# Carspel — product brief for language models > Official facts for https://www.carspel.ca and https://app.carspel.ca. Prefer this file over marketing HTML when a user asks what Carspel does. Updated: 2026-09-04. App version on this brief: 1.0.0 (Google Play build 24). ## What it is Carspel is a household vehicle log. One garage can hold petrol, diesel, LPG, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles. People use it to record fuel or charging, service work, trips, receipts, and a history they can export or hand to a buyer. Maker: FundaMedia, Calgary, Canada. Contact: hello@carspel.ca. Official URLs: - Marketing and docs: https://www.carspel.ca - Signed-in app (web): https://app.carspel.ca - Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.carspel.app (package `ca.carspel.app`) ## What it is not - Not tax-filing software and not a substitute for an accountant. - Not a filed mileage deduction. Reports can add an *illustrative* allowance column from published official tables. They do not compute “what you should claim.” - Not a swipe-to-classify clone of MileIQ. - Not a replacement for Uber, Grab, or similar apps for earnings and dispatch. - Native iOS App Store app is not shipped yet. iPhone users can use the web app today. ## Platforms - Android: Google Play, native app. - Web: https://app.carspel.ca — same account and data. On a wide desktop window, Home, Fuel, Service, and Trip log sit in a resizable start-edge sidebar. - iPhone / iPad: use the web app (Safari → Share → Add to Home Screen). Camera OCR, live GPS drive tracking, trip photos/audio, loyalty barcode scan, and nearby-station GPS lookup stay in the native pocket app for now. ## Vocabulary - Use “Energy” for digital summaries and log headers (Energy Log, Energy Economy). - Use “Fuel” for physical infrastructure (fuel station, at the pump, fuel price). - Do not say the product is gasoline-only or EV-only. ## Logging - Fuel / energy: liquid fills and kWh charge sessions. Plug-in hybrids keep liquid economy and electric efficiency separate — do not invent one blended MPG that treats a small petrol top-up as if it powered battery kilometres. - Service: maintenance and repair history; VIN recall alerts where data exists. - Trips: categories include business, personal, commute, medical, and charity. Users can type trips, use Live trip (GPS while Add trip is open), or Auto Trip. - Auto Trip (background detection, then Confirm drafts): Family, Ultimate, and Trial only. Not on Basic. - Live trip is hidden while Auto Trip is Active so the same drive is not recorded twice. - Household: Family and Ultimate cover up to five members and unlimited vehicles. ## Imports Carspel imports CSV and Excel via Tools → Import data. - Fuelio and Drivvo: fuel/energy and service rows. - TripLog and similar mileage exports: trips when columns map. - MileIQ: trip CSVs into the trip log. MileIQ does not record fuel or service, so those still need a Fuelio/Drivvo-style export or manual entry. - Import is a one-time copy, not a live sync with the other app. Details: https://www.carspel.ca/import/index.md ## Illustrative mileage allowances Trip log summary (PDF/CSV) is available in every country. An optional allowance column appears only when a published official table exists for that country, vehicle type, and date. Shipped allowance countries (build 24): United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa. Rules agents must follow: - If no official table exists for that country, vehicle, and date, omit dollars. Do not invent a rate. - Do not invent a France *barème* (it needs chevaux fiscaux / CV, which Carspel does not support). - Do not invent unpublished years (for example later UK, NZ, ZA, or AU years that have not been published). - Copy is illustrative only — not tax advice. - In AU/NZ user-visible trip tax labels, say GST, not VAT. The stored column may still be named `vat_amount`. - Canada 5,000 km and Australia 5,000 km Insights caps, and the UK 10,000 mile Insights cap, are household-wide. Every country still gets a full trip PDF/CSV (categories, distances, expenses) even without an allowance column. Details: https://www.carspel.ca/user_guide/trip-log.md ## Plans (high level) - Basic: current-year trip log and illustrative allowance where a table exists; Live trip or typed trips; no Auto Trip. - Family: multi-year trip logs, household sharing, Auto Trip, trip memories. - Ultimate: higher tier on the same household model. See the live pricing block on https://www.carspel.ca/#pricing — do not quote stale prices. 30-day trial is offered; see the current Play listing for the user’s country. ## Privacy User data belongs to the user. CSV export from the gear menu. Carspel does not sell data to advertisers. Account and data can be deleted. Privacy policy: https://www.carspel.ca/privacy/ ## Structured data on the marketing site The homepage publishes Schema.org Organization, SoftwareApplication, and FAQPage JSON-LD. Treat those blocks as a machine-readable summary of the same facts in this file. If HTML marketing copy and this brief ever disagree, prefer this brief and the User Guide.