Pod Point

Pod Point Ltd

About this app

Connect to the Pod Point ecosystem:
- For home, public and workplace charging.

Find a place to charge on the Pod Point Network:
- Access over 6,000 fast or rapid charging bays across the UK.
- Simply top-up with a debit/credit card and pay as you charge in-app.
- Get the latest chargepoint availability and view public charging tariff information.
- View the cost of every kWh transferred across your public charging with Pod Point.
- Find EV Zones, the new standard of public charging with the Z icon.

Gain insight into your home charging:
- Create a Pod Point Account to get started
(please use the same email address you used to purchase your Solo Charger)
- Connect your Solo Smart Charger to your Wi-Fi network and view your home charging activity.*
- Add your dual-rate energy tariff and track the costs of charging at home.*
- Remotely schedule charging and create a schedule to charge when its cheapest for you.*
- Download Charging Activity Reports to expense the costs of charging.*

*Applies to Wi-Fi enabled Solo Smart Chargers, typically installed after 2018. Requires a strong and stable Wi-Fi connection

Ratings and reviews

DO NOT DOWNLOAD THEIR NEW PODPOINT HONE APP. It will mean all control over your home charger is removed from this app. But you still need it for external chargers. You'll end up with 2 apps doing less than one used to. For example you no longer control time zones, and you can't switch it on for a set period of time. Poor especially when you use it for 2 vehicles. I called them they've never heard of it!! Said they would email and to reply with screenshots then hung up. They didn't email me. 😡

Ok, so in a dark car park, read the name of the charger, read which port you're socketed into, and remember them while you find the way out - there's no phone signal. Then enter them into the app, which gives no feedback on whether it's working. Then , come back hours later to find you've done no charging. This app should not exist! I don't want your nonsense account, just swipe my damn card! I will avoid podpoint whenever possible.

After working reliably for over 3 years it's now misbehaving. It's charging randomly outside the off-peak schedule. I'm guessing this is because after a while it's switching to dumb mode. It would be easy to blame my home wi-fi or broadband, but the other thing that's not working is the charge stats. I think this is a problem with Pod Point's backend service, and I think it's because they have developed a new app and changed things. Won't be buying Pod Point again unless it's fixed soon.

What's new

Let's face it, no one likes bugs. We've made improvements, update to the latest version to make the most of the Pod Point app.