Plugmatic vs Field Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plugmatic
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Plugmatic is an app for your electric vehicle charging. With Plugmatic you can: – See all charging points locations on the map, and their current availability – Navigate to the location – Start and stop charging – Monitor charging process remotely, in real time – See all of your charging history and stats – Contact our support team via email or phone To charge with Plugmatic you need to be a registered user. The service is postpaid and billed automatically after each charging session. Providing a payment card is necessary to be able to charge on non-free charging points.
Field Notes
This app provides aggregated real ratings from travelers on essential aspects like safety, food, and cost. It aims to reveal honest patterns by analyzing feedback from thousands of users, offering a truthful alternative to sponsored travel content.
- Aggregated real traveler ratings
- Focus on safety, food, cost, nightlife, nature
- Data from thousands of users
- Honest, unbiased travel insights
- Alternative to sponsored content
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Travel content is broken. Somewhere along the way, "where should i go?" became a question answered by sponsored posts, algorithmic feeds, and people whose job it is to make everywhere look perfect. Field notes is different. We aggregate real ratings from real travelers across the things that actually matter. Safety. Food. Cost. Nightlife. Nature. Food & Drink. And more. One traveler's opinion doesn't always tell the whole story. Maybe they got lucky with the weather. Maybe they had a bad day. But when thousands of people who've actually been there rate the same city, country, or activity across the same categories, patterns appear and the truth emerges. That's what field notes gives you: not a highlight reel, not a hot take, not a ranking paid for by a tourism board. Just honest, aggregated data from people who've done the trip.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Field Notes at weekly against Plugmatic's every 3 months. Plugmatic's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Plugmatic ships an update every 3 months, Field Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plugmatic | Field Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Voltic | Field Notes L.L.C. |
In-app purchases
Plugmatic
No in-app purchases
Field Notes
No in-app purchases









