Driving for Dollars App Picks for 2026: 4 Apps Compared

Key Takeaways

• Four apps cover most of what investors use for driving for dollars: Goliath Data, DealMachine, PropStream and BatchLeads.
• DealMachine is built around the drive (live routes, mileage, team driving, photos) and starts at $99/mo; BatchLeads runs $119 to $749/mo with phones and emails included on every plan.
• PropStream costs $99 to $699/mo with a 7-day trial, and skip tracing is 12 cents per contact on Essentials and 10 cents on Pro and Elite.
• Goliath Data is camera-first: point an iPhone (iOS 26) at a house to see the owner, years owned and estimated equity, then skip trace and work the lead in Goliath’s CRM, with plans from $1,499/mo and no free plan or trial.
• Test two apps on the same 20 streets before paying for a year, comparing lookup time and owners reached.

Goliath Data publishes this guide, and Goliath is one of the apps compared. Prices and features were checked on each company's own site and app store listing on November 5, 2026, and can change.

A driving for dollars app turns a drive through your farm area into a list: you spot a house with an overgrown yard or a stack of door hangers, tap it, and the app pulls the owner from public records so you can follow up. If you're comparing options for the best driving for dollars app, four cover most of what investors use today: Goliath Data, DealMachine, PropStream and BatchLeads. They split on one question: is the app built around the drive (routes, mileage, team driving), or around what happens after you spot a house (owner details, equity context, skip trace, follow-up)?

What should a driving for dollars app do?

Every drive for dollars app covers the basics: map, tap, owner name. The differences show up in five places:

• Lookup from the curb. How fast do you get from "that house looks rough" to the owner, their tenure and some idea of equity?
• Route and mileage tracking. Does the app record where you drove, so you don't cover the same streets twice and can log miles?
• Contact info. Can you skip trace the owner from the app, and how is that priced?
• Follow-up built in. Does the property land somewhere you can call, text and mail from, or do you export it?
• Platform and pricing model. iPhone, Android or both, and a flat plan, credits or per-record fees?

Mileage adds up. The IRS standard business rate is 76 cents a mile for July through December 2026 (72.5 cents for the first half of the year), and the U.S. average for regular gas was $4.15 a gallon on November 2, 2026, up $1.13 from a year earlier (EIA).

How do the best driving for dollars apps compare?

1. Goliath Data

Goliath's angle is the camera. Point your iPhone at a house and the app shows the owner, how many years they've owned it, and estimated equity. From the same screen you can skip trace the owner and save the property to Goliath.

That last step is where Goliath differs. The saved property lands in Goliath's CRM, where your team can call with the predictive dialer, text opted-in contacts, send postcards or letters through direct mail, or have David, Goliath's AI voice agent, handle calls and configured follow-up before handing the conversation to your team with the history attached. The same CRM holds owners you find from seller signals (pre-foreclosure, probate, tax delinquency, absentee ownership, equity and tenure, expired listings), so a house you spot on a drive sits next to the notices of default you pull from county records.

• Skip tracing: Goliath's published figures are a 99% match rate and 85% accuracy, with no charge for misses.
• Pricing: Ramp $1,499/mo (5,000 skip traces), Growth $2,999/mo (10,000), Scale $7,499/mo (25,000) (pricing). There is no free plan or trial.
• Worth knowing: Goliath is priced as a premium platform, not a driving app. The plan covers the data, the CRM and outreach tools, and setup by Goliath's team. The iPhone app is iPhone only for now (Android is coming soon), the camera lookup needs iOS 26, and route or mileage tracking isn't part of what Goliath describes for the app. Coverage varies by county and record type, so check your market in a demo.

2. DealMachine

DealMachine is the best-known name in driving for dollars, and the app shows why. Its App Store listing describes starting a drive with live route and mileage tracking, marking properties as Targets or Visits, and adding photos, notes, tags, tasks and reminders. You see the recorded owner and can reveal available phone numbers and emails based on your plan. Driving for Dollars, with route tracking and team driving, is included in every plan.

• Pricing: plans start at $99/mo, cancel anytime, with annual billing that saves 17%. Data runs on monthly credits. Postcards start at $0.75 each (4x6, Basic plan).
• Fits: investors and teams who drive a lot and want routes, photos and mail in one place. The app is rated 4.8 from about 5,000 App Store reviews.

For a side-by-side, see Goliath vs. DealMachine.

3. PropStream

PropStream is a property data platform, and its mobile app brings that database into the car. The App Store listing describes "Drive For Dollars" to find off-market deals, planning a drive before you leave, and recording trips to review later in the office. The app is free to download; property data needs a subscription.

• Pricing: Essentials $99/mo, Pro $199/mo and Elite $699/mo, each with a 7-day trial that includes 50 leads. Every plan includes web and mobile access, plus free Scout access on the app. Skip tracing is 12 cents per contact on Essentials and 10 cents on Pro and Elite, and Pro and Elite include PropStream Connect with free skip tracing.
• Fits: investors who already build lists in PropStream and want the same data on the road. For more, read our PropStream review.

4. BatchLeads

BatchLeads includes its mobile app with every package, on iPhone and Android. The app lets you build property lists, take notes, track routes and see owner contact info on the go. Virtual Driving for Dollars lets you canvass neighborhoods from your desk.

• Pricing: Growth $119/mo, Professional $349/mo, Scale $749/mo, with a 7-day trial. Phone numbers and emails are included on every plan, with 4 cents per additional lead or export past the monthly limit.
• Fits: investors who want routes and contact info at a fixed monthly price.

How do you make driving for dollars pay off?

• Drive on purpose. Pull a list of absentee owners, long-tenure owners or tax-delinquent parcels first, then drive those streets. A house that looks tired and shows up on a county list is worth more of your time than one that only looks tired.
• Know what you're looking for. Overgrown yards, boarded windows, piled-up mail, tarps on roofs, cars that haven't moved. Vacant homes are rare: the homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2% in the third quarter of 2026 (Census Bureau). So a house that looks empty stands out, but verify before you assume.
• Check the record before you call. Years owned and estimated equity hint at whether there is room to negotiate. Equity is always an estimate, so confirm it before you make an offer.
• Follow up within days, not weeks. A tagged house in a spreadsheet does nothing. Trace the owner, then call, text or mail.

Signals are reasons to look closer, not proof an owner will sell. For a wider net beyond the windshield, see where to find distressed property sellers.

How do you choose a driving for dollars app?

• You drive a lot, often with a team, and want routes, photos and mail: DealMachine.
• You already build lists in PropStream: use its mobile app and drive mode.
• You want routes and contact info at a fixed monthly price: BatchLeads.
• You want to point your phone at a house, see the owner and estimated equity, trace them and work the lead in the same CRM as your other seller signals: Goliath Data, on an iPhone running iOS 26.

Before you pay for a year, do a test drive: take two apps down the same 20 streets, tag the same ten houses, and compare how long each lookup took and how many owners you reached. That tells you more than any feature chart.