Comparison

Zapmap vs Congestion Zone App

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

Head to head
About

Zapmap

Locate and plan EV charging stops across the USA, UK, and Europe. Find detailed information on charger types, costs, and availability. Connect with a community of EV drivers for insights and real-time session tracking.

Highlights
  • Find nearby EV charging points
  • EV route planner for long journeys
  • Real-time charging session tracking
  • Community insights and support
  • Filter by charger type and availability
  • In-car dashboard integration (CarPlay)
Features
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Helping you to stay charged, wherever you go. We’ve got you covered across the USA, the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and within European charging infrastructure – and our thriving EV community will help you too. With hundreds of thousands of charge points mapped, Zapmap gives you the widest range of options, allowing you to find charging that is right for you. Zapmap Features - Find nearby EV charging point details on the types of chargers available, the cost of charging, and whether the charge point is available to use - Use the EV route planner to see where to stop on longer routes, what's available in those areas, and how long you’ll need to charge - Make the most of our engaged community of drivers to better understand the charging world, or help others on their EV journey - Keep track of the status of your charging session in real time and determine when your car is fully charged Get more with a Zapmap subscription - if you regularly charge on the public network, Zapmap Premium provides enhanced features: - filter for new charge points and multi-charger locations, as well as by user rating and more detailed location types - helping you find the right charger, faster - save unlimited user filters, route plans, and EV models, and enjoy what3word addresses with all UK charge points. In addition, the app will be ad-free - get Zapmap on your in-car dashboard via Apple CarPlay. Locate suitable charge points, view live charge point status and access route plans - all while on the move Join our growing community of electric vehicle drivers. Make the most of our engaged community of drivers to better understand the EV charging world or help others on their EV journey. Love Zapmap? https://twitter.com/zap_map https://www.facebook.com/pages/Zap-Map/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/zap-map/ Any Suggestions? Contact us with issues or features suggestions on support@zap-map.com Our Terms & Conditions - https://www.zap-map.com/terms-and-conditions Our Privacy Policy - https://www.zap-map.com/privacy-notice

About

Congestion Zone App

This app helps drivers navigate London's Congestion Charge and ULEZ zones. It uses GPS to track your location, automatically alerting you when you enter or exit zones and providing journey history. It aims to simplify managing charges for daily trips in central London.

Highlights
  • GPS-based zone tracking
  • Entry and exit notifications
  • Journey diary with charge listings
  • Distance to closest zone entry
  • Zone status indicator (in/out)
  • Congestion Charge scheduling awareness
Features
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London Congestion Charge App allows for hassle-free and easy on-the-go congestion zone travel, charge tracking and management. Be you a minicab driver, a delivery person or just an occasional driver - you’ll find this app tremendously useful for your everyday trips to downtown London. One of its greatest advantages is fully automated workflow. The app tracks user’s location via the GPS, so there is absolutely no need to carry a notebook with you or manually fill in locations and times. We are not TfL! We are not associated with TfL, nor is our app connected to their systems. We cannot show you your entry/exit history prior to the installation of the app. If you are unsure about prior charges please call TfL directly as soon as possible How to Use The app uses your GPS location and is not connected to TfL. The main purpose of the app is navigation assistance so you can avoid driving into the Zone as much as possible and also to remind you about your possible entries, so that you can contact the TfL and make a payment. Please bear in mind that the app relies on your phone connectivity, so if you are ever in doubt about entering the Zone contact the TfL urgently. When you’re out of the zone – the app will show the distance to the closest entry to the zone. Just open the app and find out whether you are inside the zone or not. The green notification area in the bottom of the screen means you’re out of the zone, whereas the red one – when you’re in. You’ll get a push notification each time you cross the Zone’s border – both on entry and exit. Once located within a zone, users can track all their past entries in the journey diary and find charge listings inside, all collated by date. If you cross the Zone at least once, you’ll see a diary indicator. The app is aware of Congestion Charge Zone scheduling and tracks charges accordingly. Provided cloud-based premium service: History Access Subscription Length of subscription is 1 month. Price of subscription is 2.99 GBP per month. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy https://www.appbakery.ee/cleanair/privacy.html Terms of Use https://www.appbakery.ee/cleanair/terms.html Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

