RoundRun

RoundRun is an operations platform built around recurring window-cleaning rounds, from route planning and crew work to customer contact, invoicing and payment collection. It is aimed most directly at UK window-cleaning businesses that need field and office work connected. The combination is compelling for round-based teams, but Android beta access and the conditions attached to founding prices deserve serious consideration.

Overview

RoundRun puts recurring jobs, schedules, route management, field tracking, messages, invoices and payments in one workflow. Its window-cleaning focus is meaningful: job duration and crew hours can influence route planning rather than being left as separate administrative data. Import from an existing application or spreadsheet helps a business change systems, while export at any time reduces the risk of being locked in.

The web application is live. Android access is currently beta, and the public Google Play release is not yet available. Offline work is queued and recovered when connectivity returns, which is useful when cleaners lose signal on the road. Businesses needing a mature, officially released mobile deployment should wait or retain a fallback.

Key features

Routes and rounds

Route optimisation uses road routes and a selected starting point, then allows the order to be changed for parking, local access or timing. That is more practical than treating the mathematically shortest route as automatically best. Smart Rounds can preview or maintain a route using crew hours and measured job times, protect the following seven days and provide a 24-hour undo. It is particularly relevant to teams whose capacity and job lengths change frequently.

Field workflow

Autopilot GPS can help detect arrival and departure, time work and connect completion with invoicing and customer messages. This can reduce repeated status entry, although teams should decide whether automated location and timing behaviour fits their operating preferences. On Android, cleaners can send messages from their own phone number and mobile plan. Automatic sending requires the separate SMS Extension, so the base service is not the whole answer for unattended messaging.

Billing, customers and reporting

Automatic invoicing, PDF invoices or secure links, reminders, bank uploads and payment matching cover the practical billing cycle. Online payments and recurring work make RoundRun a coherent choice for businesses collecting after each round rather than exporting jobs to another system. Ask AI answers plain-language questions about earnings, pricing, overdue work and driving time, giving owners a quicker way to inspect operations. For those reports, a limited business-data summary is sent to Anthropic; RoundRun says it is not used to train Anthropic models under API terms.

RoundRun says data is hosted in the UK, encrypted in transit, password-hashed, and exportable or deletable. Named providers include GoCardless for Direct Debit, Google and OpenStreetMap for mapping or address lookup, a weather provider and Anthropic for AI reports.

Pricing

The Founding Member beta is free during beta, with no card and no automatic charge. It is limited to the first 50 eligible UK window-cleaning businesses and includes Teams features during beta; afterwards, members choose Founding Standard or Founding Teams.

Founding Standard costs £9.99 per month when billing launches, with VAT included if applicable. That founder price remains while membership stays continuously active, so cancelling or allowing membership to lapse matters. Founding Teams costs £16.99 per month on the same launch and continuity terms and adds the Teams upgrade. These are the clearest fits for early UK adopters willing to accept beta status.

Standard costs £15.99 per month after beta, includes unlimited customers and has no per-user fees, with VAT included if applicable. It is the straightforward ongoing option for a business that misses founding access or does not want continuity conditions; the lower Founding Standard price is not guaranteed after an interruption.

Platforms

RoundRun is available on the web and Android, with Android in beta. A native iPhone app is planned but is not currently available. The combination suits browser-based administration and Android field teams, not organisations requiring released iOS support today.

Who it's for

Choose RoundRun if you run recurring window-cleaning rounds and want route order, crew capacity, job timing, customer messages and payment administration joined together. It is strongest for UK operators able to work with Android beta access and for early adopters who can preserve a founding membership. It is less suitable for an iPhone-first workforce or a business unwilling to depend on a beta mobile release.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Route optimisation remains adjustable for real parking, access and timing constraints.
• Pro: Smart Rounds uses crew hours and measured job times, with seven-day protection and a 24-hour undo.
• Pro: GPS completion can connect field activity directly to invoices and customer messages.
• Pro: Billing covers invoice delivery, reminders, bank uploads and payment matching.
• Con: Android is beta-only and has no public Google Play release yet.
• Con: Automatic SMS needs a separate SMS Extension.
• Con: The £9.99 founding rate depends on continuously active membership.
• Con: AI reporting sends a limited business-data summary to Anthropic.

Alternatives

Fieseros is the better starting point if you need Android, iOS, web and API access plus a free plan covering 100 lifetime jobs, leads, quotes, basic calendar, invoices and payments.

NSuite Solo suits a small operator wanting up to 25 clients with scheduling, inventory, invoicing and online payment collection on its free plan.

Work Planner is preferable when a no-time-limit free tier capped at 20 jobs and one user is enough, or when unlimited jobs are worth its £15.00 monthly Essential plan.

WorkBee offers a free tier for up to 10 jobs per month and one engineer, with paid expansion from £25.00 monthly.

Scrubix is an alternative with unlimited customers and team users in its free app, while SMS is purchased separately as credits.

Squeegee is another freemium option with broad Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows coverage.

Blueworks CRM is an alternative paid window-cleaning CRM for Android, iOS and web.

SquadwareOne is another paid option available on Android, iOS and web.

Verdict

RoundRun is a strong match for UK window-cleaning businesses that want one system for recurring rounds, adaptable routing, crew workflows and collections. Its main reason to choose is the unusually close connection between route capacity, field completion and billing. Look elsewhere if your team needs a released iPhone app, public Android distribution or a founding price that does not depend on continuous membership.