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Today, stop by stop

Know where you are going before you turn the key.

See the week on a calendar, today as a route in the right order, and the work given out before anyone gets in a van.

This is the part that decides whether the day works or falls apart by lunch. Zeus lays the week out. It puts today's stops in an order that keeps you from driving across town and back. And it lets you give work to whoever is closest to it. The client hears you are on the way, and you never have to pull over to call.

Platform
Android, iOS, web
Signal
Offline & online
Cost to start
Free, no card
Languages
15 supported

What is in Run the Day

  • Schedule

    A week calendar with appointments, so the day is set before it starts and the job is attached to every booking.

  • Day BoardPro Plan

    Today's stops in the best order, shown on a map, so you drive less between them.

  • Work BoardCrew Plan

    A Planner that lays your crew out across the dates, and Dispatch lanes you can drag work into. It covers your team members and your subcontractors, and team members are the Crew plan. The whole schedule comes out as a PDF.

  • Notify On My Way

    Tell the client you are on the way. The message goes out from your phone's own Messages or Mail app, so the reply comes back to you.

  • On Site

    The screen you open when you arrive. It shows what you are there for, and what to do next.

Schedule: the week, set before it happens

  • Put the appointment on the calendar and the job comes with it.
  • See the week laid out instead of keeping it in your head and on a notepad.
  • When a job takes longer than planned, move the booking. The rest of the week still works.
Open the job behind it
A week calendar on a phone with appointments placed across the days of the week.
The week, with the job attached to every appointment.

Day Board: today's stops in an order that means less driving

  • Today's work comes up as a list of stops, shown on a map.
  • Zeus puts those stops in the best order, so you are not driving across town and back.
  • You leave the house knowing where you are going and in what order.
What the day was worth
The Day Board on a phone, showing today's stops in order down the screen with a map above them.
Today's stops, put in order and shown on a map.

Work Board: hand out the work by dragging it

  • Every person has their own lane. Drag a job into a lane and that person has the work.
  • See your crew laid out across the dates so nobody gets booked twice.
  • Send the schedule out as a PDF when somebody wants it on paper.
Your crew and subcontractors
The Dispatch Board on a phone, with jobs sitting in lanes for each team member and subcontractor.
Drag the job into a lane and it is assigned.

Notify On My Way: the client knows you are coming

  • Tell them you are on the way as you pull out of the driveway.
  • It goes from your own phone number or your own email address, so a reply comes back to you.
  • You stop getting the "where are you?" call while you are already driving there.
Log the visit when you arrive
The On My Way screen on a phone, with a message written out and ready to hand to the phone's messaging app.
The quick message that says you are coming, sent from your own phone.

The actual app

Run the Day, on the phone.

  • A week calendar on a phone with appointments placed across the days of the week.

    The week, with the job attached to every appointment.

  • The Day Board on a phone, showing today's stops in order down the screen with a map above them.

    Today's stops, put in order and shown on a map.

  • The Dispatch Board on a phone, with jobs sitting in lanes for each team member and subcontractor.

    Drag the job into a lane and it is assigned.

  • The On My Way screen on a phone, with a message written out and ready to hand to the phone's messaging app.

    The quick message that says you are coming, sent from your own phone.

These are real screenshots captured from the Android app people use. Nothing here is a drawing.

What is inside

Each of these is a real part of the app, with its own screens.

Schedule

The week laid out, with the job attached to every appointment.

A week calendar with appointments on it, so the day is set before it starts and the job is attached to every booking. When one takes longer than planned, move the booking. The rest of the week still works.

  • Week Calendar
  • Appointments
  • Job Link
  • Reschedule
A day of the Schedule on a phone, each appointment showing the client, the address, the start time and how long it runs.

Day Board

Today as a route. You do not have to work out the order yourself.

Today's stops come up as a route, drawn on a map and put in an order that cuts the driving between them. You can still move a stop yourself when you know something the app does not, like a client who is never home before noon.

  • Ordered Stops
  • Map View
  • Route Ordering
  • On Site
The Day Board on a phone, route drawn on a map above the stop cards, and a button that orders the stops.

Work Board

Who is doing what, across the dates and across the crew, without a whiteboard.

A Planner that lays your crew out across the dates, and Dispatch lanes you can drag work into. It covers your team members and your subcontractors, and team members are the Crew plan. Drop a job in a lane and the person in that lane has it. If two jobs clash, Zeus warns you instead of you finding out in the morning. The whole board comes out as a PDF when somebody wants it on paper.

  • Planner by Date
  • Dispatch Lanes
  • Drag to Assign
  • Double-Booking Flags
  • Schedule PDF
The Work Board on a phone with the Planner tab open, showing jobs down the left and crew assignments laid across the dates.

Notify On My Way

The message that stops the "where are you?" call, sent from your own phone.

Zeus writes the message and hands it to your phone's own Messages or Mail app. It goes out from your phone number or your email address, and the reply comes straight back to you. Nothing else sends anything for you.

  • Message Templates
  • Send from Messages
  • Send from Mail
The Message Templates screen on a phone, listing the placeholders (client, company, trade, date) that get filled in for you.

Questions about Run the Day

Is the Schedule on the Free plan?

Yes, the week calendar is. Basic job scheduling is on the Free plan, with the job attached to every appointment. The Day Board is Pro. The Planner and Dispatch lanes come with Crew, along with the team members you hand the work to.

How does the "On my way" message actually get sent?

Through your phone's own Messages or Mail app. Zeus writes the message and hands it over. It goes out from your phone number or your email address, and the reply comes straight back to you. Nothing else sends anything for you.

Does it work out the order of my stops for me?

Yes. The Day Board puts today's stops in an order that cuts the driving between them, and draws them on a map. You can still move a stop yourself when you know something the app does not, like a client who is never home before noon.

Your next job is coming, with or without a record of it.

The Free Plan is not a trial. It never runs out. You do not have to talk to a salesperson.

Free Plan, no card needed, and it never runs out.

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