ZEFNET Charge vs Modern Sprout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZEFNET Charge
Find and use public electric vehicle charging stations. Monitor and control your home charging unit, with options to override utility program restrictions for emergency charging.
- Find public chargers
- Start/stop charging sessions
- Secure in-app payments
- Monitor home charger usage
- Control home charger
- Override charging restrictions
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Access ZEF Energy's public chargers and your ZEFNET-enabled charger at home. This app provides access to ZEF Energy's network of public chargers, allowing drivers to find a charger, start/stop a charging session and pay for their session costs in a secure and simple way. It also provides drivers with a ZEFNET-enabled charger a way to monitor and control its usage. If your charger is participating in a utility program which restricts charging at certain times, this app provides the ability to override some program restrictions in order to charge in an emergency.
Modern Sprout
Manage your smart gardening devices remotely. Enjoy expert-programmed settings for various plants and control hydroponic systems and grow lights. Set custom timers and share device access with family.
- Remote device control
- Expert-advised plant settings
- Hydroponic system management
- LED growlight control
- Customizable timers
- Simple setup
- Device sharing
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Smart, simple, sustainable gardening 1) Control all your Modern Sprout smart growing devices from anywhere 2) Expert-advised, pre programmed settings for fast setup and appropriate growing environments based on your plant type 3) Control your hydroponic system for plant watering from anywhere 4) Control your LED growlights from anywhere 5) Set custom timers for your lifestyle 6) Simple setup 7) Capable of connecting to smart listening devices 8) Share devices with family members
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Modern Sprout at 4.3 against ZEFNET Charge's 1.6. Modern Sprout also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 10%) and ratings volume (118 vs 26). ZEFNET Charge's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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.
Modern Sprout holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 118 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of ZEFNET Charge's written reviews are positive against 20% of Modern Sprout's.
ZEFNET Charge ships an update every 4 months, Modern Sprout every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZEFNET Charge | Modern Sprout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (26 ratings) | 4.3 (118 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.4% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 118 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZEF Energy Inc. | Modern Sprout LLC |
Customer experience
ZEFNET Charge
Modern Sprout
Bugs and requests
ZEFNET Charge
Reported bugs
20 issues- 🐛 App won't scan QR codes
- 🐛 App won't connect to chargers
- 🐛 App shows a black screen
- 🐛 App freezes
- 🐛 App requires force quitting to work
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- 🐛 App logs users out automatically
- 🐛 App doesn't recognize chargers
- 🐛 App forgets account details
- 🐛 Confirmation codes not sent
- 🐛 App doesn't load
- 🐛 App doesn't allow login
- 🐛 App interface is locked
- 🐛 App doesn't release previous charging sessions
- 🐛 App requires reinstallation to work
- 🐛 App not compatible with password auto-fill
- 🐛 App doesn't show remaining balance
- 🐛 App doesn't show charging history
- 🐛 Map zooming is erratic
- 🐛 App crashes during payment
- 🐛 App errors out during charging
Requested features
11 requests- 💡 Add functionality to pay for exact energy used
- 💡 Allow requesting refunds for remaining credit
- 💡 Display charging speed on the app
- 💡 Add a way to report malfunctioning chargers
- 💡 Improve app performance and stability
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- 💡 Support credit card payments at the station
- 💡 Allow adding more than one home charger
- 💡 Integrate with mobile payments
- 💡 Allow autofill on signup fields
- 💡 Improve map zooming functionality
- 💡 Make emails case-insensitive for login
Modern Sprout
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ZEFNET Charge
No in-app purchases
Modern Sprout
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ZEFNET Charge free?
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