[Ambassador Spock]

Shortly after taking delivery of my second EV I had to download a few more apps and now I have a full phone screen devoted to "EV stuff":

Anyone else find it a little ridiculous that it takes 12+ apps to ensure my bases are covered when it comes to charging?

 

[electricdriver]

I can beat you there...I'm on 29 apps. Can't say that I use them all, but I did have a reason to download them all at some point, even if it was just researching foreign trips or similar.

By the way - one that I would add to your collection is InstaVolt (using my m87p6 referral code for a £5 charge of course 😉) - by far the most reliable and nearly always installed in multiples of two units so that the risk of waiting is much lower.

 

[HPsauce]

Shortly after taking delivery of my second EV I had to download a few more apps and now I have a full phone screen devoted to "EV stuff":
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Anyone else find it a little ridiculous that it takes 12+ apps to ensure my bases are covered when it comes to charging?

While the number of apps is ridiculous, what's worse is that they are all so awful. I can't believe how unreliable and hard to use they all are.

 

[SoulGW]

I have found pod-point excellent, whereas BP Pulse is pretty rubbish. Not had any cause to use any others yet round here.

 

[HPsauce]

To be fair I have a Leaf, which comes with one of the worst apps ever made. I haven't used Pod point, but I've battled with BP Pulse regularly. CYC just doesn't work. Genie point was flaky but worked. The Shell app is a joke, you can't actually use it to charge your car, all you can do with it is activate a card that has been posted to you! As I found out while standing at a charge point...

 

[peterboat]

I have loaded a load of apps and have been disappointed with them apart from pod point

 

[cdlb]

This is definitely a criticism that I've heard from EV naysayers. How many apps do/did you have to get a tank of petrol? Closest I have is the Nectar card app.

 

[peterboat]

They all need to be contactless, with a phone number if it refuses it, so you can still enable charging when its refused

 

[cdlb]

They all need to be contactless, with a phone number if it refuses it, so you can still enable charging when its refused

...and accessible... Chargers fit for disabled drivers

 

[mikegs]

Anyone else find it a little ridiculous that it takes 12+ apps to ensure my bases are covered when it comes to charging?

That fairy is probably more use for getting a charge than some of those apps. I'm sure a lot of people have wished for a bit of magic at times

 

[Ambassador Spock]

That fairy is probably more use for getting a charge than some of those apps. I'm sure a lot of people have wished for a bit of magic at times

Heh, that's my daughter. I honestly forgot she was my phone background!

 

[mikegs]

Heh, that's my daughter.

I did wonder, but she doesn't look very Vulcan ...

I honestly forgot she was my phone background!

... but if she ever reads this thread you are in such big trouble

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Protip - See if your phone OS allows for "app drawers" or similar.
On my elderly Oneplus 6T, if I drag one app on top of another, it creates a sub-folder that takes only one space on my home screen, and allows me to rename it to something useful like "Car".

 

[Ambassador Spock]

Protip - See if your phone OS allows for "app drawers" or similar.
On my elderly Oneplus 6T, if I drag one app on top of another, it creates a sub-folder that takes only one space on my home screen, and allows me to rename it to something useful like "Car".

Oh it does, I just don't use them very often. Maybe I will now though...

 

[SoulGW]

I’ve done that’s too - so all my charging and parking apps in one place.

 

[EdH]

Na, wasup grandad. Apps is the way to go

🤡

 

[electric_dreams]

I’ve done that’s too - so all my charging and parking apps in one place.

I have an EV folder... parking apps are separate.
I don't think you can put background images in folders though, so the fairy magic might not work.

 

[mad_rich]

As annoying as the proliferation of crap apps, that you may only use a couple of times a year, is the fact that when you do come to use it, it will have logged you out!

I'm going on a long trip tomorrow. Right now, I'm going through my app folder, checking I'm logged in to them all, that the payment card is up to date, that I've agreed to any new T&Cs, and that I can remember what half of them are calling themselves this week!