What app do substitute teachers use to get jobs?

Whatever the district uses. Many districts post sub jobs through absence systems such as Frontline, whose app sends job alerts; agency subs use the agency's app, such as Scoot2Work. Ask your district which system it uses when you are hired.

Should a sub track miles?

If you drive between schools or your district or agency repays miles, a mileage app makes the record easy. Whether miles count for taxes depends on your situation, so ask a tax professional; we give no tax advice.

How do I check my sub paycheck?

Keep a line for every day you work, full or half, with the rate you expect, then compare each pay period's total with the check. Our pay and miles log does this on your device; a spreadsheet works too.

Top 9 apps for substitute teachers: job alerts, miles and pay (2026)

Checked October 2026For TeachersKind Software and appsNo affiliate links, no paid placement. How we chose

One entry, Pay and miles log, is our own free tool. It is marked Ours and ranked against the same criteria as the others.

Quick answer

Frontline's absence management app comes first, because in a district that uses it, it is where sub jobs reach your phone. This list is for substitute teachers who want their phone to do three jobs: catch job alerts, count the miles between schools and keep track of the days and pay. Every app was opened on its own site on 31 Oct 2026. For agencies that hire subs, see our separate list.

Top 9 apps for substitute teachers: job alerts, miles and pay (2026): comparison
#	Name	Best for	Price
1	Frontline Absence Management app	Best for job alerts in a Frontline district	Price varies
2	TripLog	Best free automatic mileage tracking	Free plan, paid upgrades
3	MileIQ	Best for swipe-to-sort drives	Free plan, paid upgrades
4	Driversnote	Best for reports to hand in	Free plan, paid upgrades
5	Everlance	Best for miles and receipts together	Free plan, paid upgrades
6	Pay and miles log Ours	Best for checking a paycheck against the days	Free
7	Scoot2Work	Best for subs placed through Scoot	Price varies
8	Hurdlr	Best for subs with a second job on the side	Price varies
9	Clockify	Best for subs paid by the hour	Free plan, paid upgrades

1. Frontline Absence Management app

Frontline Education

Best for job alerts in a Frontline district
Price varies

The phone side of the absence system many districts use to fill sub jobs. Frontline's page says subs get notifications of available jobs on their device, accept jobs instantly with all the details in one place, and can search and browse every open job in the district.

The district buys it; the page lists no charge to substitutes.

Watch for You only see jobs once a district that uses Frontline has hired you and added you to its system.

Visit Frontline Absence Management app ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.

2. TripLog

TripLog

Best free automatic mileage tracking
Free plan, paid upgrades

A mileage tracker whose free Basic plan, which the pricing page calls free forever, includes unlimited automatic GPS mileage tracking and basic expense management. Premium adds unlimited reporting, automatic expense tracking and integrations.

The free part: Unlimited automatic mileage tracking; unlimited reports need Premium or the one free 7-day pass a year.

Free Basic plan; Premium is $59.99 a year (as of 2026-10-31)

Watch for The year's mileage report download comes with Premium or the yearly 7-day pass, so plan when you use the pass.

Visit TripLog ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.

3. MileIQ

MileIQ

Best for swipe-to-sort drives
Free plan, paid upgrades

An automatic mileage tracker: drives are logged without typing, you swipe to sort each one, and it builds a mileage report. The free plan covers 40 drives a month with automatic tracking and reports.

The free part: 40 drives a month with automatic tracking and reports.

Free for 40 drives a month; Unlimited is $11.66 a month billed yearly or $13.99 monthly (as of 2026-10-31)

Watch for Forty drives is about two a school day for a month of full-time subbing, so a busy month runs past the free plan.

Visit MileIQ ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.

4. Driversnote

Driversnote

Best for reports to hand in
Free plan, paid upgrades

A mileage tracker with automatic tracking on every plan, free included, on iOS, Android and the web, and reports you can export as PDF or Excel.

The free part: Automatic tracking, with reports for up to 15 trips a month.

Free plan; Pro is 11 USD a month before tax (as of 2026-10-31)

Watch for Free reports stop at 15 trips a month, fewer than most working subs drive.

