Routey
July 5, 2026
Routey
Your route. Your rules.
Routey is the offline-first iPhone companion built for rural mail carriers. Import a route, search it locally, snap parcel labels with OCR, and keep moving even where there's no cell signal.
Internal TestFlight is active and V1.0 is in progress. The V1.0 cut focuses on the phone workflow first; watchOS and CarPlay stay planned until the phone workflow is stable, reviewed, and useful in the truck.
The official tools weren't built for rural routes
Rural carriers handle more parcels than ever, with handhelds designed for city sidewalks — not gravel roads, dead zones, and hundred-parcel mornings.
Built from the truck, not the boardroom
I deliver a rural route every day — gravel roads, dead zones, and more parcels every year. Like most carriers, I ended up keeping a paper notebook because the issued tools couldn't keep up with the realities of the job. Routey is what I built instead. Every feature has to survive the truck: offline-first because rural routes lose signal, OCR scanning because nobody should hand-type a morning of labels, and a tight iPhone workflow before the watch or dashboard get their turn. If it doesn't save time in the truck, it doesn't ship.
— Dan, rural mail carrier and creator of Routey
Built for how carriers actually work
- OCR Snap-to-Add: Snap a parcel label to add it quickly without typing every address by hand.
- Master Route List: Keep the route in delivery order so today's work can be sorted against a known backbone.
- watchOS Companion: Planned wrist surfaces for the next stop and quick delivery actions after the phone workflow is stable.
- CarPlay Navigation: Planned in-car route context after the phone workflow proves itself.
- Flexible Route Views: Switch between the master route and today's run so odd days do not break the system.
- Proof of Delivery: Domain support exists for delivery outcomes, optional location/photo references, follow-ups, and history; the V1.0 app still needs the visible delivery logging UI before this is ready for review.
- Delivery Intelligence: Turn repeated field work into route knowledge over time.
- Predictive Search: Find stops quickly from local route data.
Three steps every morning
- Sort your mail. Start from the route's real delivery order instead of rebuilding the day from scratch.
- Snap your parcels. OCR-scan each label to add it in route order automatically — or search and tap, whichever is faster.
- Deliver from Today's Run. Work from the daily list while keeping the master route intact.
V1.0 still has gates
- iPhone nightly: The current path is iPhone-first.
- V1.0 release gates: Route import, local search, parcel capture, and daily-run flow need to be stable before public launch claims get stronger.
- Apple ecosystem surfaces: watchOS and CarPlay are planned surfaces, not pass-1 public promises.
Routey is in active development with internal TestFlight builds running. Star the project to follow along while V1.0 moves toward review.
Independent project note: Routey is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any postal or delivery service. Apple, CarPlay, and Apple Watch are trademarks of Apple Inc.