Fastned vs VendElectric
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fastned
Easily locate EV charging stations across Europe, including real-time availability and charger details. Plan your electric road trips and utilize features like Autocharge for seamless charging experiences. Discover your EV's charging secrets and optimize your journeys.
- Find EV charging stations
- Real-time availability
- Route planning
- Autocharge feature
- EV charging secrets
- Charging curves
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We made EV charging easy. With the Fastned app, you can easily find over 150,000 chargers/car charging stations that best suit your commute! All you need to do is pick your destination and we can show you all the available car charging stations along your route, including real-time availability, charger type, and charging speeds (in kW). EV charging has never been this easy! Our electric car charging app doesn’t just show our own stations, you’’ find stations by other providers too. The Fastned app offers so much more, making electric car charging more effortless! Did you know that with Autocharge, you can easily charge at Fastned stations, without needing a charge card or bank card? You simply drive in, plug in the cable and drive out. Next to that, our EV charging app shows you all the electric secrets of your and other electric cars. For instance, we show information on the type of connector for your vehicle, the maximum charging speed of your car, how to start charging, as well as tips on how to charge faster. As icing on the electric cake, we share charging curves. Very handy! More reasons why the Fastned charging app is the best EV charging app in the market: • Find both Fastned and non-Fastned charging stations across the EU/GB • Plan your electric road trips down to the last minute • Check live availability of your upcoming EV charging stations to avoid queues • Activate Autocharge for hands-free payments and autonomous charge sessions • Find out your EVs secrets, including charge curves, peak charging speeds, etc. • Sign up to be a Fastned Gold member and save money on your upcoming charge sessions
VendElectric
Discover and use nearby electric vehicle charging stations without any subscriptions. Pay as you go for charging sessions and easily manage your payments and charging history.
- Pay-as-you-go EV charging
- No membership or subscription needed
- Map and list charge point views
- Filter by public, private, and availability
- Live charge session status
- Charge session history
- Favorite charge points
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Quickly find an EV charge point close to where you are or on your route and start a charge effortlessly without the need to subscribe to a network. - PAYG EV charging with no membership or subscription required. - Map or list view to find your closest charge point - Filter between public, private and available charge points - Quick find search bar for point ID or location. - View a live status of your charge session and power rating. - Charge session history - Favourite your regular charge points - Wallet balance and easy top-up - Report faults and send feedback
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fastned at 66% against VendElectric's 6%. Fastned also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). VendElectric's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). 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.
Fastned ships an update weekly, VendElectric every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Fastned | VendElectric |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (40 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.2% of reviews — better | 6.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fastned | Rolec Services Ltd |
Customer experience
Fastned
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Bugs and requests
Fastned
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
VendElectric
Reported bugs
43 issues- App hangs with blank screen
- Charger shows unavailable when in use
- App doesn't connect to charge
- Money taken but not applied to balance
- Charger offline in app
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- Car stopped charging after partial charge
- App signs out unexpectedly
- Password reset not working
- Buttons don't respond
- No password reset email
- Error after error
- App freezes
- App doesn't accept card details
- App doesn't take Apple Pay
- App shows charging from multiple stations incorrectly
- App doesn't allow adding funds
- App crashes repeatedly
- App doesn't remember car details/favourites/payment
- App doesn't allow guest registration
- App fails to save preferences
- App timer ticks down without delivering electricity
- App doesn't allow cancelling charge without losing prepaid amount
- App doesn't show live status of kWh added or battery %
- App shows 'taking longer than expected' indefinitely
- App shows phantom charge sessions
- App doesn't remember password
- App doesn't support Apple Pay/Google Pay
- App requires personal details each time
- App doesn't work for guest or registration
- App makes it impossible to cancel a charge
- App doesn't allow charging past 8 hours
- App doesn't remember card details
- App frequently fails to start charge
- App is slow and clunky
- App doesn't work with special characters in password
- App doesn't allow anonymous charging
- App doesn't support contactless payment
- App doesn't allow charging anonymously
- App doesn't allow guest use
- App doesn't allow guest registration
- App doesn't allow guest use
- App doesn't allow guest use
- App doesn't allow guest use
Requested features
13 requests- Replace current provider
- Improve app design
- Provide responsive customer support
- Implement contactless payment
- Support Apple Pay/Google Pay
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- Allow anonymous charging
- Improve error message clarity
- Add live kWh status
- Add billing history
- Allow saving charger details
- Improve password reset functionality
- Integrate with Octopus Energy or Zapmap
- Offer RFID card option
In-app purchases
Fastned
No in-app purchases
VendElectric
No in-app purchases
