Comparison

EV Smart vs Loopline London

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

Head to head
About

EV Smart

Locate, reserve, and manage EV charging sessions from your smartphone. Pay for charging with saved payment methods and monitor your charging activity. Easily find and navigate to public charging stations, with options to filter by capacity.

Highlights
  • Locate charging stations
  • Reserve charging sessions
  • Manage charging sessions
  • In-app payments
  • Filter by charge capacity
  • Monitor charging activity
  • Report issues
Features
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The EV Smart app is the simplest way to find and use an EV charge point. With the EV Smart app you can locate charging stations, manage your favourite charging locations, reserve charging, manage your charging sessions and pay with your pre-saved credit card or pre-paid balance of your account. Features: - Search: find and navigate public ChargePoint’s quickly - Start, Stop and Pay-for-Charge; all from the palm of your hand. - Simply scan the QR code on the side of the EO charger to authenticate charging - Filter: search by selecting a specific charge capacity - Get directions to your nearest EV Smart charger - Charge activity: monitor both your home and public charge data - Start charging: Initiate charges directly from the app - Up-to-date information: get the latest ChargePoint availability and view public charging tariff information (set by the ChargePoint owner) - Favourites: star your most beloved locations for quicker access - Account: greater control of your EV Smart settings - Feedback: report an issue quickly from within the app - Report a Problem with an EO Charger and we will get someone to resolve the issue urgently For more information on EV Smart Charging, you can visit www.ev-smart.co.uk or email support@ev-smart.co.uk

About

Loopline London

Features
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Loopline is a free London explorer for your trip: 575 hand-picked places with a local tip, hidden gems, and what is open right now near you. Routes show the real Transport for London fare, never a guess. Free, no ads, no tracking, and you can use it without an account. HAND-PICKED PLACES 575 places across London, each chosen by a person, not an algorithm: museums, markets, parks, cafes, pubs, viewpoints, live music and plenty of hidden gems. Every place has a practical tip, almost all have an interesting fact, and most have a photo with its credit shown. FIND IT Nothing clutters the map until you ask. Tap Find It, choose how far you are happy to walk, and see what is worth a look nearby. Keep it to the hand-picked places, or include everything Apple Maps knows around you. RIGHT NOW Find It shows what is open near you, by time of day and weather. Open now is a switch in All places, and opening hours show where we have them. REAL FARES Pick a place and Loopline plans the journey with Transport for London's own journey planner, then shows the pay-as-you-go fare for it, with the daily cap taken into account across your day. Compare the Underground, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR, bus, tram, National Rail and walking for the same trip, and ask for step-free routes. If Transport for London gives no fare for a journey, none is shown: the app never guesses. ONE PLAN FOR THE DAY Add the stops you like in any order, set how long to stay at each one, see when you arrive and what each leg costs. Each leg also lists hand-picked places close to its route, so a good stop can fit between two others. Share your day as a link: friends see your stops, times and fares and can add the plan to their own Today. When you are ready to set off, open each leg in Apple Maps or Google Maps. YOUR IMPACT Sign in and the app keeps running totals of money saved, CO2 avoided and steps, and you can tap each one to see it day by day. It counts only trips it could confirm with your location. Nobody else sees your numbers, and there are no leaderboards. LOCK SCREEN, DYNAMIC ISLAND, WIDGETS AND SIRI Your next stop and Find It's nearby count can sit on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and you can switch that off in Profile. Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen show your next stop, today's plan, places near you, your impact and live line status. Find It is also a control for Control Center and the Action button. Ask Siri to "find it in Loopline" or to "navigate to" a place in Loopline. LONDON PASSPORT Earn badges for the places you visit: coins for milestones and kinds of place, and 30 Famous London landmarks with three gold levels. Visits can be recorded automatically while Loopline is open or a route is running. Your Passport stays on your phone. TUBE, RAIL AND BUS STOPS In Find It, choose a distance and see the nearest stations and bus stops. Tap a station to see its lines and where each one goes. APPLE WATCH Your next stop and today's plan, on your wrist. AND MORE French, German, Spanish and Dutch, chosen inside the app under Profile > Language. A music line on place pages says what clubs, pubs and live venues play. PRIVACY, IN PLAIN WORDS Free. No ads, no tracking, and nothing is sold. The app counts a few things anonymously, such as how often Find It is used, with nothing that identifies you and nothing about where you are, and you can switch that off in Profile. The map, routes and Today work without an account. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want your days kept, your impact saved or to share a plan as a link, and you can delete your account inside the app. Your location is used only while the app is open, and no history of where you have been is kept. MADE FOR LONDON The map stays on London. Made by one independent developer. Loopline is not affiliated with or endorsed by Transport for London or Apple. Journeys, fares and stops use TfL Open Data. Loopline was called A Reason to Stop until October 2026.

Screenshots

EV Smart4 screens
Loopline London4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EV Smart at none against Loopline London's 5. EV Smart also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Loopline London sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. EV Smart asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EV Smart versus Loopline London: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEV SmartLoopline London
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB99 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEV Smart (UK) LTDMohammed Umer Ashik Sadiq Batcha

In-app purchases

None

EV Smart

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Loopline London

One-time5
  • A coffee and a pastry$4.99
  • A full brunch$6.99
  • A lunch$9.99
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  • A dinner$14.99
  • A proper feast$24.99

Questions

Is EV Smart free?
EV Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loopline London free?
Loopline London is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EV Smart or Loopline London have ads?
Neither EV Smart nor Loopline London shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EV Smart or Loopline London?
EV Smart ships an update weekly, and Loopline London weekly. Most recently, EV Smart was updated on November 3, 2026 and Loopline London on November 6, 2026.

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