El orden de ruta de Amazon está optimizado para su logística de almacén, no para tu camino a casa. Después de demasiados turnos terminando en el lado equivocado de la ciudad, creé una herramienta para solucionarlo.

FlexRoute. Tomas una captura de pantalla de tu lista de paradas Flex, la subes, y la app calcula el orden de conducción más corto usando distancias GPS reales — terminando siempre lo más cerca posible de tu casa. Todo en menos de 2 minutos antes de empezar tu turno.

La app está ahora disponible en español. Los formatos de dirección mexicanos funcionan — Calle, Avenida, Colonia, Códigos Postales. Conductores en México ya la están usando.

Despues de optimizar tu ruta, hay un Modo Turno — la app te guía parada por parada con la dirección grande en pantalla, botones de Waze y Maps, y tocas Entregado para pasar a la siguiente. Sin más desplazarte por una lista entre cada entrega.

Gratis. Sin cuenta. Sin instalar nada. Funciona en iPhone y Android.

flexrouteapp.com

Si algo no funciona para tu zona o formato de dirección, responde aquí. Corrijo los problemas rápido.

Amazon's route order is optimized for their warehouse logistics, not your drive. Depending on your block it can send you back and forth across the city before looping you back — nowhere near home.

I'm a Flex driver. A few months ago I built a free tool called FlexRoute that reads your stop list from a screenshot and finds a shorter driving order. It shows you exactly how many km and minutes you save before you start.

Posted here a few weeks ago. Since then 314 drivers in 15 countries have used it. I've been fixing bugs and adding features based on real feedback from drivers in this sub.

The biggest addition: **Shift Mode**. After you optimize, tap Start Shift Mode and the app shows one stop at a time — large address, package number, Waze and Maps buttons. Tap Delivered. Next stop appears. No more scrolling through a list between every delivery.

Few things worth knowing:

- Works on any phone browser, nothing to install

- Screenshot → optimized route in under 2 minutes

- Your home address is the endpoint — you always finish heading home

- Completely free, no account, no data sent to Amazon

If your route format isn't reading correctly or something's broken in your city, reply here. I fix things same day.

Amazon's route order is optimized for their warehouse logistics, not your drive. Depending on your block it can send you back and forth across the city before looping you back — nowhere near home.

I'm a Flex driver. A few months ago I built a free tool called FlexRoute that reads your stop list from a screenshot and finds a shorter driving order. It shows you exactly how many km and minutes you save before you start.

Posted here a few weeks ago. Since then 314 drivers in 15 countries have used it. I've been fixing bugs and adding features based on real feedback from drivers in this sub.

The biggest addition: **Shift Mode**. After you optimize, tap Start Shift Mode and the app shows one stop at a time — large address, package number, Waze and Maps buttons. Tap Delivered. Next stop appears. No more scrolling through a list between every delivery.

Few things worth knowing:

- Works on any phone browser, nothing to install

- Screenshot → optimized route in under 2 minutes

- Your home address is the endpoint — you always finish heading home

- Completely free, no account, no data sent to Amazon

If your route format isn't reading correctly or something's broken in your city, reply here. I fix things same day.

FlexRoute update — 2 weeks in: 222 drivers, 7 countries, and lots of fixes from your feedback

Two weeks ago I shared a free route optimizer for Flex shifts. The response was much bigger than expected, so here’s a quick, honest update.

Current stats:

• 222 active drivers (last 7 days)
• Used in 7 countries (Canada, US, UK, Mexico, Singapore, Germany, France) — all organic
• 1,497 launches into Maps/Waze from optimized routes
• Proper domain now.

Issues drivers found (and fixes):

An Indiana driver stress-tested it and found rural addresses weren’t parsing. The issue was Flex using “Expected by 8:00 AM” instead of “Scheduled,” plus grid-style roads not being recognized. Both are now fixed. He also noticed better routing around construction — that turned out to be fresher map data, not a bug.

