Australian fuel apps, compared.
The verdict up front: FuelNow is national, official data only, and properly free – no ads, no account, no paid tier – and it's the only app here that shows tomorrow's prices in both WA and the NT. The government apps are official but stop at their borders. The big independent apps are national but carry ads, accounts or upsells. Most of the 2026 newcomers sell subscriptions to data the schemes publish for free – TANK is the free exception. Where a competitor genuinely suits you better, we say so below.
Facts checked 21 July 2026.
Side by side
| App | Price | Data | Tomorrow's price (WA & NT) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FuelNow every state and territory | Free – no ads, no account | Official schemes only | Yes – both, from 2:30pm |
| PetrolSpy national | Free with ads, $2.89/yr removal | Official + crowd – VIC crowd-only | No |
| Petty NSW, QLD, SA, WA, TAS & ACT | Free – optional premium sub | Official schemes only | WA only, from 2:30pm |
| MotorMouth national | Free – account required | Crowd, retailer + official mix | No |
| Fuel Map Australia national, last updated 2022 | Free with ads, $2.99 removal | Crowd + official (WA, NSW, QLD) | WA only |
| State government apps one scheme each | Free | Official – own scheme | WA & NT websites – VIC cap in app |
| My 7-Eleven its own ~750 stores | Free – account required | Its own prices only | No – 7-day price lock |
| TANK launched April 2026, claims national | Free – no account | Official (its own claim) | Not advertised |
| 2026 subscription apps claim national | Free tiers, $1.49–4.99/mo subs | Claim official | Not offered |
When something else is the right choice
- You want crowd-sourced price spotting – PetrolSpy's community reports prices in places schemes don't mandate. FuelNow shows official data only, on purpose: a price is a report, not a guess.
- You only ever buy fuel in NSW – the government's NSW FuelCheck app is official and free. FuelNow does the same job in every state, with a nicer map.
- You want per-station price history – Petty charts 90-day trends per station on official data, in the six jurisdictions it covers. FuelNow keeps to the live map on purpose.
- You only ever fill up at 7-Eleven – the My 7-Eleven app locks its best local price for 7 days. It prices nobody else; FuelNow prices everyone.
App by app
PetrolSpy
The incumbent – national since 2014, with official feeds where schemes allow and crowd reports on top. Victoria is crowd-only, so its Melbourne prices are whatever users typed in. It's free with pop-up ads on opening – the most common complaint in its critical reviews – or $2.89 a year to remove them, and its iPhone app last shipped an update in July 2025. Its data carries a single price per station: no tomorrow prices in WA or the NT. FuelNow shows both, with no ads to close first.
Petty
The strongest of the modern independents – maintained since 2017, still shipping updates in June 2026, 1,400+ App Store ratings, and no ads. Like FuelNow it carries official data only; its own listing names NSW, QLD, SA, WA, TAS and the ACT, so Victoria and the NT sit outside its coverage. It shows WA's tomorrow prices from 2:30pm, adds per-station price history, and funds itself with an optional premium tier over a free core. If you never buy fuel in Victoria or the Territory, it's a genuine alternative. FuelNow covers all eight jurisdictions, shows both tomorrow-price schemes, and has nothing to buy.
MotorMouth
Its owner, Informed Sources, is the government-appointed aggregator for the QLD and SA schemes. The app blends user reports, retailer feeds and station operators with those official sources, needs an account for full use, and in some areas rations you to 30 price reveals a week. The 2013-era native app was replaced by a web-page wrapper in 2022 and sits at 2.4 stars on Google Play since. Ad-free and genuinely national; no tomorrow prices, and every price in FuelNow is on the map without an account.
Fuel Map Australia
Once the roadtrip favourite, dormant since October 2022 on both stores. Recent reviews (June 2026) report listed stations that don't exist, while the developer's other app keeps shipping updates. Ads unless you pay $2.99, crowd prices everywhere except official feeds in WA, NSW and QLD, and tomorrow's prices in WA only.
The state government apps
Excellent inside their borders, and they stop at them. Seven schemes cover the eight states and territories – the ACT rides on NSW FuelCheck – but only two have real consumer apps: NSW FuelCheck and FuelCheck TAS, the same NSW-built platform. Victoria's prices live inside the Service Victoria services app, which shows tomorrow's price cap – the ceiling, not the price. WA's sit inside the ServiceWA app, while the FuelWatch website publishes actual next-day prices at 2:30pm – and since April 2026 the NT's MyFuel website does the same. SA and QLD publish no prices themselves: they hand the data to commercial apps, and in SA the government points drivers to a motoring club's. FuelNow reads all seven schemes – documented on the data sources page – and puts them on one map.
My 7-Eleven
By App Store ratings the biggest fuel app in the country, and a loyalty app: its Fuel Price Lock holds the best price among your five closest 7-Elevens for 7 days. It prices one brand's ~750 stores in five states – no SA, TAS or NT – and needs an account. It answers "where's cheap fuel at 7-Eleven"; FuelNow answers "where's cheap fuel".
TANK
The 2026 newcomer that doesn't fit the subscription pattern: launched in April, free, no account, no subscription. It claims official government data in every state and frames itself as a decision engine – "Fill Now or Wait" – rather than a price board, and it's early days: 11 App Store ratings as of July 2026. Its listing doesn't mention WA or NT tomorrow prices or per-price freshness labels – the two things FuelNow builds its boards around.
The 2026 subscription apps
A crop of newcomers launched in March 2026 – RipperFuel, PumpWatch, PetrolSnap, Fuel Daddy – offering the same public scheme data behind ads or subscriptions of $1.49–$4.99 a month, some requiring accounts for basics like price alerts, with between zero and 23 App Store ratings each as of July 2026. The schemes give this data away – check what a subscription actually adds before paying for one.
Quick answers
Which fuel app shows tomorrow’s petrol prices?
WA and the NT lock prices daily and publish tomorrow’s at 2:30pm local time, and FuelNow is the only app here that shows both. Of the others, Petty shows WA’s from 2:30pm, Fuel Map shows WA’s only – in an app last updated in 2022 – the FuelWatch and MyFuel NT websites show their own state’s, and Victoria’s Service Victoria app shows tomorrow’s price cap, a maximum rather than the price. The FuelNow app shows every WA and NT station’s tomorrow price from 2:30pm – free, no ads, no account.
Which fuel price apps have no ads?
Petty and TANK are ad-free independents – Petty sells an optional premium tier, TANK is free with no account. The state government apps and MotorMouth are ad-free too – MotorMouth needs an account, and in some areas limits you to 30 price reveals a week. PetrolSpy and Fuel Map charge to remove their ads ($2.89 a year and $2.99 once, respectively). FuelNow has no ads, no account and nothing to buy.
Is there one app that covers every state and territory?
Several claim to. PetrolSpy fills Victoria with crowd reports, MotorMouth mixes user and retailer reports with official feeds behind an account, Fuel Map stopped updating in 2022, and TANK – launched April 2026, 11 App Store ratings so far – claims every state on official data. FuelNow covers all eight states and territories on official scheme data alone – and where a feed runs a day behind, as Victoria’s public data does, the price says “yesterday” instead of pretending.
Does Google Maps show petrol prices in Australia?
On some station pins, yes – a single price, and not at every station. FuelNow shows every station in all seven official schemes covering the eight states and territories, when each price was last verified, and tomorrow’s prices in WA and the NT – free, no ads, no account.
FuelNow's position in one sentence: FuelNow is the simplest fuel app in Australia – one screen, no ads, no account. It's also the only app in this table that shows tomorrow's prices in both WA and the NT.