Visit Driversnote ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.

5. Everlance

Everlance

Best for miles and receipts together
Free plan, paid upgrades

A mileage and expense tracker. The free Basic plan includes 30 automatically detected trips a month, unlimited trips you start and stop by hand, and expense tracking with receipt uploads.

The free part: 30 automatic trips a month, unlimited manual trips and receipt uploads.

Free Basic plan; the page lists Starter at $89.99 a year or $10.99 a month, and also shows a second, lower price (as of 2026-10-31)

Watch for The pricing page showed two different sets of prices on the day we read it, so check the price at sign-up.

Visit Everlance ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.

6. Pay and miles log

Peabody

Ours
Best for checking a paycheck against the days
Free

Peabody's own log for subs: one tap a day for the date, the school, the grade, a full or half day, the pay at your own rate and the miles you drove, with what each pay period should bring and which periods were paid. It keeps everything on your device, saves a CSV and prints.

Free, no account

Watch for Nothing tracks itself: you type the day and the miles, and the record stays on one device unless you save the file.

Visit Pay and miles log ↗

7. Scoot2Work

Scoot Education

Best for subs placed through Scoot
Price varies

The app Scoot Education's substitutes use to choose when and where they work. Scoot's page says subs set their own schedule, accept assignments and update their availability from a phone or computer, and that Scoot sends openings that match their profile.

The page lists no charge to subs. We do not compare pay.

Watch for It works only for subs Scoot has hired, in the places Scoot works, and there is no open list of jobs to browse.

Visit Scoot2Work ↗

8. Hurdlr

Hurdlr

Best for subs with a second job on the side
Price varies

A money app for people with more than one income: its page says it tracks mileage, expenses, income streams and tax deductions in real time, with automatic trip tracking in Hurdlr Premium.

The pricing page shows a free trial but no prices.

Watch for Automatic mileage is a Premium feature and the page gives no price, so you learn the cost only after you start.

Visit Hurdlr ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.

9. Clockify

CAKE.com

Best for subs paid by the hour
Free plan, paid upgrades

A time tracker with a free plan: unlimited time tracking with a timer and timesheet, reports over a one-month range, and phone and desktop apps that work offline. A sub paid by the hour can keep the hours here.

The free part: Unlimited tracking, timer, timesheet and one-month reports; no hourly rates.

Free plan; Basic is $3.99 a seat a month billed yearly (as of 2026-10-31)

Watch for It is built for teams, and the free plan has no hourly rates, so you work out the pay yourself.

Visit Clockify ↗ Facts read on the maker’s page.

How we chose

We weighed these, most important first. The order is our judgement against them, not a score or a vote, and a different teacher could reasonably order it differently. Our own tool sits where those criteria put it; we built it after studying the others, so read its entry with that in mind.

Does a sub's job. Each app has to catch job alerts, track miles or keep track of days and pay, the three jobs subs ask a phone to do.
A free way to start. Apps with a free plan or no charge to subs rank above paid ones, and we say what the free plan leaves out.
Little to set up. Apps that work in the background or need one tap a day rank above ones that need daily typing.

We took no money, free products or affiliate commissions for any place on this list, and no link here carries a tracking code. Every fact was read on the maker’s own page on October 31, 2026; prices carry that date because they change. See how we choose and the ad-free promise.

Questions

What app do substitute teachers use to get jobs?: Whatever the district uses. Many districts post sub jobs through absence systems such as Frontline, whose app sends job alerts; agency subs use the agency's app, such as Scoot2Work. Ask your district which system it uses when you are hired.
Should a sub track miles?: If you drive between schools or your district or agency repays miles, a mileage app makes the record easy. Whether miles count for taxes depends on your situation, so ask a tax professional; we give no tax advice.
How do I check my sub paycheck?: Keep a line for every day you work, full or half, with the rate you expect, then compare each pay period's total with the check. Our pay and miles log does this on your device; a spreadsheet works too.

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Last checked October 31, 2026. Something out of date or missing? Tell us and we will fix it; makers can send corrections, never money.