Top 10 Gas Saving Apps
Last Updated on March 30, 2018
Gas Buddy – Our number 1 on the list
Gas prices are something that everyone tries to pay attention to on a regular basis. A small increase in the average gas price can definitely have a huge impact on your monthly budget, especially if you are someone who has to drive a relatively long distance just to go to and from work every day. Technology is usually going to be your best friend when it comes to saving money these days, and there is basically an app available for saving money on anything from gas to the toilet paper at your local grocery store. If you’re a smartphone owner, then you should take a look at these 10 apps if you want to be able to save money on gas.
1. Gas Buddy
Gas Buddy has become the standard when it comes to gas saving apps. It is available on both iPhone and Android, and this was actually the first huge gas app to get mainstream acceptance. You can check the prices at all local gas stations with this app on your phone, and the prices are actually updated by people who have visited certain gas stations in your area. While every single gas station around the country is not going to be updated every minute, the reality is that this is the most widely used app that relies on a user-based pricing system. The best part is that you can sort your local gas stations by price or distance from your current location.
2. Google Maps
If you are an Android user, then you won’t need to download this app. The main way that this app helps you save money on gas is by telling you when you need to try to avoid traffic. You can get alternate routes that will get you to your destination in a shorter period of time if you turn on traffic updates. You can also find local businesses along your route with this app.
3. Car Care
Car Care is an app that is only available on iPhone right now, and it allows you to take a look at the fuel efficiency of many different types of cars. You can even find graphs of data based on many different driver experiences from around the world. In addition to helping you save money on gas, this app will also give you a notification when it is time to perform regular maintenance on your car.
4. Accufuel
You can get this app off the iPhone App Store for less than a dollar, and most people talk about the easy to read graphics more than anything else when it comes to Accufuel. You get an overall average and your MPG on the homescreen, and you get up-to-date statistics on your car’s fuel efficiency by inputting some basic information every time you need to fuel up. You can also check the fuel efficiency of a variety of other cars once you swipe away from your main screen.
5. Waze
Waze is an app that is similar to Google maps, and the main difference is that it uses the iPhone’s GPS capabilities to automatically track your car’s fuel efficiency. Most of the other apps on the market require you to input your own information manually, but this app actually just requires you to select your vehicle from a list of options and then start driving. The simplicity involved with getting started with this app is its main selling point.
6. Gas Guru
Gas Guru does not come with a lot of extra features, but the good news is that it gives you a lot of statistical data to look at when it comes to the fuel efficiency of your car. There are three basic screens found in this app, and they are log, tips, and stats. The log section of the app is where you will be able to log your car’s activities, while the stats section will give you a history of your car’s fuel efficiency stats. The tips page can be used to find out better ways to save gas for your car over a long period of time.
7. Carticipate
Carticipate is an app that allows you to match yourself up with other people in your social network who are driving the same routes as you on a regular basis. You simply need to enter your future routes into this app, the Carticipate will let you know about other people who will be traveling the same way as you in the near future. You can then use the app to contact those individuals and arrange a carpool situation.
8. AAA TripTik Mobile
This app is one of the best all-in-one car apps currently available for iPhone. You can get information about anything from local gas prices to voice-activated driving directions when you open this app on your iPhone. AAA members can also get extra features such as AAA auto locations add to their maps. For some people, this will be the perfect app to handle all of their safe driving needs.
9. Route4Me
Most people are not blown away by an app that shows you the quickest way to get from point A to point B because that is something that everyone has seen a million times at this point. Route4Me actually takes things a step further and helps you plan a route when you are going to stop at multiple locations. In some situations, this app will be able to provide you with a route that is 30% shorter than what you would have done without it.
10. MapQuest
Many people may have forgotten that MapQuest was actually the king of the online maps world before Google Maps came along. The MapQuest mobile site will allow you to see gas prices of local gas stations while you are using their maps to get to your destination in the shortest amount of time possible. This site also accounts for how far away a gas station currently is from your car when giving you the lowest priced gas stations.
