The main free alternatives to Circuit for couriers in Poland are free tiers of route planner apps, a Polish web planner and Google Maps — but their free limits range from 8 to 100 stops, so the right pick depends on how many parcels you carry a day.
Circuit is now called Spoke, and its free plan stops at 10 stops per route. That is fine for a test run, but an InPost, DPD or Amazon Flex route in Warsaw, Kraków or Wrocław usually has far more. Below is what each free option actually gives you, how to check it fits your routes, and a quick way to plan today’s run without paying.
What happened to Circuit
Circuit’s route planner now runs under the Spoke name. The Polish App Store listing is called "Spoke planer tras" and notes it was previously "Circuit planer tras" (App Store PL).
The free version lets you add up to 10 stops per route, with unlimited routes. Paid subscriptions in the Polish store are listed at 19,99 zł (Lite), 37,99 zł (Premium) and 224,99 zł a year (Premium Annual) (App Store PL). On its own site, Spoke lists Lite at $9.99 and Standard at $19.99 a month, both with unlimited stops per route (Spoke pricing).
Why couriers look elsewhere comes down to volume. A courier quoted by Forbes.pl talks about having "220 paczek" and every minute counting. Ten free stops covers a small slice of a day like that.
Recent Polish reviews of the app raise other points worth knowing before you choose any planner:
- Reordering stops by hand after optimisation — one reviewer missed "przestawiania przystanków ręcznie" (Google Play PL).
- Estimated times that don’t match the road — "czas jest błędnie odmierzany" (Google Play PL).
- Addresses that can’t be found in Poland (App Store PL).
These are things to test in any app, not just one.
Free options at a glance
Each free limit below is taken from the provider’s own pricing page or store listing, checked in October 2026. Prices change, so open the link before you decide.
| Option | What’s free | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spoke (formerly Circuit) | Up to 10 stops per route, unlimited routes | iOS and Android app | App Store PL |
| RoadWarrior | Up to 8 stops per route | iOS and Android app | RoadWarrior pricing |
| Routific | Up to 100 orders a month, all features except SMS | Web platform for delivery businesses | Routific pricing |
| najszybszatrasa.pl | Up to 100 stops in Poland, no registration, no installation | Web planner in the browser | najszybszatrasa.pl |
| Google Maps | Up to nine stops including the destination, no automatic reordering | Navigation app | BGR |
| Delivery Planner | Up to 50 stops, unlimited routes (fair use), one-click optimisation | iOS and Android app | Delivery Planner |
A few things the table doesn’t show. Routific counts orders per month, not stops per route, so 100 orders can go quickly on a busy week. RoadWarrior’s paid Pro plan raises the limit to 120 stops per route (RoadWarrior pricing). najszybszatrasa.pl runs in a browser rather than as a phone app (najszybszatrasa.pl).
How to choose a free planner for Polish routes
A free plan only helps if it fits a real working day. Run these five checks before you commit.
- Count your stops, not your parcels. Ten parcels to one block of flats is one stop. Look at last week’s busiest day and count the addresses. If that number is above an app’s free limit, you will be splitting routes by hand.
- Check the limit type. Some limits are per route (Spoke, RoadWarrior), some per month (Routific). A per-month cap can run out halfway through the week.
- Test your hardest addresses. Pick five tricky ones: a village outside Kraków, a new estate in Wrocław, a block with several entrances in Warsaw. Type them in and check each pin lands where it should. A pin in the wrong place costs more than any subscription.
- Test how fast you can add stops. At the depot you don’t have time to type 60 addresses. See whether the app takes voice input, a photo of the label, or a spreadsheet import.
- Check you can drive the result. Open the optimised route and follow the first few legs in your usual navigation app. Note whether the order makes sense for one-way streets, parking and parcel locker stops.
Give each app one full shift if you can. A route that looks fine on screen can feel different at 7am on a Monday.
Plan today’s route for free: step by step
This works with most free planners. It takes about ten minutes once you’ve done it twice.
- Sort before you scan. At the depot, group parcels by street or estate. Stops for the same building become one stop.
- Set your start and end. Use the depot as the start. Set the end to the depot, your home or your last drop, depending on how your shift ends.
- Add stops the fast way. Use voice input or a photo of the label instead of typing. Check each address as it lands, especially house and flat numbers.
- Add time windows and notes. Mark business addresses that close early and any customer who asked for a set time.
- Optimise. Run the optimisation and look at the map. If one stop sits far from the rest, check the address — it’s often a typo.
- Fix what the app can’t know. Move stops you know are better done early, like a shop that opens at 8, or a parcel locker with tricky parking.
- Load the van in reverse. Put the last stops at the back and the first stops near the door. This saves minutes at every drop.
- Re-optimise after changes. If a customer isn’t home or a new pickup comes in, update the route instead of guessing.
If your day goes over the free limit, split it into two routes, for example morning and afternoon, and plan each one separately.
Related reading: the definitive guide to route optimization, our test of route optimization on 60 Polish delivery routes and the free route planner for up to 50 stops. For a head-to-head table of stop limits, prices and languages, see Delivery Planner vs Spoke (Circuit). All our guides and research in one place: route optimization guides and research.
Try Delivery Planner on your next route
Delivery Planner is a free route planner for couriers on iOS and Android. You get up to 50 stops free, with no limit on the number of routes (fair use). Add addresses by voice or by taking a photo of the parcel label, then optimise the route in one tap.
Run it on tomorrow’s route next to whatever you use now and see which fits your day.
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