Compared
Tourouter vs Master Tour
Master Tour is the tool professional tour managers have run arena and theatre tours on since 2000, and if your tour lives on offline editing, flight tracking and a crew that already knows it, it earns its price. Tourouter is built around the day sheet and the money rather than the desktop: free to plan, cheaper to run, and priced so the whole team edits rather than one licence holder.
Master Tour, by Eventric, is the most established tour management software there is. It handles itineraries, day sheets, guest lists, travel with live flight tracking, crew messaging, set lists and documents, works offline, and gives the crew a free mobile app. The people who use it have used it for years, and a crew that already knows it is a real reason to choose it.
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Pick Master Tour if
- Your crew already knows Master Tour, and retraining everyone mid-season costs more than the licence.
- You need flight tracking, TripIt imports and offline mode on a laptop as well as a phone.
- You want the tool your agent, promoter rep and production manager are already using.
- $65 to $75 a month for one editor licence is a rounding error on your tour budget.
Pick Tourouter if
- Somebody in the band is the tour manager, and they are doing it from a phone.
- You want the money in the same place as the schedule: what each show paid, what the run cost, who paid for what.
- Half your crew never installs an app. Tourouter sends the day sheet by text every morning, so nobody has to.
- You go out once or twice a year and would rather pay $59 for the tour than a subscription in the months you are home.
Side by side
What each one does, in plain words. Where we are not sure, we say so rather than guess.
| What matters | Master Tour | Tourouter |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Professional tour managers, production managers and crews, from clubs to arenas. | Bands who manage themselves and working tour managers first; the Roster plan carries managers and agencies with several acts. |
| Day sheets | Full itineraries and day sheets, shared through the Master Tour app and calendar subscriptions. | A day sheet for every date, sent to everyone on the run by text and email each morning, plus the app and a tour book PDF. |
| Money | Basic finance. Most Master Tour users still settle shows in a spreadsheet. | Expenses, revenue, guarantees and settlement per show, with a running picture of the whole tour. |
| Routing | Itinerary building with travel segments. | Dates on a map with drive times between cities, so a bad route shows up before you book it. |
| Guest lists | Yes, with crew requests from the mobile app. | Yes. |
| Travel and flights | Strong. Live flight tracking and TripIt import. | Lodging per date. No flight tracking. |
| Offline | Yes, with sync when you are back online. | Not yet. The app needs a connection. |
| Platforms | Desktop app for Mac and Windows, plus iOS and Android. | Web app, plus iOS and Android. |
| Crew seats | Free mobile access for the crew. Editing needs a paid licence. | Free and unlimited crew and viewer seats on every plan. You pay for editors only. |
| Getting started | 14-day trial, no card, with onboarding support. | Free to plan with no time limit. Pay when the tour goes live. |
What each one costs
Both in US dollars. Master Tour's prices are as published on ; check their site before you decide.
Master Tour
- Free mobile appFor crew invited to a tour.
- Professional, $64.99 a month billed annuallyOne editor licence, unlimited tours, free crew apps.
- Professional, $74.99 a month billed monthly
Tourouter
- Free to planNo time limit. Pay when the tour goes live.
- Tour Pass, $59 one timeOne tour, up to 45 days, 2 editor seats.
- Band, $49 a monthOr $490 a year. Unlimited tours, 3 editor seats.
- Roster, $149 a monthOr $1,490 a year. Unlimited teams, 10 editor seats.
- Crew and viewers, freeUnlimited, on every plan.
Common questions
The ones people ask when they are choosing between the two.
Is Tourouter a replacement for Master Tour?
If your tour runs on day sheets, guest lists and settlement, yes, at any size: the Roster plan runs unlimited teams for management companies and agencies. Where Master Tour still wins is offline mode, flight tracking and crew familiarity, and if those are daily needs for you, it earns its keep.
Can I run Tourouter alongside Master Tour?
Yes, and some tour managers do exactly that: Master Tour for the itinerary the crew is used to, Tourouter for the money, because settling shows and tracking who paid for what is where Tourouter is stronger.
Does Tourouter work offline?
Not yet. The app needs a connection. If you regularly load in somewhere with no signal, that matters, and Master Tour handles it today.
Which is cheaper?
Tourouter, in every case. A one-off tour is $59 on a Tour Pass. Band is $49 a month against Master Tour's $64.99 to $74.99, and Tourouter's Band plan includes 3 editor seats where Master Tour's price is for one licence.
Can my crew use Tourouter without paying?
Yes. Crew and viewer seats are free and unlimited on every plan. The same is true of Master Tour's mobile app; the difference is that Tourouter also sends the day sheet by text, so crew who never install anything still get it.
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