# ChargePoint

> The app you can trust to find a great place to charge and manage home charging.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.coulombtech](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.coulombtech)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.coulombtech`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ChargePoint, Inc.
- **Category:** MAPS\_AND\_NAVIGATION
- **Downloads:** 2,648,791
- **Rating:** 3.87 / 5 (53,857 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.2.0-1633-30953
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2011-06-23
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 139 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coulombtech)
- **Website:** [http://www.chargepoint.com](http://www.chargepoint.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://na.chargepoint.com/privacy\_policy](https://na.chargepoint.com/privacy_policy)

## Description

ChargePoint is the ultimate app for electric vehicle (EV) drivers offering seamless connection to the world's largest EV charging network. Easily find charging stations with real-time availability, filter stations compatible with your EV, and pay directly through the app or RFID card. It supports numerous roaming partners such as FLO, EVgo, Greenlots, and EV Connect, ensuring broad coverage.

The app also tracks your complete charging history, costs, and miles added, allowing you to monitor your EV usage effectively. With live notifications, widgets for quick access, and features for home charging management through ChargePoint Home Flex, ChargePoint simplifies the EV charging experience. Additional perks include virtual waitlists for charging spots, integration with Wear OS by Google for instant charging, and Android Auto support for in-drive convenience.

## Rankings

- #37,663 — Overall
- #123 — Maps and navigation (Free)
- #126 — Android wear (Free)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN`
- `android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_REMOTE_MESSAGING`
- `android.permission.HIDE_OVERLAY_WINDOWS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.NFC`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.REORDER_TASKS`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `androidx.car.app.MAP_TEMPLATES`
- `com.chargepoint.app.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE`
- `com.coulombtech.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`
- `com.samsung.android.providers.context.permission.WRITE_USE_APP_FEATURE_SURVEY`
- `com.samsung.wmanager.ENABLE_NOTIFICATION`

## Review summary

ChargePoint's Android app is widely criticized for reliability and billing problems. The most mentioned issues are unexpected charges, auto-reload and card rejections, plus frequent bugs and slow performance that prevent charging. Users also report poor customer support with long holds and little help. Location data is inconsistent—GPS mislocations and outdated station maps cause chargers to be misidentified. In Canada, pay-as-you-go is unavailable and payment practices feel restrictive. A minority of reviews praise the app as user-friendly or mechanically functional, but overall experience is negative due to these issues.

### Pros

- user friendly, practical, & useful
- This was a pretty good app
- The app itself is great
- Mechanically, the app works flawlessly

### Cons

- Payment issues and billing concerns, including unexpected charges, auto-reload, and card rejections.
- Frequent bugs, glitches, and unreliable performance, including slow loading and failing to initiate charging.
- Poor customer support with long hold times and unresponsive responses.
- GPS/location inaccuracies and outdated station data, causing chargers to be misidentified or not recognized.
- Regional payment limitations (e.g., lack of Pay-as-you-go in Canada) and rigid payment practices.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.coulombtech)