Log-Book is a mileage-tracking utility for business professionals on iOS that enables manual trip logging via a three-tap interface.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
It removes the privacy concerns associated with automated GPS tracking by allowing users to manually record mileage for tax compliance.
For Business professionals and vehicle owners needing tax-compliant mileage records.
What does it look like?
Key features
Log new trips in three taps using saved common start, destination, and purpose entries.
Exports trip data for tax and insurance documentation.
Supports tracking mileage for multiple vehicles by switching profiles.
How much does it cost?
The transition from a one-time purchase to a subscription model has triggered negative feedback from long-term users who feel locked out of previously owned features.
Velocity
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Log-Book maintains a maintenance-level cadence, with only two releases identified over the last three months. The development trend is stable but minimal, focusing exclusively on minor bug fixes rather than new features or content. The publisher provides no insight into the specific nature of these updates, as the release notes remain consistently opaque. The app has not seen a major feature update in the observed window.
Who built it?
Stylah (2007)
3 apps tracked · Business
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Tiler for Apple WatchUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans frustrated. Users appreciate manual mileage tracking provides a simple and effective solution for business record keeping needs and flexible reporting features allow users to generate mileage summaries for specific timeframes as needed.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Manual mileage tracking provides a simple and effective solution for business record keeping needs
- Flexible reporting features allow users to generate mileage summaries for specific timeframes as needed
- Recent updates introduced stability issues and crashes that prevent users from logging new entries
32 of 32 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Frustrated overall
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Competitive landscape for Log-Book
How's the Business market?
Log-Book maintains a 4.075-star rating across 160 total ratings, positioning itself as a manual alternative in the Business category. The recent shift to a subscription model has created a friction point that currently outweighs the utility of its three-tap entry feature [1, 2].
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Key takeaways for Log-Book
Where is it heading?
The mileage-tracking market is consolidating around automated solutions, leaving manual-entry apps like Log-Book exposed if they cannot maintain high stability. Without resolving the current crash-on-save issues, Log-Book risks losing its remaining user base to more reliable, modern alternatives.
- Stability regressions in the latest release cause crashes during data entry, which erodes the daily habit and compounds negative sentiment.
- The transition to a subscription model restricts access for legacy users, creating a churn risk that the current feature set does not justify.
The SWOT
- Three-tap entry mechanism minimizes daily logging friction.
- Manual tracking design ensures privacy for data-sensitive users.
- Multi-vehicle support would unlock the professional fleet segment.
- CSV export utility enables custom tax-formula integration.
Next best moves
Rebuild save-data logic because crash-on-save is the top stability complaint → restore daily usage habit
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The manual-entry design is a feature, not a bug: by avoiding GPS tracking…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The pricing model has formally transitioned from freemium to a subscription-only structure, and the SWOT analysis has been expanded to better define the product's competitive constraints regarding fleet management.
Bottom line
Log-Book's manual entry mechanism remains a strong differentiator, but the current stability regressions and the restrictive single-vehicle model limit its utility for professional fleets. Addressing the crash-on-save bug is the priority to prevent further churn, followed by multi-vehicle support to capture the fleet-management segment.
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Is Log-Book suitable for tracking multiple work vehicles?
Does Log-Book track my location using GPS?
Why am I being asked to subscribe if I already bought the app?
Sources
- [1] App Store, source
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