Fuel Cost Calculator is a finance utility for tracking fuel efficiency and mileage costs on iOS.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Finance
Sentiment
1.0
1 reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire this app to document fuel expenses for personal budgeting or professional reimbursement, but the current launch failure prevents this job-to-be-done.
For Drivers who need to track fuel efficiency for personal budgeting or professional mileage reimbursement.
What does it look like?
Key features
Calculates miles per gallon and cost per mile based on odometer readings.
Tracks fuel usage data for mileage reimbursement documentation.
How much does it cost?
The app utilizes a flat-fee paid model at $0.99, which is the primary revenue mechanism.
Velocity
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The app has reached a zombie state, having received no updates or maintenance in over 5,200 days. The development history consists of a single release from 2012, indicating that the project is no longer actively supported or maintained by the publisher. There is no evidence of ongoing development, bug fixes, or feature expansion.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews upset.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The application fails to launch entirely after purchase, preventing users from accessing the paid content
1 of 1 recent reviews analyzed · limited sample
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Competitive landscape for Fuel Cost Calculator (US and Metric)
How's the Finance market?
The app occupies a stagnant position in the Finance category with no updates since 2012. The 1-star rating on the latest version signals a complete failure to deliver value to the target audience.
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Key takeaways for Fuel Cost Calculator (US and Metric)
Where is it heading?
The app is in a state of terminal decline due to the total lack of maintenance over the last decade. Without a significant technical overhaul, the current launch failure will continue to drive negative sentiment and refund requests, making the app a liability for the developer.
- The latest version fails to launch, which prevents all user value and drives immediate refund requests.
- A 14-year development silence indicates the app is in permanent maintenance mode, leading to inevitable obsolescence.
The SWOT
- Focused feature set for fuel cost tracking
- Modernize UI to compete with active finance utilities
- Implement cloud-sync for mileage logs
Next best moves
Ship stability patch because the app fails to launch on the latest version → restore basic functionality
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The 14-year dormancy is a greater threat than the launch failure itself…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The intelligence report has been updated to include a potential investment path for stability fixes alongside the previous sunset recommendation, while expanding the SWOT analysis to include specific modernization opportunities.
Bottom line
The app is currently a zombie product, because the latest version fails to launch, so the developer must either ship a stability patch or sunset the listing to avoid further negative sentiment.
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- [1] App Store, source
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