How do I get started with PlaceMaker?

  1. Tap the + button in the lower right corner of the screen to enter search mode to add stops.

  2. The first stop should be where you start your route. Typically home, office, or warehouse.

  3. Then you add all of the stops you need to make.

  4. The last stop you add should be where you want to end. Typically home, office, or warehouse.

  5. After you add all your stops, tap Done to return to the list.

  6. If you need to move a stop to be first or last, the easiest way is to do a long press in the middle of the stop, and a menu will appear allowing you to move the stop.

  7. When you have all of your stops, tap the button with the arrows point up and down in the middle bottom of the screen, and then tap Optimize Route.

  8. Optimize Route will leave the first and last stop, and reorder all of the other stops for an optimal route.

There are four search engines available in the iOS version of PlaceMaker – Apple Search, Google Search, Here, and What3Words. To temporarily switch to Google search, tap on “Apple” or “A” to the left of the search text box and select Google. What3words addresses can be entered in the search text box. The Android version supports Here search only.

Route optimization is available with a subscription. For iOS, to optimize the route,
1. tap on the up/down arrows at the bottom of the list, then
2. tap “Optimize Route”.
When the optimization is complete, a popup will display summarizing the results of the route optimization.
Tap Reorder stops to accept the optimized route (and reorder your stops) or cancel if you want to ignore the optimization. The first and last stop will not be moved, but the other stops will ordered to minimize travel time. Since the first and last stops won’t be moved, the best practice is to enter your home/office/warehouse as the first and last stop.

On Android, to optimize the route, tap Optimize, and then tap reorder stops to accept the optimal order.