This Hurdlr review draws on the company’s own website, help center, privacy policy and App Store listing, so it describes what Hurdlr says the app does rather than a hands-on test. Hurdlr is still live: its site offers sign-up and login, and its App Store listing is live. It is an expense, mileage and tax app for freelancers and small business owners, with two paid tiers, Premium and Pro.[1] How to choose a mileage app in general is a separate topic; this guide stays on one product.
What does Hurdlr cost and what do you get?
Hurdlr’s help center lists a free plan with unlimited semi-automatic mileage tracking, manual finance tracking, real-time tax estimates and report exports. Premium adds automatic mileage and finance tracking, speed tagging, AI-suggested and custom rules for expenses and mileage, detailed tax estimates, tax payment tracking and work-hours tracking. The article, dated November 9, 2023, prices Premium at $9.99 a month, or $100 a year (about $8.34 a month).[2] The App Store listing, covered below, shows the same $9.99 monthly price and $99.99 for a year, so check the price in the app before you subscribe.
Pro sits above that. The Hurdlr site lists invoicing with card payments and bank reconciliation, accounting for owners and bookkeepers, and reports such as an income statement, balance sheet and trial balance. The site shows no Pro price; that sits in a separate help article. For a driver whose business is one car and a few platform payouts, those extras may go unused; a driver who invoices clients is the likelier fit.
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How does Hurdlr track mileage?
Hurdlr’s help center describes three modes.[3] Automatic tracking records date, start and end times, locations and distance on its own, starting when you reach about 10 mph and stopping after several minutes of inactivity, and it is a Premium feature. Semi-automatic tracking has you start and stop the tracker, and Hurdlr ends a drive after 8 hours of the device being stationary if you forget. Manual tracking means entering the date, locations and distance yourself, and Premium and Pro add automatic distance calculation and a round-trip option for manual entries.
The mileage section of the help center also lists articles on mileage notes for recording the purpose of a trip, mileage rules that categorize drives automatically, favorite locations, tracking during set hours, and tracking more than one car.[4] Purpose notes matter because the IRS asks for a business purpose in a mileage log.
How does it handle income and taxes?
The App Store listing says Hurdlr connects with over 9,500 banks, imports from services such as Uber, FreshBooks, Square, Stripe and PayPal, and gives real-time year-end and quarterly tax estimates covering state, federal and self-employment taxes.[5] Treat those estimates as a planning aid, not a filing.
On the mileage deduction, Hurdlr’s help article says the IRS allows one method for vehicle deductions and that Hurdlr does not deduct both when it calculates estimates; you can switch between methods in settings to compare.[6] Check the rate you are working with: the listing’s own example uses 57.5 cents per mile, while the IRS lists 72.5 cents for January 1 to June 30, 2026 and 76 cents for July 1 to December 31, 2026.[7] For wider tax context, see rideshare tax deductions and tax tips.
What does Hurdlr do with your data?
The privacy policy says location is collected only with your permission and can be turned off in device settings, and that location data used for automatic drive detection is governed by the privacy policy of Zendrive, a third party. Bank connections run through Plaid. The policy says Hurdlr does not sell personal information, but it also says advertising partners may use technology that counts as a sale under the California Consumer Privacy Act, and it offers a Do Not Sell link. You can request deletion in your account settings or by email. The policy is dated June 1, 2020, which is worth keeping in mind.[8]
The App Store listing says the app may use location even when it is not open, which can reduce battery life. Test it on one day of driving before you depend on it.
Is Hurdlr worth it for rideshare drivers?
Hurdlr’s own materials suggest a clear split. If you will tap to start and stop trips, the free plan covers mileage and tax estimates. If you want drives recorded without touching the phone, that is the paid Premium feature, so the question is whether about $100 a year is worth skipping the taps. A part-time driver with a handful of trips a week will probably find the free plan enough; someone logging dozens of short trips a day will feel every tap. Two gaps are worth knowing about. Hurdlr’s pages name Uber as an import source but say nothing specific about Lyft or delivery apps, so a driver who works several platforms may still enter some income by hand. And the app is a record keeper, not a tax preparer: it estimates tax and tracks payments, while the return itself is yours to file. Keep one eye on data too: the app asks for location and, optionally, a bank connection, and its policy dates from 2020. To compare it with other options, see how to choose an Uber mileage tracker.
Tip: Whatever plan you choose, export a report once a month so your mileage lives somewhere other than the app.
