How to add multiple stops on Apple Maps.
Since iOS 16, Apple Maps on iPhone can drive you through up to 15 stops in one route. It keeps them in the order you choose, so the order is worth getting right.
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The short answer
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To add stops in Apple Maps on an iPhone with iOS 16 or later, get driving directions to your first place, tap Add Stop, and choose the next one; you can add up to 15 stops and drag them into a new order. Multi-stop routes are for driving only, and Apple Maps keeps your order rather than optimizing it. Lite Route Planner puts the stops in the shortest order first and opens each one in Apple Maps with a tap, free for up to 50 addresses.
Add stops to a driving route in Apple Maps
You need an iPhone on iOS 16 or later, and driving directions. Walking, cycling and transit take one destination.
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Search for your first stop
Open Maps and search for the place, or tap it on the map.
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Get driving directions
Tap the directions button on the place card, and make sure driving is selected.
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Tap Add Stop
It's below the list of places in your route. Search for the next stop and tap it to add it to the end of the list.
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Repeat for up to 15 stops
Tap Add Stop again for each place on your list.
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Drag stops into order
Touch and hold the handle next to a stop, then drag it up or down. To remove a stop, swipe left on it and tap Delete.
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Tap Go
Apple Maps navigates to each stop in the order on the list.
Apple Maps' multi-stop rules
Up to 15 stops
Five more than Google Maps allows, which covers most errand days and short service routes.
Driving only
Walking, cycling and transit directions don't take extra stops.
Your order, not the shortest
Apple Maps doesn't reorder stops. It drives them from the top of the list to the bottom.
iOS 16 or later
Multi-stop routes arrived with iOS 16 in 2022. If you don't see Add Stop, check for a software update.
No list import
There's no way to bring in a spreadsheet. Each stop is searched for and added by hand.
On a Mac too
Maps on a Mac lets you add stops to a driving route the same way: get directions, then click Add Stop below the destination.
Before you tap Add Stop eight times
Say you're a mobile groomer with eight appointments across Plano, Frisco and Allen. Typed into Apple Maps in booking order, the day can send you back and forth over the same highway. Start from the list instead.
| A | B | C | D | E | |
| 1 | Client | Address | City | Pet | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kendra Oyelaran | 5812 Briar Glen Dr | Plano | Goldendoodle, full groom | 120 |
| 3 | Tom and Ruth Abernathy | 3307 Wexford Ln | Frisco | Two cats, bath and nails | 60 |
| 4 | Priya Raman | 940 Silver Maple Ct | Plano | Shih Tzu, puppy cut | 75 |
| 5 | Galloway Family | 12118 Stonebrook Pkwy | Frisco | Labrador, bath and deshed | 90 |
| 6 | Marcus Bell | 2601 Ashby Trl | Allen | Yorkie, trim | 45 |
In Lite, paste the list, lasso it into a route and press Optimize. Give each stop its own time on site (a doodle takes longer than a Yorkie) and the day's total shows grooming plus driving. If clients are booked for set times, keep their booked order: Lite orders stops by distance and doesn't plan around appointment times.
Plan the order, then drive it in Apple Maps
Lite Route Planner works alongside Apple Maps rather than replacing it. You plan in the browser on a computer or on the iPhone itself, and when it's time to drive, each stop opens in Apple Maps with one tap.
Because you open one stop at a time, Apple Maps' 15-stop limit no longer matters: a 30-stop route is 30 taps, already in a short order. Mark each stop Visited or Attempted before you pull away, and the visit is saved to that customer's history.
It runs in Safari or any other browser, so there's nothing to install, and anyone on the team with an Android phone gets the same route.
Apple Maps or Lite?
Choose Lite if
- You have more than 15 stops, or you'd rather not work out the order yourself
- Your stops come from a spreadsheet or a customer list
- You visit the same customers again and want a history of each visit
- Your team uses a mix of iPhone and Android
Choose Apple Maps if
- You have 15 stops or fewer and already know the order
- It's a one-off day of errands
- You want everything inside an app that's already on your iPhone