Tessie vs VMAX connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tessie
Enhance your Tesla ownership with detailed tracking, powerful automations, and real-time diagnostics. Monitor trips, battery health, charging, and receive important event notifications. Integrate with smart home systems and control your vehicle from various devices.
- Trip tracking
- Battery health analytics
- Charging and phantom drain tracking
- Live charging view
- Automations with schedules and triggers
- Event notifications
- Real-time OBD diagnostics
- Cross-platform control (Apple Watch, Web)
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Join over 500,000 Tesla drivers using Tessie to track, automate and protect their vehicles. Try it free! Requires a subscription or one-time payment. Happiness guaranteed or your money back. - Track your trips - Track your battery and compare it to others - Track charging and phantom drain - Monitor and control your Tesla using AI, including ChatGPT, Claude & Grok - Automate your Tesla using schedules and triggers - Get notified about driving, charging, Sentry events and more - Add a live charging view to your Lock Screen - View real-time OBD-level diagnostics using Profiler - Use your Apple Watch to control your Tesla - Use your Mac or PC to control your Tesla from your web browser - Integrate your Tesla with Alexa, Home Assistant, HomeKit and more Plus, import your existing data from TezLab, TeslaFi, Teslascope and TeslaMate. All data is 100% yours. View it, use it, export it or delete it. Tessie is built from the ground up for security using industry-leading best practices. Terms: tessie.com/terms Have questions or need help? Chat with us at support@tessie.com!
VMAX connect
Enhance your e-scooter experience with real-time driving information. Monitor speed, battery, and settings like riding mode and lights. Access detailed ride statistics and manage scooter features.
- Real-time speed and battery monitoring
- Adjustable riding modes (Eco/Sport)
- Headlight control
- Distance tracking (current and total)
- Firmware upgrades
- Multi-language support
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Die VMAX-App dient dazu als User mehr Fahrinformationen deines E-Scooters zu erhalten, um so das Fahrerlebnis und den Spass-Faktor vor-, während-, und nach der Fahrt zu erhöhen. Nach dem Aktivieren findest du auf dem Dash-Board hilfreiche Informationen: Geschwindigkeitsanzeige, Batterieanzeige, Bluetooth-Information (verbunden/nicht verbunden), Wegfahrsperre (frei/gesperrt), Licht (An/Aus), Modus (Eco/Sport) sowie weitere zwei Buttons, welche über folgende Einstellungen/Fahrinformationen verfügen: Button Einstellungen: Fahrmodus ECO/SPORT, Scheinwerfer (Licht An/Aus), Aktuelle Einheit (Metrisch/Imperial), Modus starten (Kick-Start/Zero-Start), Aktuelle Sprache (wählbar; Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch, Spanisch, Russisch, Japanisch, Chinesisch), Passwort Einstellungen, Feedback an VMAX, Erweiterte Einstellungen, Firmware Upgrade. Button Details: Hier findest du sämtliche Fahrinformationen wie Batterie-Zustand in Prozent, aktuelle Geschwindigkeit in km/h, Spannung der Batterie, aktuelle Stromstärke, aktuelle Motorenleistung in Watt, Regler-Temperatur, gefahrene Distanz in Km, total gefahrene Distanz in Km, sowie die aktuelle Firmware Version.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VMAX connect at none against Tessie's 17. VMAX connect also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.6). Tessie's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (9.6K vs 7). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Tessie sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. VMAX connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
VMAX connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tessie has 9.6K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Tessie's written reviews are positive against 50% of VMAX connect's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tessie ships an update weekly, VMAX connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tessie | VMAX connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9.6K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.6K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tessie | VMAX Global |
Customer experience
Tessie
VMAX connect
Bugs and requests
Tessie
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inaccurate weather data
- Missing trip and charging history
- Unreliable Apple Watch integration
Requested features
4 requests- Charging schedule and preconditioning options
- More customization and widget support
- Sentry mode camera access
- Improved Apple Watch reliability
VMAX connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tessie
- Legacy14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Legacy14 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
- Legacy1 Month trial$4.991 Month
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- Basic14 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Pro14 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Pro14 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Legacy14 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Tessie14 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Legacy14 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Tessie1 Month trial$69.991 Year
- Basic14 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Pro14 Days trial$129.991 Year
- Pro14 Days trial$149.991 Year
- Legacy (Lifetime)$199.99
- Tessie$399.99
VMAX connect
No in-app purchases
