Fuel Record: Gas Cost Tracker is a manual vehicle logging utility for tracking fuel economy and maintenance costs on iOS.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the cognitive load of manual calculation by providing immediate, readable charts for fuel economy and seasonal trends.
For Vehicle owners who want a low-friction, manual logging tool for fuel and maintenance records.
What does it look like?
Key features
Dropdown list to switch between multiple registered vehicles, replacing sequential navigation.
Visualizes mileage, fuel cost, and economy trends over time.
Syncs vehicle and fuel data to cloud storage, gated behind a paid version.
How much does it cost?
The freemium model uses IAP to gate data persistence and remove ad inventory.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentUX improvementsperformanceShow more...
The app is currently in a maintenance phase, with only one release shipped in the analyzed window. At 104 days since the last update, the development cadence is infrequent and lacks a consistent release schedule. The latest version focused on UX improvements by adding a vehicle selection menu, but no further activity has been observed. Future updates remain uncertain given the current pace.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads excited. Users appreciate the simple and intuitive input system makes tracking fuel mileage and costs effortless for daily users and graphing and tracking features provide valuable long-term insights into fuel economy for multiple vehicle owners.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The simple and intuitive input system makes tracking fuel mileage and costs effortless for daily users
- Graphing and tracking features provide valuable long-term insights into fuel economy for multiple vehicle owners
- Users report losing significant amounts of historical data when switching devices or reinstalling the application
33 of 33 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
Read the full review analysisUnlock 1 more frustration theme and 2 user requests, each backed by review evidence.
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Competitive landscape for Fuel Record: Gas Cost Tracker
How's the Utilities market?
Fuel Record: Gas Cost Tracker holds a 4.59-star rating across 174 total platform ratings. The current maintenance-mode release cadence, with no updates in 104 days, limits the app's ability to capture new users in a category where active development signals long-term data security.
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Key takeaways for Fuel Record: Gas Cost Tracker
Where is it heading?
Users report: The market for simple fuel trackers is consolidating around tools that offer reliable, cross-device data persistence. Fuel Record: Gas Cost Tracker remains exposed due to its gated backup model and lack of recent updates, which will likely accelerate churn as users migrate to competitors with more transparent data-sync policies.
- The 104-day update gap signals a maintenance-only posture, which risks alienating users who expect active development for their long-term fuel data.
- Data loss during device migration remains a recurring complaint that compounds the perception of the app as an unreliable repository for historical records.
The SWOT
- Vehicle selection menu reduces logging friction for multi-vehicle owners
- Dedicated partial fill-up input would improve calculation accuracy
- Maintenance record integration would increase daily utility
Next best moves
Migrate cloud backup to free tier because data loss is the #1 churn driver → improve retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The 104-day update gap is not just neglect…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The app remains in a maintenance-only state with no functional or pricing changes, though the analytical outlook has shifted to frame the 104-day update gap as a direct threat to user retention.
Bottom line
Moving cloud backup to the free tier would address the data-loss frustration that currently drives negative sentiment, unlocking higher long-term retention for Fuel Record: Gas Cost Tracker.
Unlock 2 critical frictions, 1 market threat, 1 more prioritized move and the analyst’s take.
Access the full report for freeFAQ
Is Fuel Record: Gas Cost Tracker free to use?
Does Fuel Record: Gas Cost Tracker support multiple vehicles?
Can I back up my fuel data for free?
What happens to my data if I switch phones?
Sources
- [1] App Store, source
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