Comparison

Route Maker vs ShareRoute!

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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".

About

ShareRoute!

Features
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~~~ ShareRoute! ~~~ Easily create route/guide map Signboards and speech bubbles can be placed on the map Notes can be placed on the map screen Easily share routes/guide maps Push Notification ~ Easily create routes/guide maps ~ When you tap on the map, a route is drawn that passes through the tapped locations in order. You can easily fine-tune the location of the tapped passing points with the cross button. ~ Signboards and speech bubbles can be placed on the map ~ Specify the location on the map where you want to place the signboard or speech bubble. By setting the text you want to display, the color and size of the text and sign, etc., the signboard or speech bubble with the set content will be placed on the map. ~ Notes can be placed on the map screen ~ By setting the text you want to display, the color and size of the text and background, etc., the note with the set content will be placed with the map. The positions where it will be placed are the upper left, upper center, upper right, lower left, lower center, and lower right of the screen. ~ Easily share routes/guide maps ~ When you upload a map, the app assigns a route code. When the person you want to share with downloads it using that route code, the next time you upload, it will be reflected in the app of all the people who shared it with in real time. There is no need to share your ID. Only self-made routes can be uploaded. ~ Push notification ~ When you upload, the person who shared it will be notified.

Screenshots

Route Maker4 screens
ShareRoute!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShareRoute! at none against Route Maker's 1. ShareRoute! also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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. Route Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShareRoute! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Route Maker ships an update every 2 months, ShareRoute! every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Route Maker versus ShareRoute!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoute MakerShareRoute!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB49 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTAIKI HIRATAKenichi Agata

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Route Maker

One-time1
  • Additional Functions$2.99
None

ShareRoute!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Route Maker free?
Route Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShareRoute! free?
ShareRoute! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Route Maker or ShareRoute! have ads?
Both Route Maker and ShareRoute! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Route Maker or ShareRoute!?
Route Maker ships an update every 2 months, and ShareRoute! every 6 weeks. Most recently, Route Maker was updated on October 29, 2026 and ShareRoute! on October 27, 2026.

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