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Missed Trips
Weekdays between your first and last logged trips where no trip was recorded. These may be days you forgot to track — or days you didn't travel (leave, WFH, holidays).
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Includes date, times, odometer readings, distances, purpose and SARS value per trip.
Export for Accounting Software
Generate a CSV file formatted for direct import into your accounting software. Each business trip becomes a line item at the SARS rate.
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Xero
Date, Description, Account Code, Tax Rate, Amount — for manual journal import in Xero
Sage Pastel
Date, Reference, Description, Account, Debit, Credit — Sage Pastel journal import format
Future versions of DriveLog will support direct API integration with Xero and Sage. Export and import manually for now.
Backup & Restore
Backs up all trips, fuel, settings & locations. Also auto-saves to the cloud on WiFi.
Local Storage
🚗 My Vehicles
💰 Running Costs
Add Vehicle
Purchase price or determined value — used for SARS deemed cost calculation (IN 14)
Which one am I? If you receive a travel allowance from your employer and use your own car, choose Travel allowance. If your employer provides you with a company car, choose Employer-provided. If you are self-employed, a sole proprietor, or run your own business, choose Self-employed.
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👤 Owner / Driver
🔢 Odometer Calibration
Enter your car's actual odometer reading to close any gap instantly and calibrate GPS accuracy for future trips. Do this periodically.
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🏛 SARS Tax Year SetupLearn more →
SARS requires the actual odometer reading on 1 March for each tax year. Set these here so your logbook is accurate.
🛣 Driving Profile
No profile set
Answer a few questions to set up automatic trip classification.
📋 Trip Defaults
Set from the official SARS rate per km. Used for inline cost estimates in the trip list.
When a Business trip has no purpose from location defaults or trip history, this text is used automatically. Must be specific enough for SARS compliance.
✏ Trip Purposes
Customise the purpose options shown when logging trips. You can add, remove, or reset to defaults.
📡 GPS & Detection
How long DriveLog waits after you stop moving before it ends the trip. Shorter splits a trip at every robot; longer merges quick stops into one trip.
The speed you must reach before a trip starts recording. Keeps walking and GPS drift out of your logbook. Default 5 km/h.
Trips shorter than this are discarded instead of saved. Stops tiny GPS wobbles becoming logbook entries. Default 0.3 km.
How close two points must be to count as the same place. Used to match trip start and end points to your saved locations. Larger values match more loosely. Default 100 m.
Online features
Real map in trip view & address geocoding (uses mobile data)
🔵 Bluetooth Car DetectionLearn more →
Bluetooth auto-start
Prompt to start when your car Bluetooth connects
Setup — choose your method:
Method 1 — Car Bluetooth
1. Connect your phone to your car Bluetooth
2. Tap "Detect my car" below — the app will scan for paired Bluetooth devices
3. Select your car from the list
iPhone users: skip to the name field below — iOS cannot scan devices.
2. Tap "Detect my car" below — the app will scan for paired Bluetooth devices
3. Select your car from the list
iPhone users: skip to the name field below — iOS cannot scan devices.
Method 2 — Bluetooth Dongle (no car Bluetooth needed)
1. Plug a Bluetooth dongle, old headphones, or a small speaker into a USB car charger
2. Leave it in the car — when the car starts, the charger powers the device and your phone auto-connects
3. Follow the same Detect / name steps above to register it
Tip: use a device that stays in the car permanently — one you also use at home may trigger false trips.
2. Leave it in the car — when the car starts, the charger powers the device and your phone auto-connects
3. Follow the same Detect / name steps above to register it
Tip: use a device that stays in the car permanently — one you also use at home may trigger false trips.
DriveLog uses Bluetooth permission to detect your car — no audio or microphone access needed.
Case-insensitive partial match — "Hyundai" will match "HYUNDAI ix35 Hands-Free".
DriveLog runs a background service to detect your car even when the app is closed. If detection stops working after closing the app, check your phone’s battery settings:
Samsung (One UI): Settings → Apps → DriveLog → Battery → Unrestricted. Also check Settings → Battery → Background usage limits → remove DriveLog from Sleeping and Deep sleeping apps.
Other Android: Settings → Apps → DriveLog → Battery → Don’t optimise (or Unrestricted).
Without this, your phone may kill DriveLog’s background service to save battery.
Samsung (One UI): Settings → Apps → DriveLog → Battery → Unrestricted. Also check Settings → Battery → Background usage limits → remove DriveLog from Sleeping and Deep sleeping apps.
Other Android: Settings → Apps → DriveLog → Battery → Don’t optimise (or Unrestricted).
