ION smart charge vs Car Dashboard Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
ION smart charge
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Traveling on the electric vehicle may be tricky. Lack of charging opportunities at reasonable price makes this even more difficult. ION smart charge brings to your private network of chargers at restaurants, parkings, hotels and many other local businesses. Install our app and get access to 60 000 private and public charging points all over Europe.
Car Dashboard Widget
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Pit24 turns your car into a character. Its mood mirrors the real state of your car: insurance running out, service overdue, weeks without a wash β the face knows, and it tells you before it becomes expensive. AT A GLANCE See it all on one screen: last fuel-up, odometer, last wash, and what you spent this month. Tap any card to act on it. NINE IN-CAR DASHBOARDS Mount your phone and turn it into the dash your car never had. Neon synthwave, Game Boy phosphor, a classic needle gauge, 70s muscle, an off-road cluster with compass and roll & pitch, a mirrored HUD for your windshield β nine themes, each with speed, music, maps and G-force. Build your own layout from 11 modules. NEVER MISS A DATE Insurance, technical inspection, service by date or by mileage. Countdowns sit on your home screen as widgets, so you physically can't scroll past them. Pit24 also checks open factory recalls for your car. MONEY, HONESTLY Log a fill-up in two taps β even from a home screen widget. Fuel, service, wash, parking, tax, fines. Then see the total per month, per category, per kilometre. EVERY DRIVE, REMEMBERED Start a trip and a live card appears on your lock screen with time, distance and speed, narrated by your car. Trips are logged with routes and top speed. ALSO INSIDE β’ Widgets: countdown, quick expense log, spend, odometer, last trip β’ Apple Watch app with your car photo and the buddy β’ Glovebox for documents, service log, tuning plans β’ Photo album for your car β’ iCloud sync across your devices β’ Miles or kilometres, your currency PRIVACY No account. No registration. No ads. No analytics or tracking SDKs. We have no servers β your data stays on your iPhone and, if you turn it on, in your own iCloud. There is nowhere for it to go. Free. Everything included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Car Dashboard Widget at daily against ION smart charge's every 5 weeks. ION smart charge's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ION smart charge ships an update every 5 weeks, Car Dashboard Widget daily. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ION smart charge | Car Dashboard Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Daily β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SCDB s.r.l. | Barys Bandarenko |
In-app purchases
ION smart charge
No in-app purchases
Car Dashboard Widget
No in-app purchases





