TL;DR
The Business Review is a weekly report card inside Sherpa, the AI assistant in Solo (worksolo.com), the earnings and mileage app for app-based workers like Uber and Lyft drivers, DoorDash Dashers, and Instacart shoppers.
It scores your last week from 0 to 100, compares your pay to workers in your city, points out the hours that paid less than they should have, tells you which hours to switch to, checks that your work miles got tracked, and suggests a new schedule built off last week's so you make more in less time.
Every Solo user gets one.
Get your Business Review →We built Sherpa because gig platforms know exactly when and where the money is, and you don't. You get a payout and a vague feeling about whether the week was good. Uber, DoorDash, and the rest get the full picture. Sherpa was built to help drivers earn more in less time.
Sherpa builds every review on top of $7.5 billion+ in gig earnings Solo has tracked across 1 million+ users in 150+ metros. When Sherpa says your Tuesday lunch shift underperformed, it's comparing you to what drivers on the same app in your city actually earned at that hour. Below, we break down each part of the review, with Q3 2026 earnings data showing why it matters.
What is the Sherpa Business Review?
The Business Review is a weekly check-up on your personal gig business. Once a week, Sherpa looks back at every hour you worked, compares it to what drivers in your city earned on the same app at the same time, and gives you a score from 0 to 100. Then it shows you what to change to earn more and work smarter next week.
Each review does five things:
- Shows your score. You see how last week stacked up on one simple 0 to 100 scale.
- Compares your pay to your city. Sherpa checks your hourly earnings against drivers in your metro on the same apps, days, and hours, so you know if you're ahead of the market or behind it.
- Points out opportunities to earn more. Sherpa flags the hours that fell in slower windows and tells you which hours to switch them to.
- Checks your mileage. Sherpa makes sure your work miles got tracked, since every untracked mile is a tax deduction you lose.
- Suggests a better schedule. Sherpa builds a new schedule off last week's, shifting your hours toward the windows that pay more, so you make more in less time.
How does the Business Review compare your pay to your city?
Sherpa grades every hour you worked against the expected rate for drivers in your city, on the same app, on that day, at that hour. If you beat it, that hour helps your score. If you fell short, Sherpa flags it. A $20 hour can be great or bad depending on where and when you drove it, so the comparison has to be local.
That local comparison is the whole point, because the same app pays wildly different rates by city. According to Solo's Q3 2026 earnings data, the average Uber driver in Seattle made $38.77 per hour on trips, while the average Uber driver in Miami made $16.21. Among the largest metros we track, DoorDash ranged from about $18 an hour in Seattle and Boston to under $13 in the Bay Area. A national average would tell both of those drivers the wrong thing about their week, so Sherpa uses your city's numbers instead.
Which hours does Sherpa tell you to switch to?
Sherpa tells you to move hours out of slow windows and into the windows that paid more in your city on that same day. Sherpa compares Sunday hours to other Sunday hours, so the advice fits the days you actually drive. Every flagged hour comes with a better option, because knowing an hour was slow doesn't help unless you know where to move it.
Timing is where most drivers leave money behind. Solo's Q3 2026 data shows the average driver made 14% more per hour on Sundays ($17.07) than on Tuesdays ($14.98), and Friday through Sunday beat every weekday.
The hour you drive matters just as much. We compared lunch (11am to 1:30pm) to the best-paying window of the day in four cities last quarter. The same amount of work paid 10% to 15% more just by moving it:
| City | Lunch ($/hr) | Best window | Best window ($/hr) | More per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $22.03 | Late night, 9:30pm to 12:30am | $25.36 | +15% |
| Dallas | $16.81 | Late night, 9:30pm to 12:30am | $19.22 | +14% |
| Phoenix | $17.08 | Pre-dinner, 4:30 to 6pm | $18.99 | +11% |
| New York | $18.55 | Late night, 9:30pm to 12:30am | $20.37 | +10% |
Source: Solo earnings data, Q3 2026 (July 1 to September 30). Pooled earnings per engaged hour across all platforms in each window.
The best window also changes by city. Late night won in Seattle, Dallas, and New York, but Phoenix drivers made more in the pre-dinner rush than after 9:30pm. A one-size-fits-all rule like "drive late nights" would steer a Phoenix driver wrong. Sherpa suggests switches based on what pays in your city, on your apps.
