Open Charge Map vs EV Charge Finder*
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Charge Map
Discover and update electric vehicle charging station locations worldwide. Plan your journeys with comprehensive charging information, and contribute to the global registry by adding new locations, comments, and photos.
- Find EV charging locations
- Update charging station listings
- Plan EV journeys
- Submit ratings and comments
- Add photos of charging stations
- Access global charging data
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Powered by data from Open Charge Map, you can use this app to: - update listings for charging locations - find charging equipment locations near you or in a place you are planning to travel to - help plan your journey - provide ratings, comments and photos Open Charge Map is the world's largest public registry of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, dedicated to providing the most complete information possible. Users can submit new locations or add comments/check-ins against each location, you can even edit existing locations. Unlike commercial apps or sites, our data (which you can help improve) is freely shared and made available as Open Data through openchargemap.org for other app, sites and navigation systems to use.
EV Charge Finder*
Locate nearby electric vehicle charging stations with this app. Filter stations and view detailed information to plan your charging stops efficiently.
- Find nearest charging stations
- Filter charging stations
- View station details
- Location-based search
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Electric Charging Stations application has been developed for you to find the nearest charging stations. With the electric charging stations application, you can find the closest charging stations to your location, filter them and see the station details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Open Charge Map at 5.0 against EV Charge Finder*'s 4.3. Open Charge Map also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). EV Charge Finder*'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Open Charge Map holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EV Charge Finder* has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Open Charge Map ships an update every 3 months, EV Charge Finder* every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Charge Map | EV Charge Finder* |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 17.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Webprofusion Pty Ltd | Ali Gurelli |
Customer experience
Open Charge Map
EV Charge Finder*
In-app purchases
Open Charge Map
No in-app purchases
EV Charge Finder*
No in-app purchases
Questions
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