iPhone Applications – CheapGas
I installed CheapGaslast week and it has already paid for itself. It is an excellent iPhone application to find the cheap gas price. The application uses iPhone’s GPS to locate ten nearest gas stations and then displays them by price. You can also list the stations by distance. The iPhone application also allows to search for cheap gas prices in a given zip code. Since the prices are updated by users, the data may not be up to date. I found the outdated information to be a common complain in the review section of the application.
The way I use the information is to get an idea of the price range in my area. This gives me an idea of what to look for. For instance, today it showed the price of regular gas between $2.75 and $2.91. So when I saw $2.73 on a Mobile gas station near my work place, I filled the gas tank. The key is not to wait until the last minute. Start looking when you still have 1/4 gas left.
One thing to note about the gas prices is that people typically only update the price of regular gas. Plus, premium and diesel prices are typically not updated.
The application allows to submit the gas price of a station easily. All you have to do is enter the brand name, address, city, state and price.