iDrive for Uber

Created for drivers by drivers, iDrive for Uber is your personal Vehicle Log Book. It tracks shift mileage and captures receipts — what you need for taxes.

It’s also a tool that helps you understand your business and make more money. Use Shift Earnings targets and view the results for clues about how to drive smarter.

The first step? Simply use the iDrive app on every shift. Add fare revenue, record expenses. Here's what you get...

Find Best Fuel Prices
• Nearest (50 mi) and latest (7 days) fuel prices recorded by iDrive app users
• Map of fuel stations listed
• Click price (map or list) for directions to station
• Price List automatically updates as local iDrive users buy fuel

Track Your Data
• Track all your time and mileage while driving. Required for taxes!
• Track all your fuel purchases. Required for itemized tax deductions, car efficiency tracking
• Track all your fares (income). Required for iDrive Profitability and Cash flow reporting
- Add/edit Fares during your shift
- Add/edit Fares after shifts have been completed—catch up your records any time
• Track all your receipts—required for itemized tax deductions and GST-type sales tax reporting
• Keeps pictures of all receipts—required for taxes
• Export all captured data as CSV files to your cloud account for tax/business report preparation

Manage Your Goals and Targets
• Create a driving strategy! Define a target work schedule and income goals
• Shift Target Calculator to setup hour and $$$ targets
• Review target schedule by a specific day of the week or by the week
• ‘Yes’ at shift end automatically updates targets, refines goal settings over time

Track Your Car(s)
• Define and record information on multiple cars, by each car
• Keep odometer readings. Required to calculate Business Use % and itemized tax deductions
• Use Car Cost Calculator to estimate how much a car may cost to run

Important Locations
• Define information about any number Important Locations
• See a map of all Important Locations and filter by type
• Get directions to any Important Location

Contact
• Define a primary contact person and their information
• Allows quick contact with that person using SMS, Phone or Email

Configuration
• Use Metric or Imperial Units
• Supports multiple currencies
• Supports automatic GPS tracking, but can opt to add odometer readings manually.
• Set fiscal year (tax year), supports multiple FYs
- 5 easy initial settings to set local tax rules
- Reports for current FY, but can be changed at any time
- Back up and restore database by FY

Reports & Analysis
• My Money. Enter all income and expense for a Profitability and Cash Flow estimate
• My Hourly Rates. Shift start/end times calculate average $/Hr, before and after expenses
• Productivity by Day of Week. View fare totals by the day of the week to compare productivity
• Shift Targets. Income and hours target history (app-recorded shift data only)
• Driving Efficiency. Paid/Non Paid shift mileage by month (app-recorded shift data only)

While You Drive a Shift
• Use the ‘Enter Fares’ button to enter fare details from your partner app
• Watch your progress—numbers change as you drive!
- Shift Earnings Targets
- Hourly Earnings rate
- Driving Efficiency
- Shift length, shift distance, and the standard rate cost of that mileage
• Check Important Location(s) by type, get directions
• See current speed and direction traveling
• Lost? ‘Home’ button provides instant directions back to your shift start point
• ‘Shift Map’ button shows where you drove
• ‘Video’ button launches the phone’s camera to record events inside your car
• ‘Quick Messages’ button contacts a defined contact person by SMS, phone or email
• ‘Find Best Fuel Price’ button shows what other drivers recently paid
• Use ‘Fuel’ button to enter fuel purchases