RitLog — Everything you want to know
Tap the "Log trip" button at the bottom of the screen. Enter the departure and arrival location, distance and category. Wherever possible, RitLog fills in details automatically based on your earlier trips.
Yes. Tap a trip in the overview to edit it. You can change all the details, including locations, distance, category and travel times.
Categories let you mark whether a trip is business or personal, or any other category you choose. You can create your own categories, give them a name and assign a colour. This makes it easy to filter and export your trips.
RitLog learns from your trip history. If you regularly drive the same route with the same category, that category is automatically suggested for a new trip on the same route.
It indicates that the odometer reading for this trip doesn't line up with the previous trip. That makes it easy to spot missing trips.
You can enter a departure and arrival time for a trip. If you change the arrival time, the departure time is calculated automatically based on the estimated travel time, and vice versa.
Yes. In the trip overview you can filter by category and time period. The filters reset automatically when you switch to another tab.
Go to Locations in the settings and tap the plus button. You can enter a name, address and category. RitLog uses these locations to fill in trips faster.
Yes. Using the import feature you can bring in addresses from your contacts as locations in RitLog.
Location categories help you organise your locations (e.g. "Client", "Office"). They're also used for automatic suggestions when you log trips.
RitLog can send you a reminder to log a trip when you arrive at or leave a saved location. This works automatically in the background.
The reminders are based on your GPS location. Because GPS isn't always 100% accurate, you might get a reminder when you're just driving past, or not get one when you arrive. In practice it works well in most cases, but it isn't foolproof.
No. RitLog tries to detect whether you're cycling or walking and won't send a reminder in that case. This works in most situations, but isn't always guaranteed.
At most once every 12 hours per location. If you've already logged a trip for that location, you won't get another reminder.
You can log refuelling (or charging for electric cars) and other vehicle costs. For other costs you can choose your own label, such as "Insurance", "Maintenance" or "Road tax".
Tap the euro button at the bottom of the screen and choose "Refuel". Enter the amount and the date. For an electric car, the "Filled up completely" option is hidden automatically.
Yes. Go to the costs overview (reachable via the costs row on the home screen). Tap a cost entry to edit it, or swipe left to delete it.
Yes. In the settings you can choose whether to see all costs, or only refuels/charges. This carries through to the home screen, the statistics and the PDF export.
You can enter the odometer reading for each trip. RitLog automatically suggests one based on your previous trip. If the reading doesn't line up, you get a warning.
No, it's optional. But it helps keep an accurate record and makes it easier to spot missing trips.
You set a rate per kilometre in the settings. RitLog automatically calculates the allowance per trip and shows the total in the statistics and exports.
You can set your working days and hours. RitLog uses this to automatically suggest a category for new trips. If you drive during working hours, "Business" is suggested, for example.
The statistics screen shows an overview with a breakdown by category (including the number of trips), highlights, trips per weekday, kilometres per month, mileage allowance and vehicle costs. The display adapts based on your cost setting.
You can export your trips as a CSV file (for spreadsheets) or as a PDF report. The PDF matches exactly what you see in the statistics.
Yes. When exporting you can filter by category, period and labels. That way you export exactly the data you need, for example for your accountant.
Every quarter RitLog automatically creates a backup of your trips as a CSV file. This file is kept on your device.
Yes. In the settings you can set a weekly or monthly reminder to export your trips.
You can set your vehicle's name, the license plate and the fuel type (petrol, diesel, LPG, electric or hybrid).
Yes. Besides car trips, RitLog also supports business bike trips — a feature you'll rarely find in other trip logging apps. For the bike you log the distance instead of an odometer reading, so you can keep track of your business bike kilometres just as easily and in a tax-correct way.
The first time you use the app, you go through a few short steps: a welcome screen, adding your first locations, setting up automatic reminders and entering your current odometer reading. You can also skip these steps.
No, RitLog is currently only available for iPhone (iOS).
No. All your data is stored locally on your iPhone. Read our privacy policy for more information.
Yes. You can place a RitLog widget on your home screen or lock screen, in several sizes. The widget shows your current odometer reading and the amount you still have to claim at a glance, and with a single tap you start a new trip straight away — without opening the app first.
Yes. RitLog adapts automatically to your iPhone's display setting: in light mode you get a warm, cream-coloured interface, and in dark mode a calm dark variant. The widget follows this setting too.