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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: POD on December 09, 2012, 06:06:22 PM
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Was just thinking about tracking costs and mileage and wondering if anyone uses one. I know there are a few when you do a search, just after some first hand reviews.
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I have an Android App on my HTC, called aCar and have been using it for the past 42,000 km's. It works great, gives graphs for fuel price, L/100km, fuel costs, l's/fillup, Km's between fill ups, days between fill ups. I find it very easy to use and gives me an idea of how the truck is travelling.
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I was using Fuelly for iOS for ages. Only stopped because the figures were scaring me.
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Have a look at Road Trip Lite. It's the free version and I find its great for storing & calculating fuel data. There is a paid version that looks at oil/tires/expenses etc, but the lit is enough for me.
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I use fuelly, have been since we got the Prado.
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Fully for me, been using it for years :cheers:
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We use Road Trip on our iPhones. There is a lite version but I forked out the $1.99 for the full version. Heaps of options and easy to use.
Try the free lite version.
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Does the data also get stored elsewhere? In case phones packs it in, or you change/upgrade phone
I'm using a program on my computer called MyCar-Monitor (http://simadcom.atw.hu), and keep backups elsewhere because technology is unrealiable, but the idea of having the info (on a phone) for on the spot check up sounds good!
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Road trip is great, allows back ups and export of data
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I have used Vehical for the iPhone for the last 3 yrs. I find it excellent. Data is stored with the iPhone back ups as when i changed from a 3GS to the 4s it copied all the data over when I synced it back up.
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I use the fuel log app on my android, as the light/ free version it allows me to track 2 vehicles (my land cruiser and my truck), I find it pretty useful but it can be scary at times.
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+1 for road trip.. 70000kms on my app
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I use fuelly but would like to change to an android app that lets me input servicing details such as oil, bearing and filter changes as well. Does anyone use a good app that does it all?
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Another one for road trip. I was using the lite version for ages, but lashed out the couple of bucks when I started to use another car as the lite version only records 1 vehicle
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Another one for road trip. I was using the lite version for ages, but lashed out the couple of bucks when I started to use another car as the lite version only records 1 vehicle
Does road trip only do fuel?
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Road trip does servicing and other 'expenses' if you choose. I have mine setup with automatic expenses against the car like insurance and rego (so they automatically apply when they are due.. the app just assumes I pay them)
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Thanks, can you put details in against service such as oil or filter type used or is it just a tick a box against oil change with date and odo?
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Here is the link to the Road Trip app http://darrensoft.ca/roadtrip/ (http://darrensoft.ca/roadtrip/)
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I use aCar on my android tablet, it logs everything from fuel to servicing, will remind you when a service is due and also when over due, vomes with its own widgets and can export to and import from several different formats.
For iOS I used AccuFuel and Car Minder.
Cheers
Craig
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Burnsy,
each expense can be categorised, have an ODO reading, a cost, a payment method, a location (including GPS coords) a repeat (like my insurance and rego mentioned above) and then notes (which is freetype so put in what ever you like... brand of oil etc etc)
like i said i have been using it for a while and i am pretty happy with it. I use it to export to excel to keep all my tax records
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Thanks
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road trip is the way to go, we have been using it to track our expenses, service costs, fuel and accommodation costs whilst we have been on the road (since April)
Its great and with the info allows us to determine how much we can expect to pay when going somewhere. We just drove from Cairns to Melbourne for Xmas and we knew what the cost was likely to be based on the info we had on the app.
For $1.99 you cant go wrong......dont even bother with the lite version unless your a tight arse
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Another vote for fuel log
GG
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I'm also a Road Tripper. Paid the whopping $1.99 for the full version. 8)
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Gas Cubby for me. :cheers:
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another for fuely
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So this is Road Trip for the 200 Series since day one.
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I've added most of my expenses except for servicing as they are covered under my lease so I don't get a bill.
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Nice little map shows were I've refuelled.
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If you connect your iPhone to iTunes it backs up the whole phone including app data other wise you can export the data to save it.
I tried a few different fuel app Lite versions but found this one the best. Not saying something better hasn't been released since 2010.
So give us some screen shots of your fuel app...
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Heres my one from my cruiser
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Finally got a chance to look into this and move away from fuelly only to find road trip which looks brilliant as it tracks all servicing and expenses is not available for Android >:( Anyone found an equal android app?
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That's no good Burnsy!!
I've been using Road Trip for a few years now. I splashed out and brought both the iPhone edition as well as the HD one for iPads. Best app ever and since it auto syncs we have no trouble if the wife fuels up and uploads the data from her phone.
Showing off our fuel and expense stats could be worthy of a new thread!!
:)
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Have downloaded acar as it seems to do all the expenses and multiple cars. Does not look as flash as road trip but time will tell if it is worthwhile.
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I've converted from Fuelly to Roadtrip.
Will be great to keep track of all expenses on our trip to the Kimberley
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It would be nice if Road Trip offered the little signature details!
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Resurrecting this to see where we are at a few years on. I have used fuelly for the majority of the time I have had the 105 and used Acar for servicing for a while. Fuelly bought Acar, there were promises of integration and apps but nothing seems to have come of it. From what I can see Road Trip is still not available for android. Looking to get into a new set of wheels shortly and want to start tracking from day one on the best app available for android. Fuelly is basic, web based and clunky so happy to move away from it.
What are Android people using and why?
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On my iPhone I have been using fuel monitor
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