ChargePlace Scotland

Great for finding CPS managed chargers, and checking the availability (seems to update charger status every minute). Using the app to start a charge just doesn't work. Been advised by the call centre that a new version is supposedly being worked on, but there is no confidence around when (or if) it will appear. I'm close to reporting this app as not fit for purpose or abandoned.

Unreliable. I've only managed to get this app to work about 50% of the time. On the phone to the helpline regularly (staff are helpful). Often fails to connect to charger. Lots of chargers without numbers on them, so you're guessing which socket corresponds to the shown one on the app. Lots of infinite loading. Real-time update on charger availability lags. When you do get it working it won't end your session most of the time. This needs to be done from the car console. Get the card.

One of the worst apps with a map, the centre on my location button does so but at a national zoom level. You try to zoom in and it's like swimming through concrete, and no plus or minus buttons are available to aid this. When you then select a charger it maps a route from your location, but if you've selected the wrong charger, because they are overlapping or missing from the map, then your buggered as you then can't back out and your back to the zoom game. It took them one day to ruin CPS.