ChargePoint® vs Electromaps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChargePoint®
Easily locate, use, and pay for EV charging stations. This app provides real-time availability, station details, and seamless charging initiation. Manage both public and home charging in one place.
- Real-time charging station availability map
- Charge at roaming partner stations
- Customize station filters (car compatibility, charger type)
- View station details (pricing, popular times, tips)
- Initiate charging via Tap to charge, app, or RFID
- Track charging history and usage
- Home charging management
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FIND. CHARGE. PAY. GO. The ChargePoint app seamlessly connects drivers to the world’s largest EV charging network with hundreds of thousands of available stations and roaming partners to choose from. Finding, using and paying for charging your EV has never been easier. The ChargePoint app is the only all-in-one driver solution with smooth tech integrations and premium driver features so you can finally leave your wallet at home. Charge, drive and live better now with the ChargePoint app. Download the ChargePoint app to: FIND A PLACE TO CHARGE Discover real-time charging station availability with the ChargePoint map. CHARGE AT ROAMING PARTNER STATIONS Use your ChargePoint app and account to charge at FLO, EVgo, Greenlot and EV Connect stations. CUSTOMIZE YOUR STATION FILTERS Use filters to see only stations that work with your car and filter for AC or DC fast chargers for maximum convenience. SEE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW Find the most important information about a charging station, including station availability, pricing, popular times to charge, charging history, driver tips and more. START CHARGING INSTANTLY Begin charging via Tap to charge, directly in the ChargePoint app or with your RFID card. TRACK YOUR COMPLETE CHARGING ACTIVITY See your charging history and trends, including miles added and cost. Easily control both your public and home charging in a single app. GET LIVE UPDATES Receive real-time notifications and reminders about your charging status, including when a station becomes available, your car finishes charging and a charging session’s cost. ENJOY CONVENIENT WIDGETS Activate widgets to seamlessly find nearby stations, view your charging status, manage home charging and more without opening the app. Choose the right ChargePoint widgets for you from Lock screen, Home screen, StandBy mode and macOS. LEARN FROM DRIVER TIPS Get station advice complete with photos from other drivers to better navigate and enjoy ChargePoint’s global app and roaming network. CHARGE AT HOME Use the ChargePoint app to charge your EV at home with ChargePoint Home Flex. Schedule charging, set reminders, get notifications, track usage and more. JOIN A VIRTUAL WAITLIST Reserve a charging spot from anywhere via our virtual Waitlist feature. MAXIMIZE CHARGING WITH YOUR APPLE WATCH Tap to charge with your Apple Watch to start charging instantly and easily see miles added to your range. LOCATE STATIONS AND MORE WITH CARPLAY Easily access charging info while on the road with your CarPlay in-vehicle display.
Electromaps
Easily locate and access over 470,000 electric vehicle charging points worldwide. Plan your routes with optimized navigation, view real-time availability, and track your charging history. Join a community of EV drivers to share insights and contribute to a greener future.
- Find charging points worldwide
- Optimized navigation to stations
- Real-time availability information
- Charging session price details
- Statistics and charge logging
- Community reviews and photos
- Add new charging points
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Find charging points easily and charge your electric vehicle with Electromaps! Electromaps allows you to find all available charging points for electric vehicles and charge at many of them. You can search for charging points by type of connector, power, or type of establishment. Electromaps is an app that has all the information and functionalities to best suit your needs when charging your electric vehicle. FUNCTIONALITIES: Find charging points at any time: Access to a network of more than 472,865 charging points for your electric vehicle, available in over 200,000 locations worldwide! With Electromaps, you don't have to worry about finding a place to charge your electric vehicle. On our App you will get charging options close to you at any location. Navegation Optimised to Reach Your Destination: Our advanced navigation technology will get you efficiently and accurately to the nearest charging locations. Plan your journeys with confidence, knowing that there will always be a charging station available on your route. Real-Time Information: Know the real-time availability of charging points and avoid uncomfortable situations when arriving at a busy station. Electromaps provides you with up-to-date data so you can make good decisions about where and when to charge your electric vehicle. You can see if the charging point has the right connector for your vehicle, how to get there, the price of the charging session and all the information you need before stopping to charge your vehicle. Contribute to the environment: By using Electromaps, you are contributing to reducing emissions and caring for the environment. Every electric charge is a step towards a cleaner and more sustainable future - join the green mobility revolution! Statistics and Charge Logging: Keep a detailed record of your charging sessions and get valuable information about your electricity consumption. Our statistics will help you better understand your charging habits and optimise your electric driving experience. Electromaps Community: Electromaps has a highly collaborative community of over 860,000 registered users. Check out other users' photos and comments to find out the reputation of the charging point or directions to find it more easily. Add your comments or pictures and join our community. You can also add recharge points that are not in our app so that they can be used by other users. CHARGING POINTS FROM ALL OPERATORS Tesla Superchargers Tesla Destination Charging Endesa X / Enel X Iberdrola EDP Repsol / IBIL CEPSA Ionity Shell (New Motion) Total Energies EVBox Fenie Energía Easy Charger BSM / Ayuntamiento de Barcelona Empark Wenea Plenitud Be Charge Powy Electra And many more! AVAILABLE FOR ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV and PHEV): Volvo XC40, Renault Zoe, Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model S, Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model Y, Tesla Model X, Volkswagen eUP, Volkswagen ID.5, Volkswagen ID.4, Volkswagen ID.3, KIA eNiro, KIA EV6, Hyundai KONA, Hyundai Ioniq, Hyundai Ioniq 5, Fiat 500e, Citroen C4e, Mercedes EQA, Mercedes EQC, Mercedes EQS, Mercedes EQB, Dacia Spring, Skoda Enyaq iV, BMW i3, BMW iX, Peugeot e-208, Peugeot e-2008, Opel Mokka-e, Ford Mustang Mach-e, Ford Kuga PHEV, Audi e-Tron, Audi Q4 e-Tron, Polestar 2, Porsche Taycan, MG 4. ... whatever your electric car you can use Electromaps to find a charging point. Download Electromaps today and discover a new way to travel with clean energy. Become part of our global community of users committed to a more sustainable future and discover the benefits of being part of the electric community that moves the future! Note: Feature availability may vary by region.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Electromaps at 4.8 against ChargePoint®'s 4.3. Electromaps also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 13%). ChargePoint®'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (19K vs 342). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Electromaps holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChargePoint® has 19K ratings behind it against 342, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of ChargePoint®'s written reviews are positive against 30% of Electromaps's.
