Route Planning Mobile Applications

Getting lost between meetings is the worst feeling. It can mean that you are late and stressed and you lose clients. For a salesperson there is nothing worse than annoying a potential client. If you are late, the meeting might get cancelled or rearranged. A cancelled meeting, loses the business. A rearranged meeting keeps in the potential client’s mind that you are unreliable.

If you own a business, a route planner may help you end your day earlier and satisfy clients, employers, and contractors. You’ll also be satisfied that you discovered the most efficient route, which should save you both fuel and time.

Over the last few years, the number of applications for this purpose has expanded, making it hard to pick. So here are our chosen route planning applications for various businesses that you can download via smartphone.

  • Google Maps – This digital mapping tool covers over 220 countries and territories and millions of businesses and localities. It provides real-time GPS navigation, traffic statistics, and public transit info. It provides real time traffic reports, ETAs, and automated rerouting depending on road closures. It also has images from satellites, photos taken from the air, street maps, and more that are helpful for navigators.
  • Maps.me – This application is designed for global travellers, since its primary feature is offline, high-quality maps of the globe. It offers complete offline features, including a search tool, navigation, and the ability to locate items like shops and ATMs. This app utilises less battery power than others that operate in the background since everything is done offline.
  • Citymapper –  This app offers a variety of travel alternatives for your routes in urban areas, displaying the various modes of transportation and their associated costs. Recent versions of the app include voice directions for walking, cycling, scootering, and public transit, along with calendar synchronization, routing, and turn-by-turn directions.
  • Upper Route Planner -This app has two choices for route planning and optimisation: One for small to medium-sized businesses to organise and simplify everyday deliveries, or Upper Route Planner for individual drivers to maximise routes. Some of the app’s features are optimising several stops per route, adding specific directions for each stopover, and collecting proof of delivery for tracking and documentation purposes.
  • ViaMichelin – This app offers free Michelin maps, routes with real-time traffic data, and voice-guided 3D mapping GPS navigation. With various routes, you may optimise your trip depending on traffic circumstances. You can also opt for the fastest, the cheapest, the Michelin-recommended, or the “discovery” route to your preferences.

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