A Scarborough driver found postal codes in the start address were inflating distance. Fixed — ZIP/postal codes are now stripped before geocoding.

Some drivers reported occasional backtracking. I upgraded the optimizer with an Or-opt improvement, which reduces those “go out then come back” routes.

New features from feedback:

• Tweak mode — manually adjust stops, then re-optimize
• State/Province setting — improves rural address accuracy
• Session persistence — routes survive tab switches/restarts
• Failed address alerts — shows issues before optimization

Limitations:

• Some rural addresses still fail without better map data (Google Maps API helps)
• Small routes (<10 stops) are often already optimized by Amazon
• It’s a web app, so best used from your home screen

Still free, no account needed..

If you’ve tried it and hit issues, share your city/market — every report has helped improve

Two weeks ago I shared a free route optimizer for Flex shifts. The response was much bigger than expected, so here’s a quick, honest update.

Current stats:

• 222 active drivers (last 7 days)
• Used in 7 countries (Canada, US, UK, Mexico, Singapore, Germany, France) — all organic
• 1,497 launches into Maps/Waze from optimized routes
• Proper domain now.

Issues drivers found (and fixes):

An Indiana driver stress-tested it and found rural addresses weren’t parsing. The issue was Flex using “Expected by 8:00 AM” instead of “Scheduled,” plus grid-style roads not being recognized. Both are now fixed. He also noticed better routing around construction — that turned out to be fresher map data, not a bug.

A Scarborough driver found postal codes in the start address were inflating distance. Fixed — ZIP/postal codes are now stripped before geocoding.

Some drivers reported occasional backtracking. I upgraded the optimizer with an Or-opt improvement, which reduces those “go out then come back” routes.

New features from feedback:

• Tweak mode — manually adjust stops, then re-optimize
• State/Province setting — improves rural address accuracy
• Session persistence — routes survive tab switches/restarts
• Failed address alerts — shows issues before optimization

Limitations:

• Some rural addresses still fail without better map data (Google Maps API helps)
• Small routes (<10 stops) are often already optimized by Amazon
• It’s a web app, so best used from your home screen

Still free, no account needed..

If you’ve tried it and hit issues, share your city/market — every report has helped improve

Last week I shared a free route optimizer I built for Flex drivers. The response was more than I expected so I wanted to give an honest update on what happened.

**What the data showed after 1 week:**

- Drivers in 4 countries used it: Canada, USA, Sweden, and Mexico — all organic, I didn't target any of them

- 17 real route optimizations completed

- 81% of drivers who started an optimization actually completed it

- 25 times someone opened the optimized route in Google Maps or Waze to actually drive it

**What drivers found and what I fixed:**

An Indiana driver tested it and found the app wasn't reading US addresses at all. Turned out Amazon Flex in Indiana shows "Expected by 10:00 PM" instead of "Scheduled" — my parser was only looking for "Scheduled" so it skipped every single stop. Also the city appears *before* the street in some US markets, opposite of how it works in Canada. Both fixed.

Another driver found that OpenStreetMap sometimes places addresses in the wrong city for rural US areas (put a stop 17km off in the wrong direction). Added Google Maps geocoding as an optional fallback — near-perfect coverage for rural US routes.

Someone pointed out that switching to Waze mid-shift caused the app to reload and lose the whole route. Fixed — the route now persists through tab switches, phone sleep, and browser restarts.

**What it does for those who missed the original post:**

- Take a scrolling screenshot of your Flex itinerary

- Upload it — reads all addresses automatically

- Calculates shortest real-road route using OpenStreetMap

- Shows exactly how many km/miles and minutes you save vs Amazon's order

- Ends the route at your home address

- Opens directly in Google Maps or Waze — no navigation inside the app

- Free, nothing to install, works on any phone browser

Still actively improving it. If you tried it and something didn't work, tell me what city/market you're in and I'll fix it.