Rove Charging vs EV Range
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rove Charging
Find and manage EV charging sessions at full-service centers. Charge your electric vehicle in as little as 20 minutes while enjoying amenities like a 24/7 lounge, car wash, and market. Locate stations, check charger availability, and track your charge progress.
- Locate EV charging centers
- Check charger availability
- Start/stop charging sessions
- Track charge progress
- Purchase car washes
- Order food ahead
- Manage charging history
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Are you a Southern California EV (Electric Vehicle) owner? We have the charging experience you’ve been waiting for. Rove’s full-service charging centers can charge your EV in as little as 20 minutes while you enjoy our modern onsite amenities which include a 24/7 lounge, car wash and fresh market. Find a charging station nearby on the Rove map. When you use the Rove app with or without a free account, you can: - Locate our closest full-service charging center near you - Check for available chargers before arriving at our centers - Start and stop your EV charging session from anywhere - Track the progress of your charge while you enjoy the center - Buy and redeem Rove car washes - Order food ahead from our onsite ReCharge by Gelson’s market - Manage your charging history - Contactless payment Unlike other charging stations, Rove centers have all 3 plugs in one location. Each center has 40 chargers equipped with CCS (SAE Combo), NACS or CHAdeMO, plugs. That means – you can charge any EV on the market all at one center: - Audi charging (e-Tron) - Volkswagen charging (ID.4 and e-Golf) - Hyundai charging (Kona Electric and Ioniq) - BMW charging (i3) - Nissan (Leaf and Leaf-Plus) - Chevrolet charging (Volt and Bolt) - Polestar charging - Rivian charging - Toyota charging - Kia (Niro and Soul) - Porsche (Taycan) - All Tesla Models (3, S, X, Y, Plaid and Cybertruck) Join Our Community Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RoveCharging Instagram https://www.instagram.com/roveevcharging Twitter https://twitter.com/RoveCharging
EV Range
Find and navigate to nearby electric vehicle charging stations. Start and monitor charging sessions remotely, view past sessions, and manage your account. Get assistance from a US-based support team.
- Locate nearby chargers
- Navigate to charging stations
- Start and monitor charging sessions
- Remotely end charging
- View historical sessions and receipts
- Manage account and payment methods
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As one of the fastest growing DC fast charging networks, our aim is to make the EV charging process more intuitive, accessible and, of course, faster. Use our app to: • Locate and navigate to nearby chargers on the EV Range charging network. • Start a new charging session, view your live charging status and remotely end your charging session. • View your historical sessions and receipts. • Manage your account profile and payment methods. • Easily contact our support team if you need assistance. Our customer support team is US-based and proudly part of the EV Range family. Familiar with all our chargers and locations, they will always be ready and able to help if needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EV Range at 5.0 against Rove Charging's 4.3. EV Range also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Rove Charging's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 25%) and ratings volume (12 vs 3). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EV Range holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Rove Charging's written reviews are positive against 25% of EV Range's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rove Charging ships an update every 3 weeks, EV Range every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rove Charging | EV Range |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rove Charging, LLC | EV Range Inc. |
Customer experience
Rove Charging
EV Range
In-app purchases
Rove Charging
No in-app purchases
EV Range
No in-app purchases









