Comparison

EDP Charge vs Carregar

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

Head to head
About

EDP Charge

Manage your electric vehicle charging at home, work, or on the public network. Find charger locations, check availability and tariffs, and control your charging sessions from your phone. Automate billing for shared chargers.

Highlights
  • Public charger location and availability
  • Tariff and socket information
  • Remote charging control
  • Home/work charger management
  • Charging history consultation
  • Automatic account settlement
Features
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EDP ​​Charge is your electric mobility application. Through the application, you can manage all charges at home, at work and on the public network. Discover all the features: • To charge on the public network, the application allows you to consult the location, availability, tariffs, sockets and powers of all network chargers • You can charge through the EDP Electric Mobility card and start and finish charging from your mobile phone • To charge at home or at work, the application allows you to manage your charges, control access to your chargers and consult charging histories • If you live in a condominium or have access to your company's chargers, the automatic account settlement feature is available. Get an EDP charging solution now and start saving.

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Carregar

Features
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The Carregar app helps you locate Mobi.e charging stations, simulate charging costs, and view network statistics. The app has the following features: - View stations on a map - Aggregate stations at the same location with a horizontal radius - Aggregate stations with a blue icon when zooming out - Clicking on a blue icon zooms in on the map to one of the stations in that group - Filter stations by Power - Filter by amenities - adhoc filter - Go to the user's location - Change the map view - Refresh the station data - View on the map the price of the simulation of the cheapest CEME according to the filters - Switch between the total price and the price per kWh - View the information provided by Mobi.e for each station and its sockets - Simulate the price for a socket - View the price of the OPC and CEME components of the simulations - View the price of all components of the simulations in detail - View a list of CEMEs and their prices with TAR (excluding VAT) - View network statistics - Show the date of the last update of the station status - Save the last cycle used - Save the kWh and minutes from the previous AC and DC simulation - Calculate the energy and time needed based on the chosen charging percentage of the vehicle - View the charging curve for the chosen socket - Search stations - Navigate to the station by clicking on the address or share the location to any app, like the Tesla app - CarPlay Simulation features: - Supports Ad-hoc - Uses the crowdsourced CEME price - If the CEME price does not include TAR, it includes TAR according to the voltage level of the station, LV or MV, from the chosen tariff and the station's region - Adds the EGME to CEMEs without EGME included in the price - Adds the environmental fund support - Adds the IEC to CEMEs without IEC included in the price - Adds the activation fee for CEMEs with this fee - Calculates the OPC price based on three conditions: Activation, price per kWh, and price per Minute - Also calculates the OPC restrictions. E.g., minute 0 to 30 is cheaper than minute 31 to 60. The charging curve is not used here - Assumes that the OPC integrates the EGME fee somewhere in its prices and does not add it, typically the OPC adds it in the activation fee - Calculates the hourly cycle according to the available tariff: Tri-hourly, bi-hourly, or simple - Calculates the Daily or Weekly cycle, depending on the CEME - Calculates the hourly cycle according to the station's region - To reduce the app size, the price of LuziGás losses is calculated based on the annual loss average of 16.912% - Adds VAT according to the station's region - Uses the station's schedule to calculate the hourly cycles - Saves the settings from the last simulation, separating the kWh and minutes into AC and DC - The AC charging curves use a constant power, which is not correct for the final percentages - The DC charging curves do not take into account the low battery voltage at the start - Shows the normalized price Map simulation features: - Calculates a simulation for each socket and each CEME and chooses the lowest price - Filtered sockets do not enter into the calculation of the lowest price. - Uses the hourly cycle, kWh, and minutes from the last AC or DC simulation - The simulation will use the kWh and minute values of the AC or DC sockets saved. E.g., If you simulate on an AC socket, 11kWh and 1h, on the map all AC simulations will use these values to show the lowest price Search features: - The search is done by the name of the station, e.g., OER-00057 - When the results of this search are 0, the search will search by addresses - This way, stations from one area are not mixed with addresses that include the initials of the station - Selecting a station and then exiting the search, the map will focus on that station - Shows the total number of stations for each search Not supported: - CEME per-minute prices. At this moment, an estimate in kWh is used for these CEMEs.

Screenshots

EDP Charge4 screens
Carregar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Carregar at every 5 days against EDP Charge's every 4 weeks. EDP Charge's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

EDP Charge ships an update every 4 weeks, Carregar every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EDP Charge versus Carregar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEDP ChargeCarregar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperedpJoao Nunes

In-app purchases

None

EDP Charge

No in-app purchases

None

Carregar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EDP Charge free?
EDP Charge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Carregar free?
Carregar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EDP Charge or Carregar have ads?
Neither EDP Charge nor Carregar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EDP Charge or Carregar?
EDP Charge ships an update every 4 weeks, and Carregar every 5 days. Most recently, EDP Charge was updated on October 29, 2026 and Carregar on October 27, 2026.

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