Comparison

Electromaps vs Place to Plug

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Place to Plug

Discover and book electric vehicle charging stations worldwide. Start charging directly from your phone, share your own charging point with the community, and manage your charging sessions. This app promotes sustainable mobility by making EV charging accessible and convenient.

Highlights
  • Map and list of charging stations
  • Advanced filtering options
  • Real-time station status
  • Remote charging start/stop
  • Book charging points
  • Share charging points
  • Charging session history
Features
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Master electric driving and sustainable mobility. Become a PRO with our app, it's totally free! With Place to Plug EV drivers can easily discover thousands of charging stations along their way around the world, both public and private. Find your preferred charging point and even book it for your peace of mind. Start charging on your arrival without the need of specific apps or RFID cards. Become one of our awesome community users by sharing your socket with other EV drivers. • Tap, charge and GO Charge right from your phone. This app will give you all the power! • Ensure your charge whenever you want Book a socket and let it wait for you. Just keep calm and enjoy your road! • Charge everywhere Use sockets from our community to charge even at the top of a mountain. • Environment matters We reduce emissions by helping you to use EVs. Let's green the world! FEATURES • Map and list of charging stations around the world • Advanced filtering such as power, connector type, charging zone type… • Access to public and private charging points • Real time status of charging stations & charging points • Remote start/stop wherever and whenever you want • Start charging by scanning a QR code • Book charging points to ensure your charge • Charging session history & details • Charging point reporting & reviews • Sharing your charging point with other Place to Plug users • Private charging points management • Bookings management And, of course, Tesla users will also find all Supercharger stations in our app! NEW IN We release our brand-new widget and Apple Watch App! And we give a warm welcome to iOS 13 and Sign in with Apple. Do not miss our new widget! Start charging by scanning a QR code you will find in the connector of the charging station, find all your favorite stations and nearby charging stations. And about the Watch... you have never had so much power in your wrist before. Its design will allow you to stop any charge right from your wrist and get directions to your favorites and nearby charging stations ;) Discover all its features! SUPPORT IN REAL TIME Having problems with any charging point or charging station? Our app offers you a real time chat with all charging points operators as well as with the users that book and use your charging points :)

Screenshots

Electromaps4 screens
Place to Plug4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Electromaps at 4.8 against Place to Plug's 1.0. Electromaps also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 0%) and ratings volume (342 vs 1). Place to Plug's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Electromaps holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Electromaps has 342 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Electromaps's written reviews are positive against 0% of Place to Plug's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Electromaps ships an update monthly, Place to Plug fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Electromaps versus Place to Plug: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElectromapsPlace to Plug
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (342 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews29.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings342 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB86 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWallboxPLACE TO PLUG SOCIEDAD LIMITADA

Customer experience

Electromaps

All ratings342 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.2%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive29.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative63.5%

Place to Plug

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

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
Show 22 more
  • 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

Place to Plug

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Electromaps

No in-app purchases

None

Place to Plug

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Electromaps free?
Electromaps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Place to Plug free?
Place to Plug is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Electromaps or Place to Plug?
Electromaps is rated higher. Electromaps averages 4.8 out of 5 from 342 ratings, while Place to Plug averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Electromaps or Place to Plug have ads?
Electromaps shows ads; Place to Plug does not.
Which is updated more often, Electromaps or Place to Plug?
Electromaps ships an update monthly, and Place to Plug fortnightly. Most recently, Electromaps was updated on September 26, 2026 and Place to Plug on September 19, 2026.

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