Route Maker vs IBI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Route Maker
Easily plan multi-stop trips for travel or business. Optimize routes, calculate total time and distance between waypoints, and even share your plans with others. Includes basic navigation features.
- Create routes with multiple waypoints
- Optimize route order for up to 30 points
- Calculate total and segment time/distance
- Register points with facility details
- Group and manage points
- Basic navigation with current location
- Share routes via app file or KML
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Multiple Waypoints Route Planner Apps ! You can make trip route including multiple tourist attraction, when you plan travel. You can make business route to visit multiple customers, when you must do route sales. You can make drive route, when you must do delivery business. "Route maker" is app for making route including multiple waypoints. You can make route including multiple waypoints easily by using "Route Maker". You can know the time and distance of the entire interval. And you can also know the time and distance between each waypoints. If you purchase Add-on, you will be able to use additional functions for sharing your route with your friends. And you can make KML file. ■Function List 1. Make Point ・You can register point for making route by searching the location information from the facility name or address. ・You can include the facility name, address and phone number to the point. 2. Grouping points ・You can create a group of points and manage the registered points. 3. Make Route ・You can make route including multiple waypoints by using registered points. *Max number of waypoints is 10 in normally. If you purchase add-on, max number of waypoints will be 10 or more. ・You can sort waypoints freely, and optimize route. *Optimization is up to 30 points. ・Also you can use as a simple navigation apps by displaying your current location on map. ・You can know the time and distance of the entire interval. And you can also know the time and distance between each waypoints. 4. Share route by using "Route Maker" You can share your route with friends who use "Route Maker" by making Route File. *If you want to make route file, you need to purchase Add-on. 5. Share route by using "Google My Maps" You can share your route with friends through Google My Maps by making KML file. *If you want to make KML file, you need to purchase Add-on. ■About In-app Advertising Banner Advertising is displayed in Home Screen. You can hide these Advertising by purchasing "Additional Function Add-on".
IBI
This app optimizes delivery routes for multiple addresses, whether you're traveling by car or bike. It allows address input via speech, typing, or scanning and provides directions through your preferred navigation app. A free trial is available before committing to a subscription.
- Optimizes multi-address routes
- Supports car and bike navigation
- Address input via speech, typing, or scanning
- Integrates with built-in navigation apps
- Automatic route sequencing
- Free trial available
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IBI helps you sorting a list with addresses in the most optimal route. Use IBI when delivering two or more packages. By car or by bike, IBI optimizes your route. Enter your addresses in IBI by speech recognition, typing of scanning addressses. IBI determines the optimal sequence of delivery, gives you directions with your built-in navigation app Apple Maps. IBI requires a subscription. When starting the application, you can, by entering your email address, start with a 1 month free trial. After the trial you can use an in-app purchase to purchase a subscription with a duration of one month or one year. Both the monthly and annual subscription will be automatically renewed. You may cancel up to 24 hours before the end of your current subscription period. You can only change the subscription via the settings of your phone. For instructions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039#iOS It is not possible to cancel the current term. The payment of the subscription proceeds via your iTunes account and must first be confirmed at time of purchase. View the privacy and use terms for this app at https://www.ibi-app.com/en/privacy-statement/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Route Maker at 51% against IBI's 0%. Route Maker also leads on rating (3.2 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). IBI's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Route Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and IBI sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Route Maker holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Route Maker has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Route Maker's written reviews are positive against 0% of IBI's.
Route Maker ships an update every 2 months, IBI every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Route Maker | IBI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (14 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 239 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TAIKI HIRATA | First Element |
Customer experience
Route Maker
IBI
In-app purchases
Route Maker
- Additional Functions$2.99
IBI
- IBI 10 - month subscription$1.991 Month
- IBI Start - month subscription$6.991 Month
- IBI Go - month subscription$14.991 Month
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- IBI 10 - year subscription$17.991 Year
- IBI Pro - month subscription$24.991 Month
- IBI Start - year subscription$70.991 Year
- IBI Go - year subscription$149.991 Year
- IBI Pro - year subscription$249.991 Year
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