Exploren vs TravMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exploren
Discover and navigate to electric vehicle charging stations nationwide. Easily manage your account, link a payment method, and start/pay for charging sessions. Track your charging history and filter stations by speed and price.
- Find charging stations
- Navigate to chargepoints
- Check chargepoint availability
- Reserve chargepoints
- Scan QR code or use RFID
- Automated billing
- View charging history
- Filter by charging speed
- See charging costs upfront
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Get ready for your next electric vehicle adventure by downloading the award-winning Exploren App. Exploren allows you to find charging stations across the country with our open access EV charging network. You can create your own account, and link a credit card to easily start and pay for charging across our entire network. The Exploren App allows you to keep charged up while charging from home, at work, or out and about. Get out there and get Exploren! With our app you get: Search: Find and navigate to our public chargepoints Availability: Check status and reserve a chargepoint User Access: Scan the QR code or program an RFID card into your account. Automated billing: Upload your credit card details for PAYG History: All your charging history recorded on the APP Filter: Based on required charging speed Pricing: Easily see how much it will cost to charge, before you plug in
TravMate
Organize all your travel details in one place. Save bookings, track expenses, and store memories. Premium features offer AI insights and smart itinerary planning.
- Save flight and accommodation bookings
- Track expenses in multiple currencies
- Build trip plans with destinations and dates
- Timeline view of all trip information
- AI trip insights and smart itineraries (Premium)
- Document uploads with smart parsing (Premium)
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TravMate – Your All-in-One Travel Companion TravMate helps you plan, organize, and remember your trips in one simple app. Keep all your bookings, expenses, memories, and insights together in a clean, secure timeline. Free Features - Bookings: Save flight, accommodation, and activity details with notes, links, and attachments - Expenses: Track costs in multiple currencies and see trip totals - Destinations: Add places and dates to build your trip plan - Timeline View: Everything stored neatly in one place, across mobile & web - Privacy First: Your data stays in your account - Premium Features (Subscription Required) Upgrade to TravMate Premium to unlock: - AI trip insights & smart itineraries - AI transport tips & trip summaries - Photo & video uploads with thumbnails - Multi-currency expense tracking with automatic FX conversions - Document uploads with smart parsing for bookings - Priority access to new roadmap features Subscription Terms: - All new users enjoy a 14-day free trial with full Premium access. - After the trial, TravMate Premium is available as a monthly, 6-month, or yearly auto-renewing subscription. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Legal - Privacy Policy: https://travmate.app/static/privacy_policy.html - Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TravMate at 100% against Exploren's 46%. Exploren's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, monetization model 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. TravMate sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Exploren asks for nothing beyond the download.
Exploren ships an update every 8 days, TravMate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exploren | TravMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 46.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eve Australia Pty Ltd | Eurappia Labs Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Exploren
TravMate
Bugs and requests
Exploren
Reported bugs
14 issues- No way to exit menu to map
- App not working after update
- App unable to open
- App stuck on ending session
- Payment does not work
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- QR code does not work
- Charges double/incorrectly
- Constant spam notifications
- Chargers unresponsive
- App disconnected during charging session
- New app improvements suck (behavior change)
- No visibility of charging status of idling vehicles
- Chargers not recognized by app
- Chargers offline for ages
Requested features
8 requests- Support Chargefox RFID cards and roaming
- Simple card payment at charger
- Support Apple ID and/or Apple Pay
- Guest charging with Apple Pay
- Show car's battery percentage
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- Improve login process (e.g., passcode speed)
- Bring on card payments
- Replace generic image on charging screen
TravMate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Exploren
No in-app purchases
TravMate
- TravMate Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- TravMate Monthly$3.991 Month
- TravMate Premium (6 Months)$19.996 Months
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- TravMate Premium (Yearly)$39.991 Year
