card invoice arrives?
Tell DropLane the price per litre your fuel card charges, then log the litres when you fill up. The cost is worked out on the day, so the week's profit is right weeks before the invoice turns up.
Stop guessing what the day made.
Fourteen days free, no account, and nothing to remember at six in the morning.
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