RoundRun

RoundRun is an operations platform built around recurring window-cleaning rounds, from route planning through payment collection. It is a strong fit for UK businesses coordinating crews in the field, especially those that want scheduling, customer communication and billing tied together rather than managed in separate tools. The main choice is whether its beta-stage Android access and founding-price conditions fit your rollout.

Overview

The service combines recurring jobs, customer records, scheduling, field activity, invoices and payments in one workflow. Its window-cleaning focus shows in the way route order, crew availability and measured job durations influence planning. Importing from another application or spreadsheet can reduce the cost of switching, while export at any time makes the data less captive.

RoundRun says field work continues offline and queues changes until connectivity returns. That is useful for properties with unreliable reception. The web app is live, but Android access is beta-only and the public Google Play release has not arrived; a native iPhone app is planned rather than available.

Key features

Routes and rounds

Road-based optimisation starts from a chosen point, then leaves the user free to reorder stops for parking, access constraints or appointment timing. That is more practical than treating the mathematically shortest route as final. Smart Rounds can preview or maintain a route against crew hours and measured job times, protect the following seven days and provide a 24-hour undo window. These controls suit businesses whose schedules change, but still need a near-term plan protected from accidental disruption.

Field and customer workflow

Autopilot GPS can help detect arrival and departure, time the work and connect completion with an invoice and a customer message. On Android, SMS can be sent from the cleaner's own number and mobile plan. Automatic sending requires the separate SMS Extension, so the built-in messaging workflow does not by itself remove every extra cost or setup step.

Reports, invoices and collections

Ask AI accepts plain-language questions about a round, such as earnings, pricing, overdue work and driving time. RoundRun sends a limited business-data summary to Anthropic for these answers and says the data is not used to train Anthropic models under the API terms. Automatic invoicing, PDF invoices or secure links, reminders, bank uploads and payment matching cover the handoff from completed job to collected money. GoCardless is named for Direct Debit, while Google and OpenStreetMap support mapping or address lookup and another provider supplies weather data.

Data is hosted in the UK, encrypted in transit and protected with hashed passwords. Users can export or delete their data. Support is provided by email at [email protected].

Pricing

The free Founding Member beta costs £0.00, is billed free during beta, needs no card and does not auto-charge. It is limited to the first 50 eligible UK window-cleaning businesses and includes Teams features during beta; after beta, members choose Founding Standard or Founding Teams. This is a useful way to evaluate the workflow, but it is neither an unrestricted permanent free tier nor open to every business.

Founding Standard costs £9.99 per month when billing launches, with the founder price retained while membership stays continuously active and VAT included if applicable. It is the leanest paid route for a single operation willing to preserve that status. Standard costs £15.99 per month after beta, includes unlimited customers and has no per-user fees, making it the clearer fit when ongoing founder eligibility is uncertain or the customer base is growing.

Founding Teams costs £16.99 per month when billing launches, keeps its founder price while membership remains continuously active and includes the Teams upgrade, with VAT included if applicable. It targets multi-person operations that need team capability rather than the lower-cost individual plan. There is no published paid-plan trial beyond the beta arrangement.

Platforms

RoundRun runs on the web and Android. Web access is live; Android beta access is available, but the public Google Play version is not yet released. iPhone support is planned, so Apple-only teams should wait or choose another platform for now.

Who it's for

Choose RoundRun if you run recurring window-cleaning work and want route optimisation, crew scheduling, mobile field capture, customer messages and online payments connected. It is particularly compelling for UK operators that can use the web app while evaluating Android beta access and for teams that benefit from measured-job-time planning. Businesses needing a mature public mobile release, an iPhone app today or automatic SMS without an extension should look elsewhere.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Route optimisation remains editable, so parking and access realities can override the map.
• Pro: Smart Rounds protects seven days and offers a 24-hour undo, limiting the damage from schedule changes.
• Pro: GPS completion can trigger timing, invoicing and customer communication in one chain.
• Pro: Offline queuing and UK-hosted, exportable data support field reliability and portability.
• Con: Android is still beta and has no public Google Play release, which raises rollout risk for crews.
• Con: Automatic SMS needs a separate extension, and the cheapest paid prices depend on continuous founder membership.
• Con: Ask AI involves sending a business-data summary to Anthropic, a consideration for privacy-sensitive operators.

Alternatives

Fieseros is the better starting point if you need Android, iOS, web and API coverage plus a free tier with 100 lifetime jobs, quotes, photos and payments.

NSuite Solo suits a smaller service business wanting inventory and a catalog alongside scheduling, with its free plan capped at 25 clients.

Scrubix is worth considering for unlimited customers and included team users on its free app, with SMS bought as needed.

Work Planner fits a very small operation that can stay within 20 jobs, one user and one business on its no-time-limit free plan.

WorkBee offers a free tier for up to 10 jobs per month and one engineer, with paid tiers for expansion.

Squeegee is another freemium window-cleaning option spanning Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows.

Blueworks CRM is a paid alternative available on Android, iOS and the web.

SquadwareOne is a paid option with Android, iOS and web apps.

Verdict

RoundRun is a sensible choice for UK window-cleaning businesses that want route, crew, field and payment work in one system, with especially useful controls for recurring rounds and changing schedules. Look elsewhere if your team requires a public, production-ready Android release, iPhone support now, or fully automatic SMS without an add-on.