Rove Charging vs EVchargeME
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
EVchargeME
This app connects electric vehicle drivers with privately owned charging stations. Drivers can find and reserve chargers, while hosts can share their existing chargers and earn income. It aims to expand the EV charging network by utilizing existing private infrastructure.
- Discover private EV chargers
- Reserve charging sessions
- Start and manage charging
- View charger details and pricing
- Share your charger
- Set pricing and availability
- Manage reservations
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The fastest way to build the world's largest EV charging network is to unlock the one that already exists. EVchargeME is building a community-powered charging network by connecting EV drivers with privately owned chargers in homes, businesses, apartments, and commercial properties. Instead of waiting years for new infrastructure to be built, we're unlocking the chargers that already exist today. Drivers gain access to more places to charge, while hosts earn money by sharing the chargers they already own. For Drivers • Discover private EV chargers nearby • Reserve charging before you arrive • Start and manage charging sessions in the app • View pricing, photos, availability, and charger details For Hosts • Share your charger with the community • Set your own pricing and availability • Manage reservations with ease • Turn an existing charger into passive income Every new host expands the network. Every reservation helps make EV ownership easier. Build the future of EV charging. One charger at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EVchargeME at 5.0 against Rove Charging's 4.3. EVchargeME also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Rove Charging's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
EVchargeME holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rove Charging has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Rove Charging's written reviews are positive against 100% of EVchargeME's.
Rove Charging ships an update every 4 weeks, EVchargeME every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rove Charging | EVchargeME |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rove Charging, LLC | EVchargeME |
Customer experience
Rove Charging
EVchargeME
In-app purchases
Rove Charging
No in-app purchases
EVchargeME
No in-app purchases
