Zapmap vs VendElectric
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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
VendElectric
Discover and use nearby electric vehicle charging stations without any subscriptions. Pay as you go for charging sessions and easily manage your payments and charging history.
- Pay-as-you-go EV charging
- No membership or subscription needed
- Map and list charge point views
- Filter by public, private, and availability
- Live charge session status
- Charge session history
- Favorite charge points
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Quickly find an EV charge point close to where you are or on your route and start a charge effortlessly without the need to subscribe to a network. - PAYG EV charging with no membership or subscription required. - Map or list view to find your closest charge point - Filter between public, private and available charge points - Quick find search bar for point ID or location. - View a live status of your charge session and power rating. - Charge session history - Favourite your regular charge points - Wallet balance and easy top-up - Report faults and send feedback
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VendElectric at none against Zapmap's 10. VendElectric also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Zapmap's advantage is review sentiment (29% vs 6%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, monetization model 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. Zapmap sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. VendElectric asks for nothing beyond the download.
Zapmap ships an update fortnightly, VendElectric every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zapmap | VendElectric |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (95 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.8% of reviews — better | 6.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zapmap Limited | Rolec Services Ltd |
Customer experience
Zapmap
VendElectric
User reviews
Zapmap
From 95 App Store ratingsWhat 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
VendElectric
From App Store reviewsWhat we love
- 👍 Worked perfectly (rare)
- 👍 Refunded excess money (eventually)
- 👍 Charged overnight (sometimes)
Room to improve
- 🐛 App doesn't work
- 🐛 Chargers don't work
- 🐛 Takes money, doesn't charge
- 🐛 Poorly designed app
- 🐛 Unresponsive support
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
VendElectric
Reported bugs
43 issues- App hangs with blank screen
- Charger shows unavailable when in use
- App doesn't connect to charge
- Money taken but not applied to balance
- Charger offline in app
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- Car stopped charging after partial charge
- App signs out unexpectedly
- Password reset not working
- Buttons don't respond
- No password reset email
- Error after error
- App freezes
- App doesn't accept card details
- App doesn't take Apple Pay
- App shows charging from multiple stations incorrectly
- App doesn't allow adding funds
- App crashes repeatedly
- App doesn't remember car details/favourites/payment
- App doesn't allow guest registration
- App fails to save preferences
- App timer ticks down without delivering electricity
- App doesn't allow cancelling charge without losing prepaid amount
- App doesn't show live status of kWh added or battery %
- App shows 'taking longer than expected' indefinitely
- App shows phantom charge sessions
- App doesn't remember password
- App doesn't support Apple Pay/Google Pay
- App requires personal details each time
- App doesn't work for guest or registration
- App makes it impossible to cancel a charge
- App doesn't allow charging past 8 hours
- App doesn't remember card details
- App frequently fails to start charge
- App is slow and clunky
- App doesn't work with special characters in password
- App doesn't allow anonymous charging
- App doesn't support contactless payment
- App doesn't allow charging anonymously
- App doesn't allow guest use
- App doesn't allow guest registration
- App doesn't allow guest use
- App doesn't allow guest use
- App doesn't allow guest use
Requested features
13 requests- Replace current provider
- Improve app design
- Provide responsive customer support
- Implement contactless payment
- Support Apple Pay/Google Pay
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- Allow anonymous charging
- Improve error message clarity
- Add live kWh status
- Add billing history
- Allow saving charger details
- Improve password reset functionality
- Integrate with Octopus Energy or Zapmap
- Offer RFID card option
In-app purchases
Zapmap
- 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
VendElectric
No in-app purchases









