Comparison

synergEV vs SeaBase

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

Head to head
About

synergEV

Easily find, access, and pay for electric vehicle charging stations. Monitor your charging sessions in real-time, receive notifications, and manage your charging history. Secure and reliable EV charging management for drivers.

Highlights
  • Find EV charging stations by location, availability, and power
  • Start charging via QR code or station ID
  • Monitor charging sessions in real-time
  • Receive charging completion notifications
  • Secure in-app payments
  • Favorite charging stations
  • View charging history and receipts
Features
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Charging with synergEV is simple, secure, and reliable. We provide a feature-rich cloud-based software platform for managing electric vehicle charging stations, their interaction with utilities and the driver experience. The synergEV App uses location-based services to allow drivers to easily find, access, and securely pay for EV charging. Drivers can search for and locate electric vehicle charging stations based on location, station ID, availability, power level provided, and accessibility. Start charge sessions simply by scanning QR codes or entering the desired station ID in the app. With the synergEV electric vehicle charging app, you can also: • Monitor your current charge sessions in real-time • Get phone notifications as soon as your EV is finished charging • Make secure payments • Favorite locations that have easy access to your commonly used EV charging stations • Receive an email receipt of your EV charging transactions • View a history of past charging sessions • Report drivers that abuse charging station use

About

SeaBase

This offline-first sailing companion provides essential tools for life on the water. It includes an anchor alarm, nautical charts, GPS navigation, tide information, and a logbook, all functioning without a cellular signal. Enjoy a comprehensive suite of features with a single, one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Offline nautical charts
  • Anchor alarm with drift detection
  • GPS navigation and route planning
  • Offline tide predictions
  • Harbor and anchorage finder
  • Auto-tracking logbook
  • Reference guides and emergency tools
Features
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Less apps. More sailing. Seabase is the offline-first sailing companion. Anchor alarm, offline nautical charts, GPS navigation, tides, and a logbook — every tool you need on the water, all working without a signal. No accounts. No ads. PAY ONCE Seabase is a paid app — a single one-time purchase, and it's yours forever. No subscription, nothing auto-renews, no in-app purchases, no ads. Every offline chart region offered is included with unlimited downloads. You pay once and get the whole app. ANCHOR ALARM Drop a virtual anchor and Seabase watches your position with phase-based drift detection — scope warnings, drift alerts, and critical alarms with sound and vibration. A sliding-window filter rides out GPS noise instead of waking you for it. Arm it after the fact with "Already Anchored" mode, pause and resume on the fly, and control the whole watch from your wrist. Replay any past anchor session on a scrubbable radar track. Built to wake you before your boat does. OFFLINE CHARTS Download nautical chart regions to your phone with OpenSeaMap seamarks built in. A global base layer keeps you covered when you sail past your downloaded zone. NOAA depth overlays for US waters when online. GPS NAVIGATION Long-press the chart to plan a route — built-in land detection flags legs that cross land. Live navigation gives you bearing, distance, ETA, cross-track error, and remaining distance with heading-up auto-rotation. Save routes and replay them. A dedicated GPS Navigator adds a radar HUD plus point-to-point go-to. APPLE WATCH Native watchOS companion — speed, heading, anchor radar, and a navigation arrow on your wrist. Arm, disarm, pause, and resume the anchor alarm from the watch. Start and stop trip recording remotely. Mirrors your iPhone's dark/light theme. TIDES 3,500+ tide stations worldwide, completely offline. NOAA-accurate harmonic prediction from a bundled database — no API call, no signal needed. A clear "now" hero card with a trend chart and high/low times. NEARBY PLACES An offline harbor and anchorage finder covering 25 cruising regions worldwide — marinas, fuel docks, pump-outs, ramps, and more — with a searchable list and an offline map view. Hand off any place straight to the GPS Navigator. LOGBOOK Auto-tracking trip recorder with idle detection, photos, notes, and a speed graph. Shareable trip cards with a route preview. CSV export. Sail Recap turns any recorded trip into a shareable highlight video. REFERENCE Knots with animations · COLREGS rules · NATO phonetic alphabet · Safety-equipment guide (US, EU, AU, UK) · VHF MAYDAY / PAN PAN / SÉCURITÉ guide · IALA buoyage. EMERGENCY Always-dark emergency screen so it works at night. Heave-to guide, quick-reference distress procedures, MOB tracker, and rescue contacts. PRIVACY Your trips, photos, and routes never leave your phone, and your GPS position is never sent anywhere. The only network calls are to map/chart tile hosts for first-time region downloads. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. LICENSE Recreational use only. Not a substitute for professional navigation equipment, official charts, or sailing certifications. You are responsible for your safety on the water. Built by sailors. Yeoman Ventures LLC, California. www.seabase.app · gosailing@seabase.app

Screenshots

synergEV4 screens
SeaBase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SeaBase at 5.0 against synergEV's 4.4. SeaBase also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 months). synergEV's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (126 vs 2). 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

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

SeaBase holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: synergEV has 126 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

synergEV ships an update every 5 months, SeaBase every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
synergEV versus SeaBase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametersynergEVSeaBase
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (126 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings126 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSynergEVYeoman Ventures LLC

Customer experience

synergEV

All ratings126 ratings
Positive84.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative41.7%

SeaBase

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

synergEV

No in-app purchases

None

SeaBase

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is synergEV free?
synergEV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SeaBase free?
SeaBase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, synergEV or SeaBase?
SeaBase is rated higher. synergEV averages 4.4 out of 5 from 126 ratings, while SeaBase averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do synergEV or SeaBase have ads?
Neither synergEV nor SeaBase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, synergEV or SeaBase?
synergEV ships an update every 5 months, and SeaBase every 6 days. Most recently, synergEV was updated on October 24, 2026 and SeaBase on September 30, 2026.

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