Services · Mobile app development · EV charging apps
We deliver EV charging app development Manchester businesses need when their chargers span the city centre, Salford, Trafford and the outer boroughs. Codeeo builds driver apps, operator back offices and building portals for public networks, build to rent apartment blocks, hotels, licensed taxi drivers and fleets, connected to chargers through OCPP and to partner networks and open data through OCPI.
Codeeo's 80+ people work from Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi and have delivered 200+ projects across the UAE and the US. We do not have a Manchester office. We work remotely with Manchester clients, holding discovery sessions, reviews and demos on video calls.
200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer
Capabilities for Manchester
Greater Manchester runs as a city region of ten boroughs, from Wigan and Bolton in the west to Tameside and Oldham in the east, with Transport for Greater Manchester planning transport across all of them. Its public charging grew from the GMEV network into Be.EV, which moved to paid charging in 2021 and offers better rates to drivers licensed by one of the ten local authorities. Alongside that sits a fast growing stock of city centre apartments in places such as Ancoats, Castlefield and Salford Quays, where residents rarely have a private garage, and big event days that pull thousands of cars towards the Etihad, Old Trafford and Co-op Live. The capabilities below are chosen for that mix. Each one can be scoped into a first release or added later as your Manchester sites grow.
For build to rent and residential blocks, residents register their flat, book a shared bay or use an allocated charger, and pay through the app or their service charge account. Load management keeps demand inside the building supply, and the building manager sees usage per apartment without chasing meter readings.
Residents charge at home even without a private garage.
Where an operator offers special rates for hackney and private hire drivers licensed in Greater Manchester, the app collects licence details, routes them for checking and applies the right tariff once approved. Expiry dates trigger reminders so discounts stop or renew on time.
Trade tariffs reach the drivers entitled to them, and nobody else.
Sites are grouped by borough, so a network covering Stockport, Rochdale and Trafford can see usage, faults and income for each area and share the right figures with each council or landowner. Contractors are assigned by area so a fault in Bury does not wait for an engineer based in Wigan.
Faults and figures sorted by the borough they belong to.
Charging near big venues gets busy before and after matches and concerts. The operator dashboard shows expected peaks from a simple events calendar, and the app can show drivers which nearby sites usually have space, helping them avoid queues at the closest hub.
Busy days spread across more sites and fewer drivers queue.
Hotels and venues near Piccadilly, Deansgate or the airport can tie charging to a room booking or ticket, give guests a code at check in and add the cost to the bill. Public users can still pay directly where the units are open to everyone.
Guests charge without a separate account or app.
OCPI 2.2.1 links let your drivers use partner networks across the North West and let other apps sell sessions on your chargers. The same feed publishes location, tariff and live status openly, free of charge and machine readable, as the 2023 regulations require.
Drivers moving around the region charge on one account.
New public chargers of 8 kW and above, and rapid units of 50 kW and above, must take contactless. The app is designed to add value on top: saved vehicles, cheaper member rates and receipts. Pence per kWh prices are displayed before charging and stay fixed until the session ends.
Casual and regular drivers both get a clear way to pay.
Public networks must offer a free, staffed helpline around the clock. Our console gives agents the caller's charger, connector, session and payment on one screen, a remote restart button and a log of every contact, ready for the regular reports the regulations ask operators to submit. Callers stranded at a hub in Oldham late at night get help without being passed between teams.
Calls end with a fix or a clear next step, and every one is recorded.
Connector status checked continuously, faults pushed to the contractor responsible for that borough, and a yearly reliability figure for the rapid network tracked against the 99% target, with exclusions logged and evidenced.
Uptime is measured honestly and faults are fixed sooner.
Manchester's universities bring in many students and graduates who are new to driving electric. A short in-app guide explains connectors, charging speeds and etiquette, and first time drivers get a walkthrough of their first session.
New drivers start charging without calling the helpline.
Who this is for
Manchester's charging clients range from operators with sites in every borough to landlords with one car park under an apartment tower. Most share a need for clear pricing, dependable uptime and a simple app, but the first release differs a lot between them. Here is where each usually begins. If you are unsure which group you fall into, a short video call is usually enough to work it out.
You run fast and rapid chargers on council land, retail parks and park and ride sites across Greater Manchester. You need borough level reporting, trade tariffs for licensed drivers, contractor dispatch by area and roaming with other networks. We start with operations and the regulated duties, then build the driver app features that keep regular users loyal, such as memberships and saved routes. If you are moving from an older back office, we plan the migration of drivers, cards and session history so regular users do not have to sign up again.
Operations first, then loyalty features.
Your new blocks in the city centre or Salford include charging bays and residents expect them to work like any other amenity. We build resident registration, booking and billing tied to the tenancy, plus a building manager dashboard. When a resident moves out, access ends automatically, and the next tenant can register on day one.
Charging that behaves like part of the tenancy.
Your drivers are licensed by Manchester or another Greater Manchester authority and charge on several networks during a shift. We build a fleet app with one account, roaming access, statements by driver and support for trade rates where networks offer them, so drivers can find a free charger between jobs. Weekly statements per driver make it easier to settle costs, whether drivers pay their own charging or the firm covers it.
You want charging to bring in guests and spending without running a network yourself. We build booking linked charging, guest codes and billing to the room or ticket, and we connect to your operator's back office over OCPI so session data reaches your systems. Where chargers are public, contactless and pricing display stay in place. Reporting shows how many guests charged, how long they stayed and what they spent, which helps you decide whether to add more bays.
Engagement options
Operators and landlords starting a new product usually take a fixed scope first release. After launch, a monthly retainer keeps the app current with new buildings, hardware and roaming partners. Larger operators with a multi year plan for Greater Manchester sometimes choose a dedicated team. All three run remotely through video calls, a shared backlog and regular demos. A custom EV charging app development Manchester project for a landlord can begin with a single building and grow into a portfolio product, so we design the account structure for many buildings from the start. Retainer work often follows the seasons of the city: new student lets in September, new apartment completions through the year and busy event calendars in summer, so we plan releases around them.
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
Technology
We build apps in React Native or native Swift and Kotlin, OCPP and OCPI services in Node.js or .NET, and host on AWS or Azure in a UK region where you prefer. We match the stack to your hardware and to the people who will run the product after launch. Building integrations use the APIs of your property management system where they exist, with secure file exports as a fallback.
01Mobile
02Data and cloud
03Marketing and tracking
That depends on the first release, which we fix together in discovery.
A building portal for one apartment block is a smaller project than a public network platform across several boroughs with roaming, trade tariffs and open data. The number of hardware models and back office systems matters most. We agree the release plan after discovery, write the dates down and show working software every two weeks so progress is visible.
Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.
Get in touchPROVEN RESULTS
Swift
Kotlin
Flutter
React Native
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
AWS
Azure
Docker
GA4
Google Tag Manager
Search Console
Meta Pixel
Looker Studio