The Idea

Find the cheap fuel.
Turn savings into

Fuel prices for New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland, drawn from the official government feeds and refreshed every hour.
Free. No tracking, no ads, no subscription.

What it does

Three small things, each executed with care. Together they answer one question — where, and at what price — and quietly keep score.

  1. Find cheap fuel nearby.

    A map. Fresh prices at every station within reach.

  2. Log the fill, watch the saving.

    One tap when you fill up. The app records your savings.

  3. Pick a unit that means something.

    Coffees. Beer. Pizza. Pick how you read the saving.

How it works

A server pulls fresh prices from the New South Wales, Tasmanian and Queensland government feeds every hour. The app asks the server “what’s near me?” and shows you the answer on a map. That is the whole pipeline.

Stations are required by state law to report price changes to those feeds within minutes of changing them at the pump. The feeds aren’t perfect — sometimes a station’s system lags or a price gets entered wrong — but they are the truthful source. Each price in the app shows when it was last updated, so you can spot stale data at a glance.

  • NSWNSW FuelCheck, operated by the NSW Government.
  • TASFuelCheck TAS, operated by the Tasmania Department of Justice.
  • QLDFuelPriceQLD, operated by the Queensland Department of Energy and Climate.

Where it works, today

New South Wales
Tasmania
Queensland

Other states might follow if there’s a need. Until then, three governments cover most of the coast.

What it never does

A short list, in plain English. Each line a promise.

About this project

There is no team. No investors. No Series A. No plan to pivot to a subscription, get acquired, or spin out a B2B fleet-analytics offering. TankTab is just a little side project.

Running the server costs a little each month. The Apple Developer Program costs $99 a year. I’m happy to pay it for a tool I use myself, but the honest answer is: this is run by one person, and may, one day, go away.

If you want to chip in, the tip jar is right here. No pressure. The app stays free either way.

Questions

i. The price for a station looks wrong. What’s going on?

Prices come from the official government feeds: NSW FuelCheck, FuelCheck TAS, FuelPriceQLD. Stations are required by state law to report price changes within minutes. Sometimes:

  • The station entered the wrong price.
  • The station hasn’t updated yet (the feed is a few minutes behind).
  • The station’s price-reporting system is down.

The app shows you when each price was last updated. If a price is hours stale, that’s a hint to double-check at the pump.

ii. My state isn’t supported. When will it be?

Right now TankTab covers NSW, TAS and QLD because those three states have official government fuel-price feeds with usable APIs.

No timelines for other states yet.

iii. Why no notifications?
  • Notifications would mean storing a “home” station or area on the server.
  • Notifications would require push tokens, which means a third-party push relay.
  • The current design is “open it when you’re about to fill up.” That’s intentional.

If there’s enough demand for opt-in price-drop notifications, I’ll revisit. For now, no.

iv. Is there an Android version?

No, and there are no plans for one. TankTab is built natively in SwiftUI. An Android version would be a separate codebase requiring ongoing maintenance.

Something else? Get in touch.