Recargo
For electric vehicle owners and drivers requiring real-time, verified data on charging station availability and compatibility.
PlugShare: Charging Stations
Snapshot
Who is Recargo?
Providing electric vehicle drivers with a comprehensive, community-verified map of charging infrastructure to simplify long-distance travel.
Target audience
Portfolio
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PlugShare: Charging Stations
v7.33.1
6mo ago
Publisher DNA
What defines Recargo?
Publisher DNA
Primary focus
EV navigation and charging infrastructure data
Scale
indie
Target audience
Electric vehicle owners and drivers requiring real-time, verified data on charging station availability and compatibility.
Signature Patterns
- •Community-driven data validation via user reviews and photos
- •Comprehensive global coverage across multiple charging networks
- •Monetization through B2B data services and advertising rather than consumer subscriptions
- •High-frequency update cadence to maintain real-time data accuracy
Portfolio momentum
Maintains an intense development pace with 11 updates in the last 6 months for its single flagship title.
Portfolio
What does Recargo ship?
Apps
1 app analysed
Community-driven PlugScore functions as a B2B distribution barrier
- Editors' Choice badge across five markets sustains organic install velocity
Distributed across 20 markets, strongest in Europe.
Based on 1 of 1 app with localized market data · last scanned .
Americas (4)
- Brazil1 / 1
- Canada1 / 1
- Mexico1 / 1
- United States1 / 1
Europe (9)
- France1 / 1
- Germany1 / 1
- Italy1 / 1
- Netherlands1 / 1
- Portugal1 / 1
›+4 more europe markets
- Spain1 / 1
- Sweden1 / 1
- Turkey1 / 1
- United Kingdom1 / 1
Asia-Pacific (7)
- Australia1 / 1
- India1 / 1
- Indonesia1 / 1
- Japan1 / 1
- Singapore1 / 1
›+2 more asia-pacific markets
- South Korea1 / 1
- Vietnam1 / 1
Core markets (1/1 apps)
Rivals
Who does Recargo compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
Both apps target electric vehicle owners needing charging infrastructure, but EVgo competes by controlling physical charging hardware and session initiation while PlugShare acts as a network-agnostic aggregator.
Contenders(7)
Both apps target EV drivers needing public charging, but Blink forces hardware-specific lock-in while PlugShare provides a network-agnostic discovery utility.
Both apps serve the same EV driver audience by providing community-sourced charging station discovery and route planning, creating direct competition for daily navigation and trip management.
Both apps target EV drivers needing charging infrastructure, but Fastned competes by offering a proprietary high-speed network and hardware-level Autocharge that bypasses the community-sourced data model used by PlugShare.
Both apps target North American electric vehicle owners with public charging maps and trip planning, creating direct competition for daily charging discovery and route management.
Both applications target electric vehicle owners with crowdsourced charging station discovery and payment, competing for the same user base in the navigation and utility category.
Both apps target electric vehicle owners by providing location-based charging infrastructure data and navigation tools for trip planning.
Both apps compete for EV owners by providing charging station discovery and route planning tools, creating direct overlap for Tesla drivers seeking navigation assistance.
Same space(11)
Acts as a network-specific utility that integrates home and public charging management for EV drivers.
Targets power users with AI-driven route planning that competes with general navigation utilities.
Targets both drivers and station owners by combining charging navigation with remote hardware management.
Provides a utility-focused interface for users of proprietary high-speed charging hardware.
Serves as a direct network utility for drivers needing to manage sessions on proprietary hardware.
Competes for the same road-tripper segment by offering proprietary high-speed DC charging infrastructure.
Functions as a cloud-based management tool for drivers to locate and pay for charging sessions.
Reduces range anxiety for EV drivers by providing a filtered directory of compatible charging locations.
Functions as a broad European aggregator that simplifies charging through a unified authentication flow.
Targets the same EV driver audience by enabling energy demand management during charging sessions.
Serves as a foundational, non-profit data registry that powers third-party navigation systems.
The Analyst's Read
The bottom line on Recargo
Bottom line
Recargo owns the 'source of truth' for EV charging through a high-engagement community model. Their position is secured by the network effect of user-contributed data, making them an essential partner for both drivers and enterprise stakeholders.
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What fed this analysis
- Apps analyzed:
- 1
- With full intel:
- 0
- With overview:
- 1
- Website scraped:
- yes
- Social presence:
- yes