Move your Simply Auto data to SteerLog
Updated · SteerLog: free for one car, Pro is a one-time purchase (price shown in the App Store for your country)
SteerLog reads Simply Auto’s CSV columns by name. Services, fuel-ups, and expenses come in as the right entry types, with odometer and costs attached. The import is free. After that, your history lives on your phone and your iCloud, and you can export it any day you like.
Getting your data out of Simply Auto
- In Simply Auto, export your records as CSV — its backup and report exports make spreadsheet files.
- If it gives you a file per record type (fuel, services, expenses), export each one. SteerLog imports them one after another into the same car and skips duplicates for you.
- Get the file(s) to your iPhone and follow the steps below.
Column layouts vary a little between Simply Auto versions. SteerLog matches by column name (full list below), so files from any recent version import as they are. If a header ever fails to match, you can rename it in any spreadsheet in seconds.
SteerLog keeps everything Simply Auto logged. It adds lock-screen reminders by date and mileage, a home-screen widget, and a history that syncs to your own iCloud with no account.
Get SteerLogImporting into SteerLog
- Get your CSV onto your iPhone — AirDrop, iCloud Drive, Files, or email it to yourself.
- In SteerLog, open Settings › Export & Import › Import CSV. The file goes into the car you have selected. So pick the right car first.
- Choose the file. SteerLog tells you how many entries it added, how many duplicates it skipped, and how many rows it could not read.
- Check the History tab. Your entries are there, and your charts and fuel economy are worked out from the new fill-ups right away.
One CSV goes into one car. Free covers one car with every feature. More cars take a single one-time purchase. There is no subscription.
Column names SteerLog recognizes
Case, spaces, and punctuation don’t matter — Fuel-up Date, fuelup_date, and FuelUpDate all match. Only a date column is needed. All the rest are optional.
| Field | Accepted column names |
|---|---|
| Date (required) | date, fuelup_date, service_date, entry_date, day |
| Odometer | odometer, odo, miles, mileage, km, kilometers, odometer_mi, odometer_km |
| Fuel volume | fuel_volume, volume, gallons, litres, liters, fuel_qty, qty, quantity |
| Price per unit | price_per_unit, price_per_gallon, price_per_liter, unit_price, price |
| Total cost | cost, total_cost, total_price, total_spent, total, amount |
| Entry type | type, entry_type, category — values like fuel, service, expense |
| Title / place | title, services, service, station, fuel_brand, location, description, name |
| Notes | notes, note, comments, comment |
| Full-tank flag | full_tank, filled_tank, full |
| Partial-fill flag | partial_fuelup, partial |
No type column? A row with a fuel volume or unit price counts as a fuel-up. The rest become service or expense entries. If the file has no total cost, SteerLog works it out as volume × price. European decimals are safe: 9,6 litres comes in as 9.6, not 96. If you import the same file again, SteerLog skips the duplicates (same day, type, odometer and cost). So you can’t double your history by mistake.
Questions, answered
Is the import free?
Yes, fully. Import, CSV/PDF export, iCloud sync, and backup files are free in SteerLog, forever. Free covers one car with every feature. A single one-time purchase unlocks as many cars as you like. There is no subscription.
Will my fuel economy history carry over?
Yes. SteerLog works out MPG (or L/100km) again from your fill-ups, using full-to-full math. If your file has a full-tank or partial-fill column, SteerLog uses it. A partial fill is added to the next full tank, so it can’t skew the average.
How do I import more than one car?
One CSV goes into one car. So export each car on its own, and import each file with that car selected. Free holds one car with every feature. Your whole garage takes a single one-time purchase, not a subscription.
Will my scanned receipts transfer?
CSV files hold text, not images, so receipts don’t travel in the export. Your entries all import: dates, odometer, costs, notes. From then on, you can add receipt photos to any entry in SteerLog. They are kept in your own iCloud and backup files.
What happens if I import the same file twice?
Nothing bad. SteerLog skips duplicates. An entry counts as a duplicate when its day, type, odometer and cost all match one you already have. So running an import again, or importing exports that overlap, won’t double your history.
Why the import is free
SteerLog starts from one idea: your car’s history belongs to you. It lives on your phone and your own iCloud. No account, no company server, no subscription. Import, export, backup files, and CSV/PDF are free forever, because a log you can’t move isn’t yours. See how SteerLog works.