By situation
One card for the whole continent: which planner to use
Avoiding an account per operator matters more on a long European trip than any routing feature.
What actually decides it
One account across many networks, instead of an app per operator. This is a different product category from routing, and the apps that do it well mostly do not plan routes well.
How each one handles it
| Product | Pays for the charge | What the documentation says |
|---|---|---|
| A Better Routeplanner | ○ No | Not a payment product. |
| Apple Maps | ○ No | Not a payment product. |
| Chargemap | ● Yes | The Chargemap Pass is the product: one RFID card and app across European networks. |
| Chargeprice | ○ No | Compares payment methods rather than processing them. |
| Drive Charge Eat (our own app) | ○ No | Not a payment product. |
| Octopus Electroverse | ● Yes | Free RFID card plus in-app charging across the roaming network. |
| Google Maps | ○ No | Not a payment product. |
| PlugShare | – Unverified | Not stated in the listings checked. |
| Tesla in-car navigation | ◐ Partly | Supercharging bills to the account automatically; third-party networks generally do not. |
| Zapmap | ● Yes | Zap-Pay covers over 80,000 chargers across 40 networks in one app. |
The honest caveat
One capability does not settle a purchase. This page sorts on pays for the charge because that is what this situation turns on, but price, platform and country coverage will rule some of the shortlist out — those are on each product's own page.