Hurdlr review

Hurdlr is a financial tracking app for freelancers and other business owners. Its homepage says it tracks mileage, expenses, income streams and tax deductions in real time. The basic pitch is to record business activity as it happens, then use those records to understand deductions and taxes.

The product is split into plans. Hurdlr Premium lists expense and receipt tracking, automatic mileage tracking, live tax estimates and reminders. Pro adds invoicing, credit card payments, collections, bank reconciliation, accounting and financial reports. The listed reports include income statements, balance sheets and trial balances. Enterprise Solutions are for organizations that need access for multiple people or an API.

The catch for anyone comparing software before switching: Hurdlr’s pricing page does not publish plan prices or monthly and annual billing terms. It also does not state a free plan or trial in the published pricing information, so we can’t confirm whether either is currently available.

Hurdlr’s clearest advantage is that it combines mileage and expense tracking with tax estimates. A freelancer who wants one place to log trips, capture receipts and see estimated taxes may prefer that to stitching together separate tools. Premium is listed with live tax estimates and reminders; Pro adds invoicing and accounting for users who need more than deduction tracking.

• Mileage and expenses: Automatic mileage tracking and expense tracking with receipt capture are listed features. One Uber driver on Reddit said mileage tracking made recording trips easier, though that is an individual report, not proof of accuracy.
• Tax planning: Premium lists live tax estimates and payment reminders, alongside mileage and expense tracking.
• Room to expand: Pro lists invoicing, credit card payments, collections, bank reconciliation and financial reports. Enterprise Solutions list multi-person app access and an API option.

That breadth can matter when comparing a mileage-only app with a broader finance tool. But it is hard to judge the value of the additional features without published prices. Reddit comments also name alternatives such as Stride and MileIQ, but those comments don’t establish a like-for-like feature or price comparison.

The main buying problem is price opacity. The published pricing information lists Premium, Pro and Enterprise Solutions but publishes no prices, billing terms, free-plan status or trial length. That leaves a freelancer unable to calculate the cost of moving from mileage tracking to invoicing and accounting before contacting Hurdlr. We also can’t verify any plan caps: the published pricing details don’t state limits on trips, expenses, users, invoices or data history.

Reddit reports about whether mileage tracking is free conflict. One Lyft driver said Hurdlr began asking for $8 per month after more than six months; another commenter said mileage tracking was still free and they had backed out of a subscription prompt. Those are user reports, not confirmed current prices or policy. Treat them as a reason to check the current offer and what happens to historical data before relying on the app.

There’s also a reporting concern: one sole proprietor said reimbursed client expenses made it hard to view income without those amounts included. That is one user’s complaint, not a documented product-wide limit, but it is worth testing with a sample invoice if reimbursements are a large part of your books.

There’s no published price to compare: the published pricing information lists no monthly or annual price for any plan, and no starting price. It also doesn’t publish billing terms, so we can’t calculate the cost of a yearly commitment or a tier-to-tier jump.

Hurdlr Premium is described as covering expense tracking and receipt capture, automatic mileage tracking, live tax estimates and reminders. Pro adds invoicing and credit card payments, collections, bank reconciliation, accounting and financial statements. Enterprise Solutions is listed for organizations needing app access for multiple people or an API. Those are differences in scope, not a price comparison: the cost of moving from Premium to Pro or Enterprise is not published.

No add-ons are listed in the published pricing details. That doesn’t confirm none are available. A free plan is marked as unavailable; trial terms are not published. Ask Hurdlr for the price, billing cadence and any feature-specific charges before switching.

The published information doesn’t describe an import process, migration service or data-export format, so the effort to move records in or out is not established. Before switching, ask Hurdlr whether you can export expense and receipt records, mileage logs, income details, invoices and accounting reports in a format your next tool accepts. Keep copies of tax records and financial reports before closing an account; the published material doesn’t say how long Hurdlr retains data after cancellation.

The product covers mileage, expenses and income tracking, with tax estimates on Premium and invoicing and accounting on Pro. Switching away may therefore involve more than moving a mileage log if you use those added tools. Our verdict flags drivers wary of a tracking paywall, but it doesn’t identify which features may be gated or provide Reddit comments to verify why people leave. We can’t responsibly attribute a common reason for leaving to Reddit without that evidence. Get export and access terms in writing before committing.