Comparison

Chargefox vs MuirWave

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Chargefox

Access thousands of electric vehicle chargers from hundreds of organizations nationwide. This app simplifies EV charging by providing a single platform to locate, plan, and pay for charging sessions. Join a community of drivers who trust this solution for convenient and reliable charging on the go.

Highlights
  • Access thousands of chargers nationwide
  • Use one app for multiple charging networks
  • Locate nearby charging stations
  • Plan journeys with route guidance
  • Seamless in-app payments
  • Real-time charger status updates
Features
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With Chargefox, you're not just accessing one charging network; you’re getting access to thousands of EV chargers provided by hundreds of organisations, including; motoring clubs, governments, councils, tourist destinations, shopping centres, and energy companies. Join thousands of drivers who rely on Chargefox every day to charge their vehicles at convenient locations across the country. With millions of charges hosted, Chargefox is your trusted partner in keeping your EV charged wherever your journeys take you. Features: - Access thousands of chargers nationwide. - Use one app to access dozens of charging networks. - Conveniently locate nearby charging stations. - Plan your journey with route guidance and charger availability. - Pay seamlessly and securely with in-app payments. - Stay informed with real-time status updates and notifications.

About

MuirWave

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MuirWave is a native app for iPad, iPhone and Mac for underwater acoustic propagation prediction. Drop a pin anywhere in the world ocean, set your source and receiver geometry, and see how sound travels through the water column — ray paths, transmission loss, depth excess, signal excess, ambient noise floor — computed on-device from textbook acoustic physics and bundled public-domain ocean data. Designed for civilian marine-acoustic work: environmental impact-assessment consultancies, hydrographic and oceanographic survey crews, marine-mammal observers and PAM operators, academic researchers, and technically-inclined commercial and recreational sailors. — Bundled global ocean data — The app ships with full global-coverage data ready to use offline: • GEBCO 2025 sub-ice bathymetry at 5 arc-minute resolution • World Ocean Atlas 2023 climatology at 1° "Compact" resolution (24 depth levels) • Dutkiewicz seabed sediment classification • Halpern shipping-density layer for ambient-noise modelling All of the above is free — no account, no subscription. Open the app, drop a pin, see your prediction. Your projects sync across your devices via iCloud, also free. — MuirWave Live: real-ocean conditions (subscription, 7-day free trial) — Upgrade the climatology to the real ocean. MuirWave Live streams operational HYCOM nowcast/forecast sound-speed profiles, GFS wind, waves and sea state, and depth-resolved ocean currents to your pin — plus downloadable 0.25° regional operating-area packs (24- and 72-depth tiers) so the same high-resolution data works offshore, offline. Annual or monthly; every new subscription starts with a 7-day free trial. — MuirWave Pro: professional deliverables (one-time purchase) — For consultants and survey leads: marine-mammal impact ranges with NMFS-OPR-71 (2024) thresholds, mitigation planning, and clean, un-watermarked PDF deliverables — the formal EIA report, the impact-methodology document, and the brief sheet. Buy once, keep forever. — Open, traceable physics — Every line of the prediction stack is traceable to its public-domain or permissively-licensed source: • Sound speed — Mackenzie 1981 nine-term equation • Absorption — Francois & Garrison 1982 • Bottom loss — Hamilton 1980 • Ambient noise — Wenz 1962 • Propagation theory — Jensen, Kuperman, Porter & Schmidt, "Computational Ocean Acoustics" No GPL or proprietary modelling code is bundled. The full provenance trail is published at muirwave.com/provenance. — Built for the field, on all your Apple devices — • A native interface designed for the dark conditions of shipboard and field use — on the iPad at the rail, the iPhone in your pocket, the Mac at your desk • Works fully offline once installed; no cloud account needed • Live ocean conditions (HYCOM nowcast / forecast) are an optional toggle • Maritime-traditional units (feet, fathoms, nautical miles, DMS lat/lon) are first-class; metric and MGRS are one tap away — Privacy — No analytics, no advertising, no tracking, no account, no personal data. Settings, scenarios, and downloaded packs stay on your device. Terms of Use: https://muirwave.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://muirwave.com/privacy — What's next — Future updates will add marine-mammal hearing-weighting curves (NMFS 2018), additional source models for EIA work, and further export and reporting features. Roadmap and release notes published on muirwave.com.

Screenshots

Chargefox4 screens
MuirWave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: MuirWave at 3 against Chargefox's 1. Chargefox's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chargefox ships an update every 11 days, MuirWave fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chargefox versus MuirWave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChargefoxMuirWave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB145 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChargefoxJesse Webber

In-app purchases

None

Chargefox

No in-app purchases

None

MuirWave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chargefox free?
Chargefox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MuirWave free?
MuirWave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chargefox or MuirWave have ads?
Neither Chargefox nor MuirWave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chargefox or MuirWave?
Chargefox ships an update every 11 days, and MuirWave fortnightly. Most recently, Chargefox was updated on October 21, 2026 and MuirWave on October 15, 2026.

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