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Tesla App Review: Comprehensive Remote Vehicle Management Platform

by Tesla, Inc.

4.2
IOSLifestyle
Tesla's iOS application provides owners with extensive remote control over their vehicles and energy products. The app enables climate control, charging management, location tracking, and vehicle security features from any location.

Detailed Review

The Tesla mobile application serves as the primary interface between owners and their Tesla vehicles and energy products, establishing itself as the most comprehensive connected car platform in the electric vehicle market. This application transforms smartphones into sophisticated vehicle control centers, offering functionality that extends far beyond traditional remote key fobs or basic status monitoring systems. Core functionality includes real-time charging management with the ability to start, stop, and monitor charging sessions remotely. The climate control system allows users to precondition their vehicle's temperature before entering, particularly valuable in extreme weather conditions. Security features encompass remote locking/unlocking, location tracking with real-time movement monitoring, and vehicle locating through light flashing and horn activation. The app also facilitates navigation by allowing address sharing from other applications directly to the vehicle's navigation system and provides media control access for passengers. User experience demonstrates a polished interface that has evolved significantly from earlier versions, as noted by user CleanWaterGreg (2025-09-04). The application maintains consistent performance across various network conditions, enabling reliable vehicle communication from virtually any location. Real-world usage patterns show owners frequently utilizing the climate control feature for vehicle preconditioning, monitoring charging progress during sessions, and employing location services to track vehicle movement or find parked cars in large lots. User feedback trends indicate strong satisfaction with the app's comprehensive feature set and reliability. Mary Chau (2025-09-04) emphasizes the application's role in vehicle comfort and charging convenience, while Tesla owner77 (2025-09-04) highlights the global accessibility and status monitoring capabilities. Some users, such as Moomoo t (2025-09-06), have suggested additional automated features like child detection for climate control activation, indicating areas for potential future development. The application demonstrates significant strengths in its extensive feature set and seamless integration with Tesla vehicles, though it remains exclusively useful for Tesla owners rather than the broader automotive market. Its value proposition is particularly strong for users seeking comprehensive remote vehicle management and those utilizing Tesla's energy products, though the platform's utility is entirely dependent on ownership of compatible Tesla hardware.

Key Features

  • Remote climate control enables preconditioning vehicle temperature before entry, ensuring comfort in extreme weather conditions
  • Real-time charging management allows monitoring and controlling charging sessions remotely with precise battery percentage tracking
  • Vehicle location tracking provides real-time GPS positioning with movement monitoring and navigation integration
  • Security features include remote locking/unlocking and ability to activate lights/horn for vehicle identification
  • Navigation integration enables address sharing from third-party apps directly to vehicle navigation system
  • Media control access allows passengers to adjust audio and climate settings without driver distraction

Why Users Love It

Comprehensive remote control capabilities
Seamless vehicle integration

Perfect for: Tesla vehicle and energy product owners seeking remote management

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Current Rank

#35

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Best Rank

#17

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Average Rank

#26

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User Reviews

.NewYorker.
Sep 5, 2025

No other EV comes close to Tesla. This app, paired with a Tesla offers more than any other EV can offer. Such ease of use, easy to set late night charging to save. My Tesla costs $2 to charge overnight vs $50 for my old gas SUV. I’m saving $48 on a full up. Other EV’s don’t even come close to owning a Tesla. I can’t believe I didn’t buy one earlier. TESLA IS # 1 IN EV’s No other EV comes close to Tesla. This app, paired with a Tesla offers more than any other EV can offer. Such ease of use, easy to set late night charging to save. My Tesla costs $2 to charge overnight vs $50 for my old gas SUV. I’m saving $48 on a full up. Other EV’s don’t even come close to owning a Tesla. I can’t believe I didn’t buy one earlier.

platypusMaximus
Aug 27, 2025

I have a feature request for the Tesla app. I want to put fractions of a cent in my rate plan. This will give me more accurate cost of charging estimates. Example. Currently I have to input $0.08 for my off-peak rate. But it’s actually $0.07639. An even better experience would be Tesla automatically setting the seasons, hours, and rates for me. Another request. Allow me to set the charging window based on my rate plan. I want to charge only when discount/super off-peak rates apply. Currently I have to set this manually depending on the season. My discount rate hours are 1-6am from May-Sept. However, from Oct-Apr there are 2 ranges for discount rates. 1-3am and 11-4pm. Additionally, there aren’t discount rates on weekends so I’d like the schedule to charge anytime if there isn’t a discount period that day. Beautiful I have a feature request for the Tesla app. I want to put fractions of a cent in my rate plan. This will give me more accurate cost of charging estimates.Example. Currently I have to input $0.08 for my off-peak rate. But it’s actually $0.07639.An even better experience would be Tesla automatically setting the seasons, hours, and rates for me. Another request. Allow me to set the charging window based on my rate plan. I want to charge only when discount/super off-peak rates apply. Currently I have to set this manually depending on the season. My discount rate hours are 1-6am from May-Sept. However, from Oct-Apr there are 2 ranges for discount rates. 1-3am and 11-4pm. Additionally, there aren’t discount rates on weekends so I’d like the schedule to charge anytime if there isn’t a discount period that day.

Moomoo t
Sep 6, 2025

Tesla can you guys turn on the ac/heaters when kids are detected from the seatbelt or the cabin cameras please? That would be a very useful feature to have Can you fix the automatic ac/heating when kids are detected in the back seat sitting down pls? Tesla can you guys turn on the ac/heaters when kids are detected from the seatbelt or the cabin cameras please? That would be a very useful feature to have

Cfscott1701
Aug 31, 2025

Owning a Tesla, Tesla Solar and Powerwall are life hacks. Best car we have ever owned and Solar and Powerwall give us price stability and the ability to energy arbitrage. Must have Owning a Tesla, Tesla Solar and Powerwall are life hacks. Best car we have ever owned and Solar and Powerwall give us price stability and the ability to energy arbitrage.

Adventures5
Sep 3, 2025

The Tesla app spoils you and you’ll find yourself annoyed that other cars don’t have such a polished app. Keeps getting better and better The Tesla app spoils you and you’ll find yourself annoyed that other cars don’t have such a polished app.

App Details

Developer

Tesla, Inc.

Platform

ios

Rating

4.2

Last Updated

10/7/2025