ecar connect vs Tipperary eParking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ecar connect
Easily find and use Ireland's public electric vehicle charging stations. Register, pay, and remotely control charging sessions. Monitor your usage and manage your account.
- Real-time charge point map
- Remote start/stop charging
- Usage monitoring and tracking
- Account management
- Registration and payment
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Use Ireland’s extensive public charging network to charge your electric vehicle with the easy to use ecar connect app from ESB. The app displays all charge points on the public charging network across Ireland in real-time. It enables you to register and pay, to swipe to remotely start and stop charging, to monitor and track usage, and to manage your own personalised account. For more information visit www.esb.ie/ecars and www.facebook.com/ESBecars.
Tipperary eParking
Pay for parking in multiple Tipperary towns quickly and easily without coins. Extend your parking session remotely and access all your past parking receipts in one convenient location. This is the official parking payment application for Tipperary County Council.
- Pay for parking without coins
- Extend parking sessions remotely
- Access all parking receipts
- Official Tipperary County Council app
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Use the Tipperary eParking App to pay for your parking when visiting Cahir, Carrick on Suir, Cashel, Clonmel, Nenagh, Roscrea, Templemore, Thurles and Tipperary Town. - Pay quickly and easily without the need for coins - Extend your stay from anywhere without returning to your car. - Access all of your parking receipts in one place. This App is the official parking payment App of Tipperary County Council. For more information on parking in Tipperary visit http://www.tipperaryparking.ie
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ecar connect at 3.0 against Tipperary eParking's 1.0. ecar connect also leads on review sentiment (16% vs 0%). Tipperary eParking's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
ecar connect holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of ecar connect's written reviews are positive against 0% of Tipperary eParking's.
ecar connect ships an update every 8 months, Tipperary eParking every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ecar connect | Tipperary eParking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Driivz Ltd. | ParkMagic |
Customer experience
ecar connect
Tipperary eParking
In-app purchases
ecar connect
No in-app purchases
Tipperary eParking
No in-app purchases
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