Both track your drives automatically. Driversnote is built around mileage and teams. Nomo keeps your trips, receipts and home hours together. Here's how to choose.
By the Nomo team · Last reviewed 24 September 2026
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Driversnote if you only need mileage, your employer reimburses you through a team, or you like the idea of a beacon in the car. Nomo if you also claim receipts and work from home hours and want one running total for the year.
Nomo is an Australian tax deduction and mileage/work kilometre tracking app for PAYG employees and sole traders.
Swipe each trip work or personal.
Receipts kept in the same app.
Home hours at 70c an hour.
| Nomo | Driversnote | |
|---|---|---|
| How it catches trips | Automatically, with your phone's GPS in the work hours you choose (or around the clock) | Automatically with your phone, with an optional beacon in the car |
| Work or private | Swipe work or personal, then pick a purpose | Classify trips as business or personal |
| Receipts | Reads merchant, amount and date, and suggests a category | Not listed |
| Work from home hours | Yes, a timer at 70c an hour | Not listed |
| Runs on | iPhone and Android | iPhone, Android and web |
| Free option | Yes, for manual tracking. 14-day free trial, no card | Yes, reports for up to 15 trips a month |
| Nomo | Driversnote | |
|---|---|---|
| ATO logbook | Yes: odometer readings, work use percentage and a 12 week report | Yes, reports for ATO deductions |
More on how Nomo keeps the 12 weeks: the Nomo logbook tracker.
Keep your old Driversnote reports: the ATO wants records kept for 5 years. Nomo starts recording from the day you install it, so switching at the start of a financial year keeps things tidy.
It has a free plan covering reports for up to 15 trips a month, and paid plans for more.
If you also claim tools and PPE, an app that keeps receipts too. See the mileage tracker for tradies.
Yes, both work on iPhone and Android.
Trips, receipts and home hours, together.
14 days free, no card needed. A free tier for manual tracking after that.
Start 14-day free trialBy the Nomo team · Last reviewed 24 September 2026. We check these pages against current ATO guidance and update them when the rules change.
General information only, not tax advice. Rules change and everyone’s situation is different, so check ato.gov.au or talk to a registered tax agent about your situation. Nomo is a record keeping app, not a registered tax agent.