ZEFNET Charge vs ChargeCore
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.
ChargeCore
Locate electric vehicle charging stations with advanced filtering options. This app offers smart navigation, multiple payment methods including credit card, and real-time charging status monitoring. Track your charging history and view user reviews.
- Filter by operator, connector, and power
- Smart navigation to stations
- In-app payment via card
- Multiple charging start methods
- Real-time charging status
- Charging statistics and history
- View user reviews
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Use Charge core to find a suitable charging station for your electric car. Provide multiple charging methods and support online payment. Monitor the charging information and count charging data App features: ·Filter operator, connector type, charging point power supply and available charging points ·Smart navigation to charging station ·Pay by charging card or credit card in the app and start charging quickly ·Multiple charging methods to start charging (quick start, according to time, according to energy, according to SOC-only DC) ·Real-time monitoring of charging status, charging can be stopped through the app ·Charge statistics, master your charge statistics and historical records ·Leave a comment, you can also view other people's evaluation information
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ChargeCore at 3.0 against ZEFNET Charge's 1.6. ZEFNET Charge's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ChargeCore holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZEFNET Charge has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ZEFNET Charge ships an update every 4 months, ChargeCore every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ZEFNET Charge | ChargeCore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (26 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| 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 | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZEF Energy Inc. | Powercore Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
ZEFNET Charge
ChargeCore
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
ChargeCore
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ZEFNET Charge
No in-app purchases
ChargeCore
No in-app purchases
