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Gas.app - Find Cheap Gasoline on Your iPhone

gasapp.com — Here is a gasoline finder app for iPhone that I created. It isn't completely done yet, but it is in a very usable state. It includes its own keypad, price lookup, and Google Maps integration (with directions coming soon). Let me know what you think. Leave your comments, bugs, and suggestions in the comments. Thanks!

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  • shafiq, on 10/11/2007, -8/+37wow, awesome! a really nice example of integration between the iphone and google maps! well done!
    • donwilson2, on 10/11/2007, -12/+29That just made me want an iPhone. Wow.
    • TheThirdWheel, on 10/11/2007, -30/+9I thought Apple users either rode the subway or had tiny electric cars..... Oh I get it, this is so they can tell their PC using SUV driving coworkers where to get the cheapest gas.
    • basta303, on 10/11/2007, -8/+8@donwilson2: I had the same thought. What specifically crossed my mind was "only six months till my Verizon contract ends!" :D
    • danny951, on 10/11/2007, -1/+26Very nice. One thing to think about is that I would most find this useful when I am out on the road, away from my "home" zipcode -- and usually I am not going to know what zip code I am in when I'm travelling, even in my own DFW metroplex. It would be nice to have a built in zip code lookup tool.

      ...just a thought. But hey, you've got a very great idea though. Nice work.
    • boofar, on 10/11/2007, -11/+7Works nicely on my Nokia N95 too, today.
    • oOLiquidNightOo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11is there a site that's keeping track of the available applications that are being created for the iphone.

      i've seen 3 applications here on digg, the shopping list, digg tracker & now this application. i was just wondering if i've missed others?

      any direction would be appreciated.
    • mdhauke, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5I never understood people who would burn a gallon of gas to drive somewhere across town just to get their gas 1.1 cents cheaper per gallon.
    • SJKat, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0Me neither. And I don't know the amount of money they charge you for cellular wireless transmissions, but around here, you'd have to get an amazing bargain on the prices to earn whatever you're spending on downloading a map, etc.
    • jtjdt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6How about an iPhone LCARS Star Trek interface? Tricorder functionality by using iPhones ambient light, proximity, and accelerometer?
    • andrethegiant, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4What website does this query to pull the gas price data?
    • JerodSlay, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5or just get a free phone and spend 5 cents a gallon more than the cheapest in town. It would take quite a while before you ended up spending $500 more than the cheapest.
    • t86y, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0@Donwilson2

      That is the first thing I thought when I tried this Application!!!!
    • Technopundit, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2So if I get a 600 dollar I-Phone, I can save 60 cents a tank?

      Get real.
    • locojones, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4"That just made me want an iPhone. Wow."

      Is that some kind of joke? You're willing to commit yourself to a 3000 dollar contract over 2 years so you can find where the cheapest gas is in your town? I think that typifies just how over-hyped this silly little phone and its rabid fanaticism really is. Especially when gasbuddy.com works everywhere, for free.



    • Amnesia10, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2This is a great app. I am a UK citizen and its a shame that I will have too visit the USA to try this out. I hope that there is a UK version when this comes out. I will have to start bookmarking all these apps for when I get an iPhone. Great idea,
    • TheBigBrother, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Genius Idea:
      1:Learn web development on self-help sites
      2:Build AWESOME iPhone App
      3:Ask for donations
      4:Profit (iPhone)
    • dpowre, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@thethirdwheel

      seriously WHAT are you talking about?
      that deserves more then a simple thumbs down
    • stygiansonic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@thebigbrother

      You forgot the ??? step.
  • scottschiller, on 10/11/2007, -8/+27Probably the first real useful app for people who are mobile. Nicely done.
    • virtualball, on 10/11/2007, -4/+5Well, technically they are all useful. AIM, a nice shopping list, gas prices, and... mobile Digg...on real internet?

