The best free route planners for multiple stops in 2026.
Nine free route planners and map apps, checked against their own pricing and help pages on October 19, 2026. Here's what each one gives you without paying, and who it's best for.
- Free for up to 50 addresses
- No credit card
- No app to install
The short answer
Updated
The best free route planners for multiple stops in 2026 are Lite Route Planner (free for up to 50 addresses, with unlimited routes and optimizations), Routific (up to 100 delivery orders a month), MapQuest (26 stops, with ads), RouteXL (20 stops) and Delivery Planner (20 stops, no account). Google Maps (10 places) and Apple Maps (15 stops) are free for directions but don't reorder your stops. None of the free plans we checked offers unlimited stops for business use; Routing24's free plan has no stop cap but is for non-commercial use only.
Free route planners compared
What each one does without paying, as of October 19, 2026. A check means the free version does it.
| Feature | Lite | Routific | MapQuest | RouteXL | Delivery Planner | Spoke | Google Maps | Apple Maps | Routing24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free limit | Up to 50 addresses | 100 orders a month | 26 stops, with ads | 20 stops | 20 stops | 10 stops per route | 10 places per trip | 15 stops per trip | Non-commercial use only |
| Puts stops in the best order | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Imports a spreadsheet | Yes | Yes | With an account | Paste from Excel | Not stated | Not stated | No | No | Yes |
| Where it runs | Any browser | Web; drivers install an app | Web and app | Web | Web, no account | Phone app | Web and app | iPhone | Web |
| Built for | Small businesses with a customer list | Delivery businesses | One-off trips | Quick optimizations | A route right now | Solo delivery drivers | Directions | Directions on iPhone | Non-profits and learning |
Checked October 19, 2026 on each product's own pricing and help pages. Free trials aren't counted. Routific's free plan counts delivery orders; Spoke's free tier is in its Route Planner app. Routing24's free plan uses OpenStreetMap with limited address lookup. Paid plans side by side: compare every planner.
Ranked: the best free route planner for each job
Ranked by how far each free plan takes a small business that plans routes every week. Your best pick depends on your list, so each entry says who it suits.
1. Lite Route Planner
Free for up to 50 addresses, with unlimited routes, unlimited optimizations, and no credit card or trial clock. Imports Excel or CSV, opens each stop in Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze, and keeps a history of every visit. Best for service businesses and solo operators who route the same customers again and again. Not the pick if you need delivery time windows or photo proof of delivery.
2. Routific
Built for delivery, with time windows and proof of delivery, and free for up to 100 orders a month. Best for a small delivery business under 100 orders a month. Drivers install the Routific app, and past 100 orders the price is $150 a month.
3. MapQuest
A free web route planner for up to 26 stops, with ads. Its "Let us re-order stops" option optimizes the stops between your first and last. Best for a one-off day of up to 26 stops. Saving routes and importing a spreadsheet need an account, and there's no driver app.
4. RouteXL
Optimizes up to 20 stops for free in a web browser, takes addresses pasted from Excel, and downloads routes as GPX, ITN, CSV or KML. Best for a quick optimization, or for paying by the day (from €5) when you occasionally need up to 100 stops. No driver app.
5. Delivery Planner
A free web planner from Spoke for up to 20 stops, with no account and nothing to download. Best when you need a route right now and don't want to sign up. SpeedyRoute shut down in February 2025, and its old address now leads here.
6. Spoke (formerly Circuit)
The Spoke Route Planner app optimizes up to 10 stops per route for free, and one-person plans start at $9.99 a month. Best for a solo delivery driver who wants a native iPhone or Android app.
7. Google Maps
Free directions for up to 10 places per trip, in the order you enter them. Best for a short trip when you already know the order. It doesn't reorder stops or import a list.
8. Apple Maps
Up to 15 stops per driving route on iPhone with iOS 16 or later, in the order you set. Best for iPhone owners with a short errand list. No optimization and no import.
9. Routing24
A free plan with no stop cap, but only for non-commercial, learning and non-profit use, on OpenStreetMap maps with limited address lookup. Best for students, volunteers and non-profits. Business use starts at $69 a month.
Is there a free route planner with unlimited stops?
Not one you can use for a business, among the planners we checked. Every free plan caps something: stops per trip (Google Maps 10, Spoke 10, Apple Maps 15, RouteXL 20, Delivery Planner 20, MapQuest 26), orders a month (Routific 100) or saved addresses (Lite, 50). Routing24's free plan has no stop cap, but it's for non-commercial use only.
What matters is which cap you'll hit first. A per-trip cap stops you on a busy day. A monthly cap stops you in a busy month. Lite's cap is on the addresses you keep, and routes reuse them: a house cleaner with 40 regular clients can plan a route for every day of the week, and optimize each one as often as she likes, without using up anything more.
When you outgrow the free plan, Personal is $19.99 a month for up to 200 addresses, billed every six months, and Business adds unlimited drivers from $59.99 a month. See pricing, or the free plan in detail.
How we compared
We checked each product's own pricing page and help center on October 19, 2026, and counted only what you get without paying or entering a card. Free trials, such as OptimoRoute's 30 days, Upper's 7 days and Badger Maps' 14 days, aren't on the list, because they end.
For each one we noted the free limit, whether it reorders stops for you, whether it imports a spreadsheet, and where it runs. Where a vendor's own pages don't say, the table says Not stated rather than guessing.
Lite Route Planner is our product, so it's listed first, and we've tried to say plainly where another tool is the better pick. Free limits change, so check the vendor's page before you commit.