A Better Routeplanner (ABRP) is the world's most respected service to plan, learn and dream about Electric Vehicles - EVs. Simply select your vehicle model, enter your destination and hit plan to get a full trip plan including charge stops and trip duration. When you are ready to drive it, just go to driving mode and use ABRP as a real-time plan follow-up tool and even navigator, replan as necessary and get continuously updated information about your trip. We support every major EV in the market. Which suits your needs best?
Doesn’t Work
Usually I do not write reviews but I have here because this app needs some work. It’s great in theory but just doesn’t work well enough to use in practice. Chargers missing on map, doesn’t calculate based on my SOC and I can’t put in mileage or mile/kwh for it to calculate a route. It always defaults to 95% charge so I can’t set a plan based on say being half full. Would also be great if it allowed me to input a recent model car (2023) but for whatever reason they aren’t in the app. I suppose the battery capacity and efficiency is all the same. Other than this, decent layout. Will hang on to it in case improvements make it so this is useful. PlugShare remains the best app for finding chargers and basic route planning.
Stale UI, Rivian?
ABRP has always had an odd UX that is not very intuitive. I figured by now there would be some improvement but no. Still feels like a web app running in a container. Confusing how vehicle settings have impact on trip planned. I drive a Rivian and find it extremely confusing how this app is owned by Rivian yet there is no live data recording… WTH?
Just Doesn’t Work Anymore
I recall using this app a while ago for a few roadtrips and it worked alright. I’ve tried this app a few times on a recent roadtrip in our 4th Tesla that we just bought - I can’t get the API to stay connected in my app so my SOC is constantly wrong. Removing the car and re-adding it works until the next stop, then I have to repeat the process. It also took a few tries to get the app to recognize my actual location using the “my position” option for route planning. I’ll continue to follow the app’s development process and hope that these kinks are worked out. However, with how long this app has been around and how popular it is, it’s quite surprising this hasn’t been polished yet.
I really want to like this app
There’s a lot going on behind the scenes that could make this app phenomenal. Its calculations for range, its ability to take in live data, it has the potential to be one of the best EV apps on the market. But the UI/UX is just bad. And there’s no way to sugarcoat that. Recently, I tried setting destinations from my current location and every. single. time. it kept overriding the “Use current location” and instead generated a path from our house. I *want* to pay to use this app but until the experience is better, I’ll deal with other apps that are of less quality on the backend.
Better everyday
Excellent app for EV owners. Can’t imagine driving without it. Its rating is believable since it has a learning curve but the app takes so many variables into consideration that you must train the app for your particular vehicle for perfect results. One minor point: 14 days free trial is advertised but impossible to get. I want to see real traffic/weather and charger availability before paying the price. Which I will eventually.
Much improved!
I’ve been using this app every since I heard about it. At first, it was alright. Some things didn’t work, soc guesses were always way off even on short trips. Weather and traffic were sporadic. But recently, all of that has been fixed. Traffic works, it adjusts based on weather, soc guesses are spot on even on longer trips. This app is indeed useful! While I don’t use it every day, it comes in useful for piece of mind on those days I have a lot of running around to do. I pop in all the places I need to go, and it gives me the estimate! I will say, it’s a bit heavy with the estimated energy use still, even after 200+ miles, it may think I’ll have 2% less battery than I do. That may just be the devs making sure users can make it. But I do get pretty good mi/kw. So, I’m okay with that. I also wish the station info worked better. I’d say at best, 10% of stations I come across have live data. This is a paid feature, so I wish it worked better than it does. Over all, it’s super useful for those of us who in car nav isn’t that great. Which, let’s be honest, is most brands.
Works, but a pain.
The UI is just a pain. You have to click in just the right spot, and it’s just not intuitive to use. It works, but is it worth it? Yes, I think so. You can use the app for route planning. You can answer questions like knowing how much to charge to be able to make that trip.
Mar 29, 2024
Mar 28, 2024
Mar 27, 2024
Bug fixes and improvements.
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