CrowdComfort vs Charge Smart MA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CrowdComfort
This platform allows employees and tenants to easily report building issues like maintenance, safety, and comfort. Managers receive real-time, geo-positioned reports to improve engagement, productivity, and efficiency.
- Report building issues
- Maintenance reporting
- Health and safety reporting
- Comfort reporting
- IT issue reporting
- Real-time manager alerts
- Geo-positioned reports
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CrowdComfort offers employees and tenants a platform to easily report building issues, including maintenance, health, safety, comfort, and IT. These crowd-sourced, geo-positioned reports are delivered to managers in real time, who can leverage this data to drive employee engagement, productivity, efficiency, and comfort.
Charge Smart MA
Manage your electric vehicle charging and potentially save money. Connect your National Grid account and link your vehicle or charger to enroll in the program.
- Connect National Grid account
- Link vehicle or charger
- Enroll in charging program
- Manage EV charging
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Download the National Grid Charge Smart app. Connect your National Grid account. Connect your vehicle or charger using your existing manufacturer login details to enroll in the program.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Charge Smart MA at 4.7 against CrowdComfort's 3.6. Charge Smart MA also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 17) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 2 months). CrowdComfort's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 37%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Charge Smart MA holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Charge Smart MA has 1K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of CrowdComfort's written reviews are positive against 37% of Charge Smart MA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CrowdComfort ships an update every 2 months, Charge Smart MA every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CrowdComfort | Charge Smart MA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (17 ratings) | 4.7 (1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 36.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crowd Comfort Inc. | National Grid plc |
Customer experience
CrowdComfort
Charge Smart MA
Bugs and requests
CrowdComfort
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Charge Smart MA
Reported bugs
4 issues- Rebates screen has no exit option
- Charging times not showing up correctly
- Login and authentication issues
- Incompatibility with certain vehicle models
Requested features
4 requests- Breakdown of monthly energy usage and costs
- Ability to link e-bill from within the app
- More detailed charging data and analytics
- Support for additional home charger brands
In-app purchases
CrowdComfort
No in-app purchases
Charge Smart MA
No in-app purchases
