# Pod Point

> Electric vehicle charging

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.podpoint`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Pod Point Ltd
- **Category:** MAPS\_AND\_NAVIGATION
- **Downloads:** 825,760
- **Rating:** 2.86 / 5 (1,550 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.2.10
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-03
- **First published:** 2017-09-27
- **Publisher country:** GB
- **Size:** 138 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.podpoint)
- **Website:** [https://pod-point.com](https://pod-point.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://pod-point.com/legal/privacy-and-cookies-policy](https://pod-point.com/legal/privacy-and-cookies-policy)

## Description

**Pod Point** is one of the UK’s leading electric vehicle (EV) charging providers, powering over 5 million miles daily. The Pod Point app consolidates all your EV charging needs—public, workplace, or home—into one easy-to-use platform.

With the app, users can conveniently top up their EVs while shopping or at work, monitor charging activity and energy consumption via detailed statistics, and manage home power usage integrating solar or grid sources. Benefit from scheduling charging sessions during low tariff hours to optimize costs.

Additionally, users can connect their Tesco Clubcard to earn 1 point per £1 spent on charging at Tesco store chargers. The app features a fresh design and technical upgrades based on user feedback to enhance the charging experience continually. Pod Point strives to simplify EV charging and keep improving with ongoing updates.

## Rankings

- #75,987 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CALL_PHONE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `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.podpoint.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users commonly criticize Pod Point's Android app for its complicated and unreliable sign-in, especially two-factor authentication issues. The mandatory pre-paid top-up system is seen as outdated and cumbersome. The app often fails to manage scheduled charging correctly and lacks features like charge status updates or control to start/stop charging. Additionally, charger reliability and customer support are frequently reported as poor, resulting in frustration and distrust among users.

### Cons

- Sign-in process is overly complicated and unreliable, often involving problematic two-factor authentication that causes user frustration.
- The app requires pre-paid top-ups instead of pay-per-use, which is seen as outdated and inconvenient.
- The app frequently fails to properly execute scheduled charging, losing settings or defaulting to incorrect charging times.
- Users report frequent bugs and malfunctions such as inability to start or stop charging through the app, poor charger reliability, and lack of charge status visibility.
- Customer service is reported as unhelpful and slow to resolve issues, particularly with refunds or technical support.

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