Tessie vs OpenCARWINGS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tessie
Enhance your Tesla ownership with advanced tracking, AI-powered control, and automation features. Monitor trips, battery health, charging, and receive real-time notifications. Integrates with smart home devices and offers web and Apple Watch control.
- Trip tracking
- Battery health monitoring
- AI-powered vehicle control
- Automation with schedules and triggers
- Real-time notifications
- Apple Watch and web browser control
- Smart home integrations
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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!
OpenCARWINGS
Control your electric vehicle remotely. Monitor battery status, driving range, and vehicle location. Manage climate control, charging, and set timers for convenience.
- View battery charge and driving range
- Track vehicle location
- Send destinations to car navigation
- Remote climate control (A/C)
- Remote charging control
- Set remote timers
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OpenCARWINGS brings back remote control functions to cars like Nissan LEAF, e-NV200. With the mobile app you can conveniently control the application. With the app you can: - View battery charge and driving range - View vehicle's location and send destinations to car's navigation system - Turn on and off the air conditioning remotely - Start charging the car - Set remote timers for charge start and A/C - More functionality coming later! OpenCARWINGS is an open source project, its repository can be found here: https://github.com/developerfromjokela/opencarwings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenCARWINGS at none against Tessie's 10. OpenCARWINGS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Tessie's advantage is ratings volume (9.7K vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. OpenCARWINGS asks for nothing beyond the download.
OpenCARWINGS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tessie has 9.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tessie ships an update weekly, OpenCARWINGS fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tessie | OpenCARWINGS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9.7K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 259 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tessie | Ruben Mkrtumyan |
Customer experience
Tessie
OpenCARWINGS
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
OpenCARWINGS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tessie
- Legacy14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Legacy14 Days trial$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$49.991 Year
- Basic14 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Pro14 Days trial$129.991 Year
- Legacy (Lifetime)$199.99
OpenCARWINGS
No in-app purchases
