Yesterday I launched FuelFox, an iPhone app and website for finding live fuel prices near you anywhere in the UK.
It's built on the official government forecourt feed, which covers roughly 8,000 stations across the UK. The goal is simple: open the app or website and immediately see fuel prices near you.
I know I'm not the first to build in this space, and plenty of fuel apps and websites existed long before FuelFox. But the existing options didn't work as well as I'd hoped:
- FuelFox does not mix the government feed with community-submitted prices
- It's built to be extremely fast, so you can open it and get an answer immediately
- It doesn't put the core answer behind adverts
- It shows clearly when each price was last updated
What FuelFox does
Right now, FuelFox lets you:
- See stations near your current location or a place you care about
- Compare current prices by fuel type
- View station facilities
- See when each price was last updated
- Save favourites so you can get back to a station quickly
The first version was deliberately focused. I wanted to get something simple and useful into people's hands, then iterate based on real usage and feedback. A lot of products in this space try to do too much, and I wanted FuelFox to feel like a sharper alternative.
What's next
The goal now is to get FuelFox in front of as many people as possible and keep improving it based on feedback.
I want to keep it simple and avoid losing sight of what it was built to do.
One of the next priorities is releasing the Android app, but Google currently requires a closed testing cohort before a new personal developer account can launch publicly. If you'd be interested in testing it, reach out via the email on the FuelFox website.
If you'd like to try it
FuelFox is live at:
If you're interested in integrating the FuelFox API into your own application, feel free to get in touch via the website.