How smart routing works — one URL, the right destination, every time.
Smart routing is the heart of AppRoute. Here is the full walkthrough: what we read on the request, how we pick a destination, and why it never bounces through a landing page.
QR codes that follow your routing, not their own.
Every AppRoute link ships with a QR code. The code encodes the short URL, not the destination — which means it inherits every routing rule, every cap, and every password gate you set. Here is why that matters.
Click analytics without the creep.
Every smart-link company tells you they have analytics. We want to tell you exactly what we log, what we never log, and how to make sense of the numbers when they come back.
One link in bio for every platform you are on.
Linktree solves a different problem. Bio link in AppRoute solves the routing one — your followers land in the right store, on the right page, without ever seeing a profile grid.
Managing links from your codebase — the API and SDKs.
The dashboard is great for one-off campaigns. When you are running 200 of them, you want code. Here is what the AppRoute API looks like, how the SDKs wrap it, and what you should never automate.
Password gates, click caps, and expiry — the controls under every link.
Smart routing is the headline. The boring controls — gates, caps, expiry, pause — are what stops your link from leaking. Here is when to use each one, and the failure modes we have seen.
One letter a month. No spam, no growth-hacky copy.
Product news, routing recipes, and the occasional post-mortem.