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Card 535 of 10002026-09-06 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-06

Mini Detour asks whether your stop will still be open when you arrive

minidetour.com Observed source
Editorial interest 86/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An iPhone and CarPlay route planner that finds errands along your drive, measures the real detour, and checks opening hours against your arrival.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-06 issue.

Field notes

The planner evaluates stops in sequence: route-corridor eligibility, measured road detour, arrival plus stop and parking time, and then local opening hours. Its examples assign category-specific dwell times, such as ten minutes for a pharmacy, twenty for a supermarket, and forty-five for a restaurant. If routing falls back from a travel-time matrix to an estimate, the page says the result receives a tilde rather than being presented as measured.

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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

OpenPublic substance visible
PrettyNotable craft visible
ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use

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