Help Center / Shifts & earnings
Step-by-step feature guideManage shifts, reports, and reminders
Start and end shifts, understand your earnings report, and configure optional reminders.
Free
Start and end a shift
Where to find it: Home → Start / manage shift → Earnings
Step by step
- Before driving, open Home and choose Start / manage shift, or open Earnings.
- Select Start shift and confirm the shift has started.
- Record gross earnings and any costs as your shift progresses, using the Earnings fields.
- Choose manual mileage or optional Plus automatic mileage while the shift is active.
- Check the running totals when safely stopped.
- Use End shift when finished and review the Shift breakdown before leaving the screen.
Example
Example: A four-hour shift with $80 gross, $8 fuel, $6 estimated vehicle costs, and $4 other costs yields about $62 estimated net before taxes.
Important: End the shift when your actual work ends; forgetting to end it can distort hourly results. DropVera is not a tax filing service.
Troubleshooting
If a shift disappears after a restart, look for the app's draft/recovery prompt and confirm your current account before editing.
Read your end-of-shift report
Where to find it: Earnings → End shift → Shift breakdown
Step by step
- Complete and end an active shift.
- Review Gross earnings and the costs you entered or estimated.
- Review Estimated net, hours worked, distance, and estimated net per hour.
- Where available, inspect offer outcomes and delivery-level highlights.
- Compare the results with your own platform earnings and vehicle records.
- Export or retain your records for a longer-term personal review.
Example
Example: $100 gross minus $24 estimated driving costs produces $76 estimated net before taxes.
Important: The Shift breakdown is a planning estimate. Some tax-deductible costs and real cash expenses have different accounting treatment.
Troubleshooting
If the net figure is surprising, confirm gross earnings, fuel expenses, distance, duration, and whether costs are estimated or actual.
Set a daily shift reminder
Where to find it: Profile → Tracking reminder
Step by step
- Open Profile and find the Tracking reminder card.
- If a daily reminder is already on, choose Turn off daily reminder before changing its time.
- Enter your preferred time in the Daily reminder time field using 24-hour HH:MM format (for example, 17:00 for 5 PM).
- Choose Turn on daily reminder and look for the confirmation that it was saved on this device.
- Allow DropVera notifications in Android settings if prompted; reminder delivery may depend on device notification or quiet-hour settings.
- When the reminder appears, open DropVera yourself and start the shift; the reminder never starts mileage tracking automatically.
Example
A driver expecting to start at 5 PM enters 17:00, turns on the daily reminder, then manually starts a shift after the notification.
Important: The daily reminder is local to the device. It is removed when you sign out or switch accounts and cannot start a shift or location tracking automatically.
Troubleshooting
If you cannot change the time, turn the existing reminder off first. If notifications do not arrive, check Android notification permissions and quiet-hours settings.