How to use

Where to find everything on the map

Every button on the map, in the order you will use them. Only a price or a comment needs you to sign in.

  • Explore / Routestations around a place, or along a trip
  • Search, Use my locationmove the map to a place, or to you
  • Fuel, EV, LPG, CNG, LNGshow only what your car uses
  • Filterssort by nearest, cheapest or recently confirmed, filter by grade or network, show prices on pins
  • Chatask drivers who are on the road now
  • Map keywhat every colour and ring means
Drawing of the panel on the left of the map, with its button labels.

Search a place or use your location

The map opens roughly where you are, if it can tell. If not, it opens on a default city. Then search, or tap Use my location.

Search
Type a city, street or postcode and pick a result. The map moves there, and the list below shows the nearest stations.
Use my location
The button under the search box. Your browser asks for permission once. Your position is not saved unless you send a report from the station.
Fuel, EV, LPG, CNG, LNG
Pick what your car uses. The map and the list show only those stations. Fuel shows every fuel station, even ones with no fuel types listed.
Nearby, open-now first
The list under the buttons. Stations open by their posted hours come first. Each row has Directions and Show on map. Use Filters to change the order.
Smart pick
Shows next to Saved when there are stations on screen. It suggests one of them based on distance, opening hours, a known price and how recent the last check is.

On a phone, tap Stations in the bar at the bottom to see the list.

What the pin colour and ring mean

The pin colour shows what the station sells. The ring shows if a driver checked. The ring only stays while the check is recent.

  • Petrol
  • Diesel
  • LPG
  • CNG
  • EV charger
  • Service & repair
  • Fuel station, fuel types unknown
  • Fuel availableConfirmed recently by a driver, with the minute it was said.
  • Limited fuelA queue was reported, or only some grades are left.
  • No fuelA driver stood there and said the pumps were dry.
  • Open by its timetableThe posted hours say open, but nobody has checked. That is why the ring is dashed.
  • No fresh reportThe pin stops claiming anything until someone checks again.
  • A check counts for 18 hours and starts to fade after 6. A number on the map is a group of stations. Zoom in to see each pin. Where the data comes from

Tap a pin or a row to open a station

The card shows the status first, then buttons, then details. If something was not reported, the card says so instead of leaving it blank.

  1. top of the card

    Name and status, with its age

    One of the five states above, and how long ago it was reported.

  2. The one-tap confirmation

    It says Are you here? Confirm the fuel. It appears when nobody has checked the station for a while.

  3. Four buttons in a row

    Navigate opens your maps app with the station as the destination. Share and Comment do what they say. Station page is a link you can save.

  4. Price, queue, last confirmation

    If nothing is known, you see Price not reported, Queue not reported or No recent confirmation.

  5. bottom of the card

    Hours, fuels, connectors, payment

    From OpenStreetMap. Tap Suggest a correction if something is wrong.

Report in two taps, no account needed

Choose if there is fuel and how long the queue is, then send. The pin updates right away and shows the time you sent it.

Without signing in
Report fuel, the queue, or whether a charger worked.
With a free sign-in
Add a price or a comment for other drivers. This way a real person is behind each one.
On a phone
Tap Report at the bottom right of the map. It opens the nearest station.

What a useful report looks like

Illustration of a report on the station card, and the pin a second later.

Find stations along your route

Tap the Route tab above the search box. On a phone, tap Route in the bottom bar. Enter your start and destination.

What you get
Stations along your route that sell your fuel or have your connector. Each shows the detour in distance and minutes.
Three picks
Best matches your priority and Nearest has the smallest detour. Cheapest needs a known price, and says so if there is none.
Trip cost
Add your consumption and fuel price in the route planner to see what the trip costs.

It does not know traffic. It cannot know what a station will have when you arrive. It shows the stations on your route and when each was last checked.

Almost everything works without an account

No account

  • Browse the map anywhere
  • Search any city or address
  • Get directions to a station
  • Confirm fuel or a charger, yes or no

Free account

  • Prices and comments
  • Saved stations
  • Your report history
  • Profile and contributor level

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