ZEFNET Charge vs 7Charge
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.
7Charge
Find, access, and pay for electric vehicle charging stations with ease. This app uses location services to show available stations, their power levels, and accessibility. Start charging sessions via QR code or station ID and monitor your progress in real-time.
- Location-based EV station search
- Real-time charge session monitoring
- QR code or station ID charging start
- Secure in-app payments
- Favorite charging locations
- Charging session history and receipts
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7Charge uses location-based services to allow drivers to easily find, access, and securely pay for EV charging. Drivers can search for and locate electric vehicle charging stations based on location, station ID, availability, power level provided, and accessibility. Start charge sessions simply by scanning QR codes or entering the desired station ID in the app. With the 7Charge electric vehicle charging app, you can also: • Monitor your current charge sessions in real-time. • Get phone notifications as soon as your EV is finished charging. • Make secure payments. • Favorite locations that have easy access to your commonly used EV charging stations. • Receive an email receipt of your EV charging transactions. • View a history of past charging sessions. • Report drivers that abuse charging station use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 7Charge at 77% against ZEFNET Charge's 10%. 7Charge also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.6) and ratings volume (409 vs 26). ZEFNET Charge's advantage is 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.
7Charge holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 7Charge has 409 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of ZEFNET Charge's written reviews are positive against 77% of 7Charge's.
ZEFNET Charge ships an update every 4 months, 7Charge every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ZEFNET Charge | 7Charge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (26 ratings) | 4.7 (409 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.4% of reviews | 76.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 409 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZEF Energy Inc. | 7-Eleven, Inc. |
Customer experience
ZEFNET Charge
7Charge
User reviews
ZEFNET Charge
From 26 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works for some users
- 👍 Can be helpful for free charging
- 👍 Photo upload feature is slick
Room to improve
- 😞 App doesn't work
- 😞 Poor support
- 😞 App requires money deposit
- 😞 Refunds take months
- 😞 App won't scan codes
7Charge
From 409 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast charging
- 👍 Convenient location
- 🚀 Charges quickly
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 👍 Clean and well-maintained
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Unreliable performance
- 💰 High authorization hold
- 🔌 Slow charging speed
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
7Charge
Reported bugs
4 issues- Charging sessions disconnecting
- App issues with payment methods
- Charging stations not working
- Inaccurate charging speed information
Requested features
4 requests- Tap-to-pay option
- Rewards program integration
- Reservation system
- More charging stations needed
In-app purchases
ZEFNET Charge
No in-app purchases
7Charge
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ZEFNET Charge free?
Is 7Charge free?
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