ChargePoint® ships an update fortnightly, Electromaps monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChargePoint® | Electromaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (19K ratings) | 4.8 (342 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.8% of reviews | 29.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 342 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #24 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 305 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ChargePoint, Inc. | Wallbox |
Customer experience
ChargePoint®
Electromaps
User reviews
ChargePoint®
From 19K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Works well
- 👍 Easy and efficient
- 🚀 Seamless transaction
- 👍 User-friendly
- 👍 Helpful for travel
Room to improve
- 🐛 User interface issues
- 🐛 Connectivity problems
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 🔒 Forced auto-reload
- 💰 Overcharging issues
Electromaps
From 342 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Lifesaver for EV travel
- 👍 Works with alternative payment
- 👍 Useful in Spain
- 👍 Fast and easy to use
- 👍 Essential for Europe travel
Room to improve
- 👎 No customer service
- 👎 Unreliable station availability
- 👎 App shows unavailable stations
- 👎 No way to report errors
- 👎 Inconvenient phone number location
Bugs and requests
ChargePoint®
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Chargers not detected or showing as unavailable
- Charging sessions not recorded properly
- Inability to change charging amperage settings
Requested features
8 requests- Add more vehicle models
- Improve waitlist and charging status notifications
- Allow manual input of car and battery info
- Provide more charging analytics and customization
- Add option to stop charging at 80% or 90%
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- Improve geographic marker accuracy on map
- Allow adding charging locations/stations
- Provide option to choose reload amount
Electromaps
Reported bugs
76 issues- 100,- credit disappeared
- App shows unavailable stations as available
- No response to emails
- No support for days
- No way to report errors
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- No customer service
- Incompetence in providing tickets
- Few chargers on maps in Australia
- Registration fails
- Cannot proceed without postcode
- Postal code invalid
- Invalid postal code
- Invalid postal code
- Unusable on iPhone SE
- Invalid postal code
- Fails to recognize valid UK post codes
- Purchased card not recognized
- App tells me postal code is invalid
- Postal code issue
- Cannot register
- Connection is a misery
- Codes never work
- Map not zoomable
- Postcode not recognised
- Rubbish, couldn't register
- Kept telling me postcode was invalid
- Unusable app
- Cannot access without registering
- System doesn't accept UK or French postcodes
- No stations displayed
- Charging bookings don't always work
- Charging errors very frequent
- Ads are annoying
- Clock still running in charging history
- Registration hangs
- Cannot complete registration
- Password reset doesn't work
- User not recognized for password reset
- Registration difficult
- Verification stage hangs
- Cannot input verification code
- Not usable in Berlin
- Map is slow
- No filter for free chargers
- Difficult to see tariffs
- No return button
- Terms and conditions not in German
- App freezes sometimes
- Tariffs rarely indicated
- Incomplete application
- Doesn't work at all
- Cannot select connector to start charge
- No tariff indication
- New version is horrible
- Loses useful information
- Adds more taps to access information
- Limited private parking chargers
- Dreadful
- Doesn't recognise locations
- Cannot register
- Registration crashes
- Registration fails on iPad
- No map points displayed
- Charger not used at time of query
- Login errors: Wrong User, Error Token, generic_error
- Cannot log in, only see stations as guest
- Login screen too low for iPhone SE 2022
- App hangs or crashes on sign up
- Unable to activate fields or buttons
- No reply to email
- No landscape mode on Samsung tab
- Cannot use external keyboard
- Registration hangs when selecting country on iPad
- App opens but shows no points
- Search does not work
- Cannot select country on iPad
Requested features
27 requests- Make charger information easier to access and read
- Improve map window when driving
- Easier exit after looking for chargers
- Add option to report closures or errors
- More chargers needed in town square
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- Support for Canadian postal codes
- Support for Canadian/US phone numbers
- Provide tickets for professionals
- Display more chargers in Australia
- Fix registration issues
- Accept all valid postal codes
- Improve customer service responsiveness
- Add more chargers in Montry or Esbly
- Improve user interface for beginners (e.g., icons for plug types)
- Add filters for higher power charging classes (150kW+)
- Show tariffs directly
- Improve map loading speed
- Indicate if charger is in use
- Add option to filter by free chargers
- Add a return button in menus
- Provide terms and conditions in German
- Improve charger selection and tariff display
- Indicate tariffs for all chargers
- Show private parking chargers
- Improve real-time availability updates
- Add hotels with EV charging and solar options
- Improve updates for out-of-order chargers
In-app purchases
ChargePoint®
No in-app purchases
Electromaps
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ChargePoint® free?
Is Electromaps free?
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Do ChargePoint® or Electromaps have ads?
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