Route Maker vs Route Optimize
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".
Route Optimize
Plan and optimize your travel routes by distance. Get turn-by-turn directions, estimated travel times, and street view information. Easily share your planned journeys with others.
- Route optimization by distance
- Turn-by-turn directions
- Estimated travel time
- Street view integration
- Route sharing
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Build a route and optimize by distance. View turn-by-turn directions and estimated travel time. Get location details including street side view where available. Share your route with others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Route Optimize at none against Route Maker's 1. Route Optimize also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). Route Maker's advantage is review sentiment (51% vs 42%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Route Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Route Optimize asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.2 for Route Maker against 3.1 for Route Optimize. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Route Maker's written reviews are positive against 42% of Route Optimize's.
Route Maker ships an update every 2 months, Route Optimize every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Route Maker | Route Optimize |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (14 ratings) — better | 3.1 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.9% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TAIKI HIRATA | CHRIS HODGE |
Customer experience
Route Maker
Route Optimize
In-app purchases
Route Maker
- Additional Functions$2.99
Route Optimize
No in-app purchases
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