FindMe: Cheap Fuel

As the name suggest the application primary aim is to help users find the cheapest fuel and I’m sure you can all agree that nobody likes paying more than they have to for fuel.

Frequently I’ve thought, and I’m sure every car owner at some stage, “I’ll just see what the price is at the next station”. Murphy’s law suggest that it will be more expensive and it seems, at least me, that this is always so. This lead me to thinking there must be a better way and hence the idea for FindMe: Cheap Fuel was born.

The applications features allows users to quickly and easily view the price at different stations around your current location and from this allow you to make an informed purchasing decision.

So where does the price information come from you ask? Well this is where you come in! Prices are predominately gathered from the FindMe: Cheap Fuel community of application users. That is, when you enter a fuel purchase the price is recorded against the station. This price (along with its age) is then immediately available to display to others.

Application Features

  • Automatically grabs your current GPS location, preforms a search, and displays fuel prices on a map
  • Displays information on both map and list
  • Tapping the station moves to a detail station screen

Station

  • Prices for all fuel types offered by the station
  • Get directions from your current location to the selected station
  • Buttons to place a call or visit the website
  • Add fuel purchase (see below)

Price Details

  • Defaults to fuel type of default vehicle
  • Displays price, price age
  • Sort by fuel price or station distance (list only)
  • Supports for multiple devices accessing the same account information

Add Fuel Purchase

  • Select the vehicle and fuel type for the purchase
  • Record purchase details to allow for rich reporting (see coming features below)
  • Enter purchase for any date in the past (handy for entering past purchases from a receipt)

Vehicles

  • Support for multiple vehicles
  • Give each vehicle a nickname of your choice
  • Easy selection from a database of vehicles, makes, models and features
  • Manage your vehicles by easily adding, deleting and selecting as the default vehicle

Coming Features

  • Add a number of stations to a favorites list to easily compare these with the stations around your current location. For example add the stations around your home and workplace to help you to decide the best place to fill your tank.
  • A reports pages will provide you with a rich set of feedback regarding your fuel purchase. Including a list of purchases (useful for logging) the savings made and the mileage you are getting from your vehicles.