A RiderZero alternative that runs the money, not just the day sheets

RiderZero is a sharp little tool: a tour-management progressive web app that turns the chaos of a run into clean day sheets, minute-by-minute schedules, itineraries, hotels, and crew logistics — even offline, from any device. If your pain is the road — getting the touring party through the day — it's genuinely handy. But road logistics is one half of touring; the other half is the money. Here's where RiderZero shines and where a band needs more.

What RiderZero is genuinely good at

For tour-day logistics, RiderZero is focused and modern.

• Day sheets and roadsheets — load-in to curfew, one clean page for the whole party.
• Production schedules and itineraries — the minute-by-minute of a show day, plus travel and hotels.
• Crew logistics — role-based access for managers, musicians, techs, and staff.
• Works offline, installs like an app — exactly what you want in a venue basement with no signal.

If the thing you need is the deepest, lightest road-logistics tooling — and you love that it's a PWA that works offline — RiderZero is built for that.

Where it leaves a band wanting

Like most tour tools, RiderZero runs the day, not the business.

• It doesn't settle a show — the deal, the deductions, your real take-home.
• It doesn't run your money — a per-tour P&L, splitting income fairly between members, expenses, tax.
• No merch inventory or per-head sales, no release rollouts or royalties.

So a band using RiderZero for the road still tracks whether the tour made money somewhere else.

Where ArtistHQ fits

ArtistHQ covers the road and the business. You still get the show workflow — advancing, day sheets, itineraries, crew — but every show also carries its deal and settlement, so the fee minus costs resolves to a real take-home that flows into Money, splits between members, and rolls up into a per-tour P&L. Add merch inventory and POS, release milestones and royalties, contacts and gear, and it's one place for the whole thing. Free to start, then $19 or $39/month.

RiderZero is a good, focused road tool — if offline roadsheets are your whole need, it's built for that. But if you want the logistics and the money and the merch in one band-first place, that's the gap ArtistHQ fills. (New to settlement math? See our guide to reading a settlement sheet.)

The short version

RiderZero is a modern, offline-friendly tool for tour-day logistics — day sheets, itineraries, crew. If you also need the business side — settlements, member splits, tour P&L, merch, releases — ArtistHQ does the road and the money in one place, free to start.

Run the road and the money in one place — start free with ArtistHQ.