Pool route software that keeps weekly routes tight.
A pool route is the same pools on the same day every week. The money is in keeping them close together, and in knowing when one gets missed.
- Free for up to 50 addresses
- No credit card
- No app to install
The short answer
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Lite Route Planner is pool route software: import your pools, color the map by service day, lasso each day's pools into a route and optimize it in one click. Set how long each pool takes and the day's total adds it to the drive time. It's free for up to 50 pools, Personal covers up to 200 for $19.99 a month billed every six months, and Business adds unlimited techs with no per-tech fees. It isn't pool service software: there are no chemical logs or billing.
Why a tight route is worth money
Pool routes are often bought and sold by the account, and a dense route is worth more than a scattered one for a simple reason: drive time is unpaid time.
Take 16 pools a day and 16 drives to reach them. At 12 minutes a drive, that's 3 hours 12 minutes behind the wheel. At 5 minutes, it's 1 hour 20 minutes. The difference is almost two hours a day, room for four or five more pools at 20 minutes each.
Lite helps in two places: putting each day's pools in the shortest order, and showing you which day a new customer belongs on so the route stays dense.
A pool route spreadsheet
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | |
| 1 | Customer | Address | City | Day | Service | Minutes | Pool | Gate | Rate | Last service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Steve Kaminski | 2914 E Melrose St | Gilbert, AZ | Mon | Full service | 25 | Salt | Code 2580 | $165 | 10/12/2026 |
| 3 | Rosa Jimenez | 1187 W Iris Dr | Gilbert, AZ | Mon | Chem only | 12 | Chlorine | No lock | $95 | 10/12/2026 |
| 4 | Desert Palms HOA | 4455 S Val Vista Dr | Gilbert, AZ | Tue | Full service | 45 | Commercial | Office key | $480 | 10/13/2026 |
| 5 | Jason Wu | 820 W Saratoga St | Chandler, AZ | Tue | Full service | 25 | Chlorine | Dog in yard | $165 | 10/13/2026 |
| 6 | Megan Ortiz | 3368 E Kent Ave | Chandler, AZ | Wed | Full service and filter | 40 | Salt | Code 7713 | $185 | 10/07/2026 |
Day, Service and Pool come in as text you can color by, Minutes and Rate as numbers, and Last service as a date. Megan's pool was last serviced on October 7, so last Wednesday's visit was missed, and last-visit colors make that obvious. Put gate codes and dog warnings in each stop's note so the tech sees them on the phone.
Set up five service days from one list
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Import every pool
Upload the spreadsheet or paste it in. Pools stay saved, so this is a one-time job.
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Color by service day
Each day gets a color. If Thursday's pools are spread over three towns while Monday's sit in one, you'll see it.
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Set time per pool
Set a default, like 20 minutes, then change the ones that differ: 12 for a chem-only stop, 45 for a commercial pool.
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Lasso and optimize each day
Filter to Monday, lasso the pools, start from home and press Optimize. Repeat for each day.
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Drive it, mark it, complete it
Mark each pool Visited as you leave. Complete the route at the end of the day and the visits stay in each pool's history. More on weekly service routes.
Pool route habits that work in Lite
Put a new pool on the right day
Color by service day and look at the pins around the new address. The day with the most neighbors is the day to offer.
Find a skipped pool fast
Color by last visit. On a weekly route, a pool that has slipped to 2 to 4 weeks ago missed at least one service.
Log a quick reading
There's no chemical log, but each visit can carry a note, like "FC 3, pH 7.6, 2 tabs." It stays in the pool's history.
Locked gate? Mark it Attempted
Color by last outcome the next morning and add every attempted pool to that day's route.
Green-pool cleanups
Add the address, set 90 minutes on it, and drop it into the nearest day's route. The day's total shows whether it still fits.
Before you buy a route
Import the seller's customer list and look at it on the map. You'll see how tight the route really is before you pay for it.
Pool route software or pool service software?
Choose Lite if
- You want routing: the right pools on the right day, in the shortest order.
- You log readings on paper, in a notes app or in a few words per visit.
- You want techs on a phone link with no per-tech fees, or it's just you and up to 200 pools.
Choose pool service software if
- You want chemical logs with dosing math and readings on every visit.
- You want customers to get an emailed service report with photos after each visit.
- You want billing and autopay in the same system as your routes.