Without this, your phone may kill DriveLog’s background service to save battery.
Auto-start without prompt
Start trip silently when car connects
Connection History
Dashcam
Motion Detection
Uses your phone's motion sensors to detect when you start driving. Works even without Bluetooth — great as a backup or if your car doesn't have Bluetooth. Android only.
⚠ Requires the DriveLog Android or iOS app — not available in the browser version.
Auto-start on driving
Detect vehicle motion and start tracking automatically
Speed confirmation: waits for sustained speed above your start threshold before starting a trip. Trips auto-stop after 2 minutes of no movement.
Not working when app is closed? Some phones (especially Samsung) aggressively kill background services. Go to Settings → Apps → DriveLog → Battery → set to Unrestricted. On Samsung, also remove DriveLog from Sleeping apps and Deep sleeping apps under Battery → Background usage limits.
🕐 Business HoursLearn more →
Trips that START within your business hours are automatically classified as Business. Trips outside these hours default to Personal. You can still override any trip manually.
Enable auto-classification
Apply business hours to new trips
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📍 Learned Locations
These locations were learned automatically when you renamed an address during trip editing. Future trips ending here are auto-categorised. Swipe left to delete.
Finds locations with the same name that are near each other and merges them into one. Locations with different names are never merged, even if nearby.
Edit Learned Location
Street address for this location. Used in trip logs and PDF exports.
Set a larger radius for locations with big parking areas (e.g. malls, office parks).
🔀 Route Rules
Route rules are created during trip editing when you check "Make rule". A rule overrides the destination default for a specific start+end combination. Swipe left to delete.
Edit Route Rule
🔀 Legacy Trip Rules
Add Trip Rule
Setting Home + Office zones enables automatic commute detection (marked Personal per SARS rules).
🚪 Session
Signs you out on this device. Your logged trips stay on the server.
💳 Plan & Billing
Current Plan
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📧 Email Preferences
Monthly Email Summary
Receive a monthly trip summary by email on the 1st of each month
Your accountant will receive a copy of each monthly logbook summary automatically.
🔒 App Lock
🎨 Appearance
Light Theme
Auto-dark while driving
Tracking and lock screens go dark after sunset
🌐 Language / Taal
English
Tap to cycle: English → Afrikaans → isiZulu
SARS Warning
If you receive an IRP5, home-to-office trips are generally not deductible. The Home-Based Business setting may not apply to your situation.
📋 What Can I Claim?
A plain-English guide to SARS-compliant business travel. Tap a section to expand it.
✅ You CAN claim these trips
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• Office to a client meeting and back
• Home directly to a client (home is your workplace that day — not via office)
• Travelling between clients or branches
• Airport trips for business travel
• Trips to your accountant, bank, or SARS for business
• Training courses and conferences
❌ You CANNOT claim these trips
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• Home to your normal office (daily commute — SARS never allows this)
• Office to get lunch and back (personal)
• Personal errands during work hours (gym, shops, school pickup)
• Any personal detour added to a business trip
⚠️ Tricky split trips
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• Client → lunch → office: Only claim the direct client-to-office distance, not the detour
• Business trip + personal stop (e.g. petrol + shops): Claim only the direct business route km
• Multiple client visits in one trip: Fully claimable as one business trip
• Working from home, then drive to client: Claimable — home is your workplace that day
📋 Key rules
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• SARS requires date, start/end location, distance, and purpose for every trip
• "Home to normal workplace" is NEVER business — no exceptions
• Keep it conservative — SARS can audit 5 years back
• DriveLog records everything automatically — just classify correctly
💬 Still unsure? Upgrade to Pro to chat with our SARS tax advisor.
💡 Help
How It Works
Full guide to DriveLog's features
Common Questions
Plain-English answers about SARS travel claims
Restart app walkthrough
See the setup guide again from the beginning
📄 Legal
☁ Sync & Backup
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Sync Now fetches recent changes. Force Full Re-sync re-downloads everything — use if trips are missing on this device.
Backup & Restore
Saves a restorable file with all trips, fuel, vehicles, settings & locations. Also auto-saves to the cloud on WiFi. This is the file to use if you change phones — it is not the same as Download My Data below, which is a read-only copy for your records.
🗂 Your Data
Download My Data
A read-only copy of your data for your own records (POPIA right of access). To move to a new phone, use Backup & Restore above instead.
Clear Local Data
Removes locally cached trip data from this device. Your cloud-synced data is safe.
Delete Account
Permanently deletes your account and all data. This cannot be undone.