My experience is based on their android auto connectivity. I really like the EV features and really wanted this to be my go to nav app but it is very laggy. Especially when going over 50mph. In testing I would drive off course to see how it would reroute me and it took minutes to […]
Reviews for A Better Routeplanner (ABRP)
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The app is very buggy, lacking features found in the web version such as configuring each charge stop for duration or to what percentage and marking certain chargers to avoid. For some reason, it keeps defaulting back to Euro slow chargers after I select North American types, which gets annoying after awhile. Also, either slow […]
Not really worth using. The app seems to choose longer and slower routes. It avoids fast chargers for slow charges. It adds super short charging stops to have you 30 miles them charge again for a long period of time. It doesn’t route you over freeways uses only 2 lane highways. It will also avoid […]
I tried the app on a trip. I paid for the Premium Subscription because there was a 30 day free trial. The app was not useable, the interface is terrible and the API connection to the car only worked on occasion. I only used it for part of the trip. I canceled the subscription and […]
Not perfect, but constantly striving with helpful advancements. Their confidence score is a little ambiguous in that I have driven many miles on different roads (1 to 5) and find it does not improve much. What needs to be done to reach closer to 100%? My consumption is lower than the 28.1 kw per 100km […]
Just starting to play with it but it has some issue with routing that I have sent to the developer. If these are addressable and repairable, then this may be the right app to use for long distance EV travel. The issue I have is that the app indicates an entry to a toll road […]
Update: I am updating my review. As I said in the original review I *love* the app and capability; but it had become completely broken. After my second report of the problem through the email, a tech support person contacted me. Although their initial suggest (reset the settings) didn’t per se solve my problem, I […]
It’s definitely far easier than trying websites or figuring out on your own. I’m not a big fan of the map as GPS ultimately is off by a few blocks in my experience. So I use this app and then use Google maps to navigate to the address of the charge point. Battery state, distances, […]
The premium is a bit expensive for use case, the occasional need to plan a trip on an unfamiliar route. But it’s a great engine and definitely easier than plugshare even though the icons and modes are a bit cryptic. I’d definitely be willing to give $10-20 a year and I don’t need the step […]
I could put up with the increasing slowness, occasional freezes and bugs…but now that there are popup surveys at each charge stop that can’t be disabled, I have no more love for this app. Add to this that the car’s built-in routing has gotten much better, this isn’t worth using anymore, let alone paying for […]
Even though it’s never really been intuitive or easy to change settings, it’s ancient at this point. I used to use it to compare my trips when chargers were fewer and far between. I’ve had much better luck with Google nowadays. Not to mention, it freezes up and stops your real time location sometimes when […]
A lot of people swear by this app. I find it hard to use, with no significant benefit. It does not allow change of units. While I am ok using km instead of miles, it is annoying to have navigation, and the car in different units. It requires you to input wind speed, direction, and […]
It’s a start. The Region preference isn’t saving for me, it goes back to Europe instead of North America. I wish when saving it would update the current route instead of saving multiple copies of the same thing. Also “avoid on route” setting makes app crash. On the new web interface I can’t sort waypoints, […]
Great for planning. The ability to dial in the actual numbers for each car makes it a lot more accurate. A couple of suggestions: 1) limit route to country. I don’t want to go to Canada for charging, that’s not even feasible to cross that border from the US at times. Can add many hours […]
After two months I give up. It’s inaccurate. It’s missing lots of data, correct car configurations, most of the chargers where I drove. It was clearly written by engineers who don’t understood end user software interactions. It’s overly complex but doesn’t list the EV battery size it’s using for calculations,for example. Then it’s the charger […]
Just like the website but with a cleaner interface. Problems so far: 1) It lacks the ability to change the units. Some of us think better in imperial. 2) The map always resets to Norway until I tap the GPS locater button. It should either auto-read GPS or remember the last known location. 3) “Use […]
Decent app. Really the only non tesla app that plans stops and finds chargers for you. My biggest complaint is that most of the time I pull into the charging station, the GPS on the app doesn’t register, so it keeps trying to make me make U turns when I leave. I end up having […]
I’ve tried using the app for the past year. I’m paying the subscription. The routing is below par, compared to Waze or Google maps. Often it comes up with just plain weird routes. Also, it will sometimes want to send me further along for a charge that adds 30 minutes to my 2 hour drive […]
Been using the app for free.the last 2 months. Loving it, it’s helped me plan my trips and made it much easier. So I subscribed today to use the other features and now it won’t work or calculate any of my trips so disappointed that the free works better than the subscription. and when you […]
Sometimes it’s good but it’s too fragile and unpredictable. I’ve now done two long runs and it struggles to handle charging stops. You stop at the indicated charging station and instead of telling you how much to charge you have to guess. Then it more often than not gets stuck and doesn’t want to continue […]