Gridwise vs Shoeboxed

Gridwise is a mobile app for gig, delivery, courier, rideshare, and hourly workers who need one place for earnings and work information. It gathers earnings across jobs so users can review trends, compare performance with nearby workers, and see patterns by neighborhood, time, and company. The app reports high-demand work, profitable areas and periods, events, and airport activity. Background mileage tracking can feed earnings, mileage, and expense exports for tax preparation. Alerts cover weather, local events, and surge opportunities, and an in-app switcher helps move between work apps. Users can link work accounts for automatic earnings tracking; Uber and DoorDash are named examples. Gridwise runs on Android and iOS. The Basic plan is free, while Gridwise Plus costs $9.00 per month billed annually after a 14-day trial.

Shoeboxed organizes receipt and mileage records for tax and expense work. It accepts receipt photos, email forwards, digital uploads, and paper receipts sent in a postage-paid Magic Envelope. Its phone app reads receipt text with OCR, categorizes expenses, and uploads them to an account; the mobile app can log business trips by GPS in the background and send a daily summary for confirmation. Receipts and business miles can be kept as exportable IRS-ready digital records. Shoeboxed lists integrations including QuickBooks, Xero, Evernote, WorkingPoint, and Wave, among others. Its API can read and add receipts, categories, and account data, while its CLI can list receipts, total category spending, retrieve mileage write-offs, and export a tax packet. It runs on Android, iOS, and web. Plans start at $9/user/mo, with a 30-day trial and no free plan. Starter is $9 a month, billed monthly, for one user and 30 digital scans per month.