RouteHero
RouteHero
Track collections, smart routes, prize inventory, and commissions in one place. Built for crane game and bulk vending operators tired of running a real business on spreadsheets.
Free forever for 10 machines. No credit card. iOS + Android + web.
Built specifically for crane game, bulk vending, and amusement operators. Not a re-skinned vending VMS, not a generic field-service app.
Look at every machine's current stock and tell you exactly which prizes to grab before you head out. Cuts trips back to the warehouse by 80%.
Every stop gets a score from days-since-collection, expected cash, and stock status. Hit urgent ones first. No more "Tuesday is north side" routines.
Plush, capsules, prize boxes, tokens. See what's at the warehouse, what's loaded in each machine, and what's running critical.
When a machine starts dropping plush or jamming coins, open a ticket. Track repair history per machine. Know which ones are costing you in downtime.
"Big Red Claw revenue is 22% off — check the open ticket." "Tony's owed $356, pay before he asks." Real suggestions from your real data.
Log every payout. End of year, export 1099 totals per location in one tap. No more digging through Venmo screenshots in January.
I've operated claw and bulk vending machines for years. I tried the existing tools — they're either built for soda vending at enterprise scale, or they're spreadsheets with a paint job. Neither fits how an actual amusement operator works.
RouteHero is the app I wished existed: built for routes under 200 machines, priced for solo operators, and obsessed with the things that actually matter on collection day.
— Mitchell, founder
The operator's sidekick.
SmartClaw is built for operators with telemetry-enabled machines and Nayax integrations. RouteHero is built for the rest of us — the operators running mixed fleets, older cabinets, and small routes that don't justify enterprise gear.
| RouteHero | SmartClaw | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 10 machines | 2 machines |
| Entry paid tier | $9/mo · 50 machines | $19/mo · 10 machines |
| Unlimited machines | $29/mo | $49+/mo |
| Works without Nayax telemetry | Yes | Limited |
| Manual collection logging | Two taps | Yes |
| Smart routing by priority | Yes | Yes |
| Prize inventory tracking | Yes | Limited |
| 1099 export for locations | One tap | CSV export |
| Built by an operator | Yes | — |
| Operates a competing route | No, never | No |
Comparisons based on SmartClaw's publicly listed pricing and feature set as of May 2026. SmartClaw is a registered trademark of its owners.
When you give an app this much access to your route data — locations, revenue, collection times, prize costs — you deserve to know exactly what we will and will not do with it.
RouteHero is a software company. We will never own or operate machines that compete with yours. Our incentive is your success, not your data.
Your location list belongs to you. We will never contact your venues, sell your location data, or use it to recruit other operators.
No "anonymized industry insights" sold to manufacturers, distributors, or insurance companies. Your numbers stay your numbers.
Import from a spreadsheet or type them in. Set commission rates per location, override per machine.
Log collections, restocks, and service issues with two taps each. The dashboard updates in real-time.
Track every dollar across your fleet. Cut commission checks with one tap. Export 1099s at year-end.
Most route management software starts at $50/mo and assumes you have 200+ machines. We start at $0 and assume you might have 5.
Beta operators get founding-member pricing locked in for life.
Free for the entire beta. We're looking for operators with 5–100 machines running claw, bulk, or merchandiser routes. You give us feedback, we lock in founding-member pricing for life.
Email Mitchell to joinOr text "ROUTEHERO" to your operator group chat. Spots fill on a first-come basis.