Comparison

Route Maker vs Road Order

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

Road Order

Features
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Before you load the van, put today's pile of parcels in an order you can drive without looping back. Add addresses and Road Order arranges your stops by real road travel times checked on Apple Maps. Arranging is free, with no limit on the number of stops. NO LOOPING BACK Parcels for the same address become one stop ("2 parcels"). Stops within 80 m (260 ft) of each other are walked instead of driven. Parking time per stop is counted, so you're far less likely to leave a building and come back later for its second parcel. One more parcel after arranging? It's slotted in where it adds the least detour, numbered like "5a", and every other stop keeps its number (or re-arrange everything). BY ROAD, NOT STRAIGHT LINES Straight-line orders send you the long way around one-way streets, rivers and railways. Road Order checks each leg on Apple Maps and shows how many are checked, e.g. "Road-checked legs 38/41". Once every leg is checked, it becomes the "Road-checked order". Unchecked legs are never called checked (dotted on the map). In our estimate, a 30-stop round came out about 5 minutes shorter than the straight-line order (varies by area and number of stops). DOUBTFUL ADDRESSES TURN YELLOW Addresses not found to the house number, matching another street or ZIP code, sharing a spot with another address, or far from the other stops turn yellow with a one-line reason. An address that can't be found is never dropped at your current location. Fix a pin once and that address is placed correctly from then on. SNAP THE LABEL Photograph a label's SHIP TO section and the recipient's address is offered; the sender's details, phone and tracking numbers are skipped. Photos are read on your iPhone and never saved or sent. You can also type or dictate addresses. ON THE ROAD The next stop is shown large and handed to Apple Maps or Google Maps one at a time. Mark each stop Done, Not Home, Returned or Skip. Off route? Re-arrange the rest from where you are. When you finish, save the sheet as a route with a name and days (Pro). SEND THE DRIVING ORDER Send today's driving order (numbers and addresses) as text to your office or a relief driver by Messages, Mail or any app. Names are included only if you choose. Arrival estimates can be added too (Pro). PRO (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) - Time windows: add Morning or 2–4 PM, get arrival estimates from road travel times and see which stop will be late; re-arrange for windows or keep your order. - Continuous label scanning: keep shooting, then review and add them all at once. - Paste a list of addresses to add them. - Saved routes: save regular customers by day of the week; legs checked on earlier runs carry over, so it's arranged as soon as you open it. - Remember delivery notes: a note like "Leave at door" is kept for each address and shown as the "Previous note" the next time that address is added. - Package type and where it's loaded: tag a stop (Large box, Heavy, Back of cargo...) with a tap and see it large on the delivery screen. - Records: daily counts of Done, Not Home and Returned, CSV export, and a password-protected backup. Arranging stays free. There is no subscription and no per-stop or per-use charge. WHO IT'S FOR - Couriers covering an unfamiliar area (gig, relief and new drivers) - Visiting regular customers by day: route sales, service calls, inspections, collections and route deliveries PLEASE NOTE - Travel times are Apple Maps estimates and change with road conditions. - Don't use the app while driving. Operate it only after you've stopped. - Turn-by-turn navigation is provided by Apple Maps or Google Maps. - The order keeps only improvements checked on the road; it isn't guaranteed to be the shortest possible. - Addresses, recipient names and your delivery sheet are stored only on your iPhone (address text and locations are sent to Apple Maps to look up places and travel times). Privacy Policy: https://rainbowtree.work/privacy/haitatsu-route-en.html

Screenshots

Route Maker4 screens
Road Order4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Road Order at none against Route Maker's shown. Road Order also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 and Road Order sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Route Maker ships an update every 2 months, Road Order every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Route Maker versus Road Order: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoute MakerRoad Order
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTAIKI HIRATARAINBOW TREE LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Route Maker

One-time1
  • Additional Functions$2.99
1 purchases

Road Order

One-time1
  • Road Order Pro$69.99

Questions

Is Route Maker free?
Route Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Road Order free?
Road Order is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Route Maker or Road Order have ads?
Route Maker shows ads; Road Order does not.
Which is updated more often, Route Maker or Road Order?
Route Maker ships an update every 2 months, and Road Order every 3 weeks. Most recently, Route Maker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Road Order on October 24, 2026.

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