How does the Business Review track your mileage?
Sherpa checks every trip from last week against your Mileage Tracker log. If you worked a shift with the Mileage Tracker off, the review shows you how many trips went untracked, so you can fix it before it costs you at tax time.
The stakes are bigger than most drivers think. Full-time drivers on Solo (30+ hours a week) logged an average of 1,599 work miles per month in Q3 2026. At the IRS rate of 76 cents per mile, in effect since July 1, 2026, that's about $1,215 a month in deductions. If you let a quarter of those miles slip, you're leaving around $300 a month of deductions on the table.
How does Sherpa build you a better schedule?
Sherpa takes last week's schedule, keeps the hours that paid well, and moves the weak ones into better windows. You get a new schedule built around how you already drive, tuned to make more in less time. Sherpa also checks how closely you stuck to last week's plan, so the next one fits your real life instead of an ideal week you'll never drive.
Here's a real Business Review from the week of October 5 to 11:
| Part of the score | Score |
|---|---|
| Earnings quality | 94 |
| Worked hours quality | 54 |
| Mileage tracking | 66 |
| Schedule follow-through | 25 |
| Overall | 65, Keep building |
A real Sherpa Business Review for the week of October 5 to 11, 2026.
This driver earned $1,419 for the week and beat the local market by a wide margin: $23.43 an hour against an $18.04 benchmark for their city, apps, and hours. The problem wasn't how they drove. It was when they drove and how much of it got tracked. Only 54% of their hours landed in better-paying windows, mileage tracking fell from 97% the week before to 66%, and they hadn't set up a schedule yet.
Sherpa's review told them exactly what to change:
- Pick up early shifts like Monday at 5 AM, when Uber was paying $23.83 an hour in their area and they weren't driving.
- Open the trip block before driving, so more of the week's 99 trips get their miles counted.
- Plan even a few hours in Smart Schedule, so Sherpa has something to match their driving against.
Tightening up mileage and adding a few scheduled hours would push this driver into a Strong week, without driving a minute more.
What is Sherpa by Solo?
Sherpa is the AI copilot inside the Solo app, made for gig workers. It reads your linked platform earnings, tracked mileage, and schedules, then answers questions about your gig business in plain English, like "How much did I actually take home last week?" or "Where should I work today?" Sherpa is included with every Solo plan. The Business Review is one of its features. Learn more about Sherpa.
FAQ
What apps does Sherpa work with?
Solo supports the major gig platforms, including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Instacart, Amazon Flex, Spark, Shipt, and Roadie. Sherpa can analyze earnings from any platform you link in Solo.
How often does the Business Review update?
Sherpa scores each completed week. Your review covers last week's work from Monday through Sunday.
Who gets the Business Review?
Every Solo user gets a weekly Business Review from Sherpa. Sherpa scores any week where you logged work on a linked app.
Can a part-time driver get a high Business Review score?
Yes. The score uses ratios, not totals. A driver working 15 well-timed hours can beat a driver working 50 if they earn more per hour, pick better windows, and track their miles.
What is a good Business Review score?
A score above 65 is a Strong week. A score from 40 to 65 means Keep building, and below 40 is a Fresh start. Each part compares you to your own market, so a high score means you ran a strong week for where you drive, no matter how many hours you worked.
Does Sherpa tell me the best time of day to drive?
Yes. The best window changes by city, so Sherpa checks what paid where you drive. In Solo's Q3 2026 data, late night (9:30pm to 12:30am) paid best in Seattle, Dallas, and New York, while pre-dinner (4:30 to 6pm) paid best in Phoenix. Lunch (11am to 1:30pm) paid the least in all four.
Get your first Business Review
Download Solo, link the apps you drive for, and turn on mileage tracking. After your first full week, Sherpa will score it and tell you the one thing to change next week.
About the data
Hourly figures are medians of each driver's own rate per engaged hour (time on a trip or delivery), limited to drivers with at least 10 engaged hours in the period. Day-of-week figures include drivers with at least 2 hours. Time-of-day figures pool all earnings and hours in each window. City means where the driver lives. Mileage figures are averages for drivers who worked 30+ hours a week. The mileage rate comes from IRS Announcement 2026-11.
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