eFREND vs Carbon3 EV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eFREND
Locate and manage electric vehicle charging stations across EU countries. View real-time data on connections, power, occupancy, and fees. Activate charging and pay securely with your preferred payment cards.
- Find charging stations on an interactive map
- View connection details and energy power
- Check station occupancy in real-time
- See charging fees
- Activate charging via app or RFID
- Pay with favorite payment cards
- Add own charging stations to the map
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eFrend Charge app is your easiest way to find a charging station and charge your electric vehicle! It provides an overview and access to own and partner charging stations across EU countries. You can also add your own charging station to the map or even for public usage and enjoy full experience of charging your electric vehicle wherever you are. The app shows an interactive map with information about the nearest charging station with precise data on the number of connections and their energy power, the occupancy of each connection and the charging fee. You can activate charging using the app or RFID card and pay the fee for charging using one of your favourite payment cards.
Carbon3 EV
Find and use EV charge points across the UK. Manage charging sessions, pay for electricity, and monitor your carbon offset. Offers comprehensive EV charging management, including installation and maintenance services.
- Locate EV charging stations
- Manage charging sessions
- Pay for charging via card or prepaid balance
- Access open and closed charging networks
- Monitor carbon offset and energy usage
- EV charger installation and maintenance
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Effortless charging with the Carbon3 App! Simply select your charger using the app to start and finish your charge session. Access to multiple chargers across the UK for both open and closed charging networks. The Carbon3 app provides the simplest solution to find and use an EV charge point - allowing you to locate charging stations, manage your charging sessions and pay via credit or debit card (or top up your pre-paid balance to save on transaction fees!) Carbon3 EV - Market leading OCPP EV charging management! The Carbon3 Umbrella management system that brings your assets together! The Carbon3 system is designed to adopt all hardware and provide a central management offering for both soft and hard services. We will pull the chargers together and manage the portfolio to ensure that they are always functional. If there are any problems, we have service and maintenance technicians on hand to reactively remedy. We will also ensure that the chargers are adequately maintained and safe to use, preserving warranties. Carbon3 is a leading EV Charging, Renewables & Decarbonisation service provider. We work across multiple sectors to ensure emissions are reduced and sustainability objectives are realised. We also provide a full turnkey consultancy, design, supply, and installation service should you want to add more chargers to your portfolio or start a new installation from scratch. Our unique ability to service multiple technologies and multiple decarbonisation services makes it easier and more efficient for our clients to achieve their carbon reduction goals, whilst maintaining an easy one point of contact for invaluable data resulting from our services. We provide accurate data from our systems enabling you to understand how much carbon you are offsetting or how much bills have reduced. The Carbon3 EV charging holistic offering covers the following. Consultancy/design/ supply/ installation/ management of your charging system as well as other decarbonisation technologies such as Solar PV, Heat pumps, heat recovery, energy management to name a few! Soft Services – we will manage your chargers to ensure that the charge session costs, user sets, carbon offset, energy usage and monetary transactions (billing) are regularly monitored and taken care of. Hard Services – should one or multiple chargers go down we will be on hand to make safe and repair. This will ensure that the chargers are live and ready for use as much as possible. We will also provide regular testing and servicing to maximise the life of your chargers and where required warranty processing to minimise replacement costs. Asset adoption – if you have multiple providers of hard and soft services, we can bring this all under one contract. This is more cost effective and easier to manage, in most cases we can also identify energy savings based on the information we manage on your behalf. Revenue management – we have a dedicated transaction team to ensure that charge sessions are billed correctly and passed through to you in an efficient manner, streamlining internal involvement, reducing costs, and ensuring you are always protected. End user management – 24/7 helpline to advise end users on how to use the EV charger and help them with any issues they may have. Carbon3 Technologies EV Charging Solar PV Air Source Heat Pumps Mechanical Ventilation & Heat Recovery Energy and condition monitoring systems For more information on Carbon3 and the services we offer please visit www.carbon3.co.uk.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: eFREND at 100% against Carbon3 EV's 50%. eFREND also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eFREND | Carbon3 EV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eFrend d.o.o. | Carbon3 Ltd |
Customer experience
eFREND
Carbon3 EV
In-app purchases
eFREND
No in-app purchases
Carbon3 EV
No in-app purchases