Screenshots

Zapmap4 screens
Congestion Zone App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Zapmap at freemium against Congestion Zone App's subscription. Zapmap also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Congestion Zone App's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Zapmap sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Congestion Zone App sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zapmap holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zapmap has 96 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Zapmap's written reviews are positive against 23% of Congestion Zone App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zapmap ships an update fortnightly, Congestion Zone App every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Zapmap versus Congestion Zone App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZapmapCongestion Zone App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (96 ratings) — better4.3 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews30.4% of reviews — better23.3% of reviews
Number of ratings96 — better12
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZapmap LimitedApp Bakery

Customer experience

Zapmap

All ratings96 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.2%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews230 reviews
Positive30.4%
Neutral12.6%
Negative57.0%

Congestion Zone App

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive23.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative68.3%

User reviews

Zapmap

From 96 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great charger location
  • 🚀 Useful app for EV drivers
  • 🚀 Easy to access and nicely positioned chargers
  • 🚀 Good route planning
  • 🚀 Zappay option to stop needless apps

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Chargers not listed
  • 🐛 Overcharging issues
  • 🐛 Chargers not working
  • 🐛 Crashes and force closing
  • 🐛 Logging out issues

Congestion Zone App

From 12 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Very good app
  • 👍 Helpful for checking zone status
  • 👍 Makes trips easier
  • 👍 Great app
  • 👍 Amazing app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App doesn't work
  • 🐛 No good service
  • 🐛 Useless app
  • 🐛 Dreadful app
  • 🐛 Not too easy to use

Bugs and requests

Zapmap

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • Login issues
  • Charger information not up-to-date
  • Compatibility problems with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to filter by charger type and power
  • Improved route planning and navigation
  • Real-time charger status updates
  • Better international coverage
  • Easier user interface and experience

Congestion Zone App

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App constantly reverts to current location
  • No search function within the app
  • App keeps zooming in to your location
  • App doesn't show distance as advertised
  • App just states 'charge is not applicable right now'
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  • App keeps zooming back out to GPS area
  • Map constantly moves back to physical location
  • Auto zoom annoying
  • Pinch zoom out not fixed
  • Zoom out feature keeps jogging back
  • Can’t zoom into the zone
  • App keeps zooming back into your location
  • The zoom out feature keeps jogging back
  • The app keeps zooming back to your location
  • The zoom out feature keeps jogging back
  • The map keeps zooming back into your location
  • The map constantly moves you back to your physical location
  • The zoom out feature keeps jogging back

Requested features

9 requests
  • Enable landscape mode for iPads
  • Should be part of a sat nav.
  • Hope we can see as we get charged
  • Add more features please
  • ULEZ should be included
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  • Needs to retrospectively inform you
  • Map keeps zooming back in
  • Congestion charge app
  • ULEZ

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Zapmap

Subscriptions10
  • Zapmap Plus (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Zapmap Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Premium$2.997 Days
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  • Zapmap Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Premium annual$19.991 Year
  • Zapmap Premium (Annual)14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Zapmap Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$32.991 Year
  • Charge Plus Annual$59.991 Year
  • Zapmap Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
1 purchases

Congestion Zone App

Subscriptions1
  • History Access$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Zapmap free?
Zapmap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Congestion Zone App free?
Congestion Zone App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zapmap or Congestion Zone App?
Zapmap is rated higher. Zapmap averages 4.5 out of 5 from 96 ratings, while Congestion Zone App averages 4.3 from 12 ratings.
Do Zapmap or Congestion Zone App have ads?
Zapmap shows ads; Congestion Zone App does not.
Which is updated more often, Zapmap or Congestion Zone App?
Zapmap ships an update fortnightly, and Congestion Zone App every 9 months. Most recently, Zapmap was updated on October 16, 2026 and Congestion Zone App on October 17, 2026.

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