Comparison

Spoke Dispatch vs PlaceTap

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Spoke Dispatch

This app optimizes delivery routes to save drivers time and money. It plans the quickest path, provides stop details, and updates arrival times dynamically. Re-optimize routes on the go to stay on schedule.

Highlights
  • Optimized delivery route planning
  • Avoids traffic and backtracking
  • Provides stop details and instructions
  • Dynamic arrival time updates
  • Route re-optimization
  • Integration with navigation apps
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Circuit for Teams is now Spoke Dispatch. Same trusted app, just a new name. Your company needs to have an account with Spoke Dispatch to use this app. Spoke Dispatch is a route planner which creates the quickest possible delivery routes, saving you more than 60 minutes per day and getting you home faster than relying on your favourite navigation app alone. Tell Spoke where and when to start your route, add the list of stops you need to make, and Spoke handles the rest. It’ll decide the order that avoids traffic, prevents backtracking and means you’ll finish your delivery route significantly earlier. Spoke Dispatch helps you complete your deliveries faster throughout the day. Once your route has been planned, easily access the address and extra information you need to quickly make the delivery, such as the gate code, special delivery instructions, or the recipient’s name. And, with a single tap, Spoke Dispatch works with your favourite navigation app. Spoke Dispatch delivery route planner provides estimated arrival times for multiple stops on your planned route, and these estimated arrival times are automatically updated as you make deliveries. Whether you're behind or ahead of schedule, the arrival times will always be up to date. If you’re behind schedule, re-optimize the remainder of your route to avoid traffic where possible and arrive on time and within the stop’s delivery time window. Users driving delivery routes save themselves multiple hours every day by optimising the order of their route’s stops with Spoke Dispatch.

About

PlaceTap

Features
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Your usual places, ready on your home screen. PlaceTap saves your destinations and lets you start Google Maps navigation from your iPhone home screen. SAVE A PLACE Paste a Google Maps share link or save your current location. START FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN Use a widget for one or several places, or a shortcut you can keep in a folder. Choose driving or walking for each widget or shortcut. MAKE IT YOURS Customize icons, labels and colors. Adjust widget transparency, text size and icon size. KEEP THINGS ORGANIZED Group your places, widgets and shortcuts so they are easy to find. On iPhone, add widgets using the Home Screen controls. For a separate place icon, use Apple's Shortcuts app to add it to the Home Screen; you can export a custom icon from PlaceTap. Saving a configuration does not add it to the Home Screen automatically. Widget appearance follows iOS display rules. No account required. No ads. Your saved places stay on your device. The free version lets you use your 3 earliest saved places and their widgets and shortcuts. Later places stay saved but are locked. Pro unlocks all places. Try Pro free for 7 days Every Pro feature is available during the trial. No payment details are required, and there is no auto-renewal. PlaceTap Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase that removes the place limit. No subscription. Restore Pro with the same App Store account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Spoke Dispatch4 screens
PlaceTap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spoke Dispatch at none against PlaceTap's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PlaceTap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spoke Dispatch asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spoke Dispatch ships an update weekly, PlaceTap every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Spoke Dispatch versus PlaceTap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpoke DispatchPlaceTap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (508 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings508 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size246 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCircuit RoutingCHOYOWORKS

Bugs and requests

Spoke Dispatch

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes and displays white screen on startup
  • Route completion button glitches (stays on same pin ~50% of time)
  • App randomly opens on its own when location tracking enabled
  • Route not clearing after marking as complete
  • Inability to start new route without reinstalling app
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  • Incorrect stop sequencing numbers on maps
  • Stops placed on wrong side of streets
  • Algorithm creates unnecessary circular routes
  • Notification system malfunction
  • Export feature clumps information together with incorrect data
  • No timezone support outside developer's timezone
  • Poor customer support responsiveness via chat and email

Requested features

13 requests
  • CarPlay integration for in-car navigation
  • Built-in navigation instead of relying on external maps
  • Drag-and-drop functionality to reorder deliveries
  • Permanent delivery notes for regular stops
  • Excel spreadsheet and barcode scanner support
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  • Automatic progression to next destination after delivery completion
  • Expected vs completed miles display for drivers
  • Ability to save and reuse routes
  • Improved text notation editor with larger capacity
  • Bubble notifications on iOS
  • Better load screen interface to reduce button clicks
  • Time-based scheduling without specific time requirements
  • Ability to designate priority areas that must be done first

PlaceTap

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spoke Dispatch

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PlaceTap

One-time1
  • PlaceTap Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Spoke Dispatch free?
Spoke Dispatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlaceTap free?
PlaceTap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spoke Dispatch or PlaceTap have ads?
Neither Spoke Dispatch nor PlaceTap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spoke Dispatch or PlaceTap?
Spoke Dispatch ships an update weekly, and PlaceTap every 4 days. Most recently, Spoke Dispatch was updated on October 16, 2026 and PlaceTap on October 8, 2026.

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