ZEFNET Charge vs Lectron
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.
Lectron
Manage your electric vehicle charging experience with ease. Find public charging stations, initiate and stop charging sessions with a single tap, and track your usage and payments. The app provides accurate billing and payment options for a seamless EV ownership journey.
- Find nearby public chargers
- View charger prices
- One-click start/stop charging
- Accurate automatic billing
- Multiple payment options
- View historical charging sessions
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Use Lectron APP to manage and operate EV charging In the Lectron App, you can easily manage your account, easily find public charging stations, one-click start or stop charging, accurate billing, simple payment, and view historical sessions at any time. The Lectron App allows you to: 1. View nearby public chargers and their prices per kWh, and navigate to them. 2. After inserting the gun, scan the QR code of the charger and start charging the electric car with one-click. 3. You can stop the charging session at any time, or it will automatically stop charging after it is fully charged, and you will receive a push notification message reminder. 4. Clear and accurate automatic billing according to the charged amount. 5. You can add a credit card for payment via PayPal, Stripe. 6. You can view historical charging sessions at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lectron at 2.8 against ZEFNET Charge's 1.6. Lectron also leads on review sentiment (42% vs 10%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). ZEFNET Charge's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Lectron holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of ZEFNET Charge's written reviews are positive against 42% of Lectron's.
ZEFNET Charge ships an update every 4 months, Lectron every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ZEFNET Charge | Lectron |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (26 ratings) | 2.8 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.4% of reviews | 41.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 16 |
| 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 | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZEF Energy Inc. | DROPCASES LIMITED |
Customer experience
ZEFNET Charge
Lectron
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
Lectron
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ZEFNET Charge
No in-app purchases
Lectron
No in-app purchases
