Tessie vs Vm
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!
Vm
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An app used to control the on-board atmosphere light, through which you can adjust the atmosphere light, mode and so on
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vm at none against Tessie's 17. Vm also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Tessie's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). 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. Vm asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tessie ships an update weekly, Vm every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tessie | Vm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tessie | 召 李 |
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
Vm
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
Vm
No in-app purchases
