A Better Routeplanner (ABRP)

Title says it all. All features you could possibly want to get your EV trip done with smooth charging. Drive that EV and charge with confidence!

A number of usability problems exist; map zooming is either all of the way in or all of the way out, the text input function is partially broken, this can be installed on a Mac Studio but should not be allowed due to complete wonkiness.

It is a bit robust to use, but reliable.

Like many others I gave up waiting for Ford to integrate MACS routing into their nav or Apple to do the same. I decided to try ABRP with the OBDLink CX dongle on my Ford Lightning. I have to say this app is on another level with this live data. The predictions are so good and routing is effortless, dare say even more robust than Tesla’s routing. My only issue are some minor visual bugs when leaving it up with no route on the screen. I have a ticket in for those and once resolved I will change my rating to 5 stars. Bottom line: Incredible app when integrated with live data.

I used for a 2 week trip from Michigan to Florida. It planned routes as good as expected. My issue is when it took me to a non-working charger there is not a way to tell it to go to next charger along route. The find alternate charger button just said no charger in area, which was worthless. This happened on 3 occasions. The rental car I had was a Volvo C40, I was able to install app in the car but on 2 occasions the app completely froze causing me to miss an exit for charger once. To be fair, that may be fault of car. The app has a lot of potential, but needs some refinement.

App is okay though it doesn’t work as an actual navigation app in CarPlay unless you pay for it. Unfortunate they don’t just charge for it and are up front about it.

I’ve used the app for years, and it’s so great! It’s almost as good as the integrated trip planner in a Tesla. But there unused to be +/- buttons so you can adjust your estimated charge on the fly based on your actual charge. Those buttons have disappeared! They’re sometimes there, but they seem to vanish when I really need them. Bring them back please!

Even better than most in car nav systems. I find it very accurate when combined with the obd reader. As a first time EV owner this made road trips easy to navigate. It also was able to find a charger that just opened that wasn’t on any other apps. It’s great, you won’t regret this one.

Probably the more accurate and instrumental tool to show any drivers and potential new EV buyers what trips can be achieved. An EV road trip would not be as easy and fun without starting a plan on this app. It is a great resource for EV drivers.

How come it didn’t recognize a large EVGO station just three blocks from my address?