To cope with the soaring prices of diesel and gasoline, the government has promised a discount ranging from 15 to 18 cents on the price per liter of fuel. This discount, which comes into effect on Friday April 1, 2022 and should last until the end of July, will be directly applied to prices at the pump by distributors.
If this rebate will certainly lower the bill, there are other levers to save a little more. Besides the adoption of eco-driving for reduce your fuel consumption, you can simply search in a few seconds for petrol stations near you offering the best price per litre. The applications offering this service are numerous, but not as effective as each other.
To help you find your way around, we have selected three free applications for you to find gasoline at the best price, whether you have an Android smartphone or an iPhone.
1. Diesel Now
As soon as it opens, Gasoil Now geolocates you and displays your position on a map. Two buttons, located on either side of the map, are then available to launch the search for a petrol station.
The one on the left instantly launches the search for the stations closest to you, while the button on the right allows you to identify the cheapest stations near your position.
By tapping on the name of a station from the results, you will obtain additional information such as the price of other fuels or the date of the last price update.
Like Essence, which we’ll tell you about right after, Diesel Now offers to open third-party apps like Maps, Waze Where Google Maps to instantly search for a route. The app settings allow you to choose your fuel and indicate your tank capacity.
This information makes it possible, when searching for a station, to indicate the approximate price of a full tank according to the price per liter entered. Diesel Now also offers to indicate your favorite brands to help you filter the results of your searches and allows you to view stations that are out of fuel and temporarily closed.
Download Diesel Now for Android (Free)
Download Diesel Now for iPhone (Free)
2. Petrol & Co
The app Petrol & Co offers to find the closest or cheapest gas station according to your position with the possibility of choosing a search radius ranging from 1 to 50 km.
Very complete, it allows you to search for stations according to the fuel you need: SP95, SP98, SP95 E10, E85, Diesel and LPG.
Once each parameter has been entered, you can directly view the petrol stations around you on a map. The results are displayed in the form of a list, but it is possible to visualize the stations found directly on a map.
The prices indicated in the application are frequently updated in particular by the users of the application.
The stations displayed in gray in the list of results are those with no more fuel available. A button is also provided to allow users to report if a replenishment has taken place. By entering the details of a station, it is possible to obtain the prices of all the fuels offered, but also to update the prices of each fuel.
At last, Petrol & Co is able to program a route to the selected station by opening a third-party GPS application such as Waze, Plans or Google Maps.
Download Essence & Co for Android (Free)
Download Essence & Co for iPhone (Free)
3. Gaspal
Find fuel at the best price and in all circumstances, this is what tries to offer gaspal. After authorizing the application to use your smartphone’s GPS and indicating the type of fuel you are looking for, Gaspal automatically displays a map of nearby stations with the price per liter of your usual fuel.
If this display does not suit you, you can perfectly opt for a display in the form of a list. By entering the details of a station, you will obtain the prices for all the fuels offered by the station, as well as the date and time of the last price update.
Your search results can be sorted by distance, price, or recommended resorts. This last sorting parameter makes it possible to combine the two previous ones, namely, to display the cheapest stations, and those closest to you.
gaspal integrates other rather welcome functions such as a GPS allowing you to configure a route on which the petrol stations available on your route are displayed.
Download Gaspal for Android (Free)
Download Gaspal for iPhone (Free)
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