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Optimize a day’s route

Optimize reorders a day so you walk or drive less. You see the distance saved before you keep it.

2 min read Updated Nov 1, 2026 iPhone iPad Mac
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Tap Optimize

Open the day and tap Optimize at the top of the map. You see the day on a small map, numbered in its current order, with the distance.

Thursday on the Board, with Optimize over the map
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Let Trovelo reorder it

Tap Optimize again. The stops move into the shortest order, and you see the new distance and how much you saved.

Before: 11 miles
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After: 8.8 miles, saved 18%, starting from the Keio Plaza
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Lock what can’t move

Tap the padlock next to a card to keep it in its place. Flights, trains, shows and other cards with a set time start locked. Then tap ✓ to keep the order.

The padlock next to each card in Optimize Day
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Optimize on the Mac

Each day’s column has its own Optimize button at the top.

The Optimize button at the top of a day’s column on the Mac 1
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Good to know

The route starts where you are if you’re there today, or from the last stop you marked as done. Otherwise it starts at the hotel you wake up in.

Changed your mind? ✕ puts the day back exactly as it was.

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