Head to head
Chargeprice or Google Maps: where they actually differ
Two products with different jobs. Chargeprice is a price comparator — its job is telling you what a session will cost on your card; Google Maps is a general-purpose maps app that has grown EV routing.
Where they differ
| Capability | Chargeprice | Google Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Plans a charging route | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Adjusts for weather and temperature | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Accounts for elevation | ○ No | ● Yes |
| Live charger availability | – Unverified | ◐ Partly |
| Reads the car | – Unverified | ◐ Partly |
| Preconditions the battery | ○ No | – Unverified |
| Turn-by-turn navigation | ○ No | ● Yes |
| CarPlay or Android Auto | – Unverified | ◐ Partly |
| Compares session prices | ● Yes | – Unverified |
| Food, restrooms and facilities | ○ No | ◐ Partly |
| Driver check-ins and reviews | – Unverified | ◐ Partly |
Where they agree
On the remaining 3 capabilities these two are recorded the same way. Rows where both are unverified are agreement about our own ignorance rather than about the products.
Which to choose
Choose Chargeprice if you need to know what a session will cost on your card. Choose Google Maps if you need a planned charging route rather than a map of chargers, cold-weather range modelling, routing that knows the road climbs and turn-by-turn navigation rather than a hand-off. Price and platform decide the rest, and both are in the table on each product’s own page.
Or both
Most people end up with two of these — a router and either a payment card or the car’s own navigation for the last leg, which is the only thing that reliably preconditions the battery. Using one tool for everything is a preference, not a requirement.