      Ok maybe not that one :)
    • TheCount, on 10/11/2007, -5/+6First useful app for people that are mobile? I hope you're kidding... the iPhone did not invent web apps, there are plenty of phones that could and do have similar programs.
    • Technopundit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I thought the hippies all died.
  • AceTracer, on 10/11/2007, -5/+5This is one I would actually use. Thank you.
  • Sabotage, on 10/11/2007, -5/+5nice
  • Wagnel, on 10/11/2007, -5/+6brilliant
  • smarusich, on 10/11/2007, -10/+5source?
    • Jeffrey903, on 10/11/2007, -5/+16I currently am not going to release the source, but I may in the future after I have it working completely and have cleaned up and commented the code.
    • danny951, on 10/11/2007, -15/+6Don't mean to be cruel, but you do realize everything on the web is basically open source, right? You might as well zip it up to make it easy for the rest of the community to contribute.
    • gurka1, on 10/11/2007, -17/+1Please just put the code into sourceforge - keeping it closed is stupid. Make it available to all, and allow everyone to contribute, your app. will become even more useful. You can just control the project if you want on sf and you still get all the glory, etc.
    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -16/+1> I currently am not going to release the source,

      I already looked at the source anyway. It's not that hard to view the html source and find the javascript links you know.

      So yeah, you might as well just post the source. Anyone who wants it can get it right now anyway.
    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -16/+2> I currently am not going to release the source

      By the way, considering your code doesn't actually contain very much functionality anyway. And mostly relies on the functionality contained in four open source scripts you took from someone else, there's also a question here about whether it is even ethical for you to try to keep others from seeing your own source.
    • Jeffrey903, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14@mikeurbandz - Currently I am only using 1 other script, SimpleJS, for the effects. It does not have an included license (or at least I can't find one), but it is based off of SACK, which has the MIT license, which allows for people to basically use it however they want (including closed source and even commercial programs, although I intended to keep it free). I never said that I would keep it closed source, I just said I want to improve upon it first, clean up and comment the code, and then I would highly consider releasing the source.
    • cleverboy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Jeffrey, you DO know you do not need to integrate Google maps into this, right?
      http://www.postneo.com/2007/06/12/accessing-iphone-built-in-services-from-safari
      Unless you're doing something specific, you're going to be able to plop all that right into the GMAPS application with a click. That's probably a hell of a lot better than re-rolling your own.
    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -13/+2> Currently I am only using 1 other script, SimpleJS, for the effects.

      And three helper scripts for it.

      But you didn't even bother to acknowledge the fact that you used SimpleJS on your Web site (although you did thank they guy for your graphic).

      That's considered pretty rude to not even acknowledge other products your rely on. At least when dealing in the open source world.
    • cleverboy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Jeff, you obviously don't have to release anything. I think its GREAT if you do, but people shouldn't expect that everyone should release everything all the time, --or else your a bad person. That's crap. I think it's silly. Take your time and make it good. In the end, do what you want as licenses permit.

      The mere fact that someone would say "get all the glory" in making their point, hurts my head. Glory smory, most programmers like creating cool stuff they they can use. When you introduce concepts like "glory" into it, 9 out of 10 times, someone's feelings are going to get hurt. Mike, don't be an ASS.
    • cleverboy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11Mike, you remind me of this guy that came after me for my php code once. I created an php script that parsed text in a certain way (I think it automatically divided domain names up into separate dictionary terms or something), and he kept implying that he knew how I did it anyway. God, it was pathetic. If you already KNOW the source (and who wouldn't), then pipe down and move on. You sound desperate and obsessive. As such, I can't imagine you shutting up, so I guess this comment if futile.
    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -13/+1> Mike, don't be an ASS

      Cleverboy, I am not being an ass. I'm just being an open source advocate because I think it is unethical to rely on other people's open source work and then not let others see your own which is heavily based on others.

      If I had wanted to be ASS, I would have posted a direct link to his source code to save others the work of having to dig for it themselves. But you notice I did not do that.

      When developing software--especially software that relies on the open source efforts of others, we must always keep in mind the immortal words of Sir Isaac Newton:

      "If I have seen further, it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants"

      Where would science be today if everyone decided to keep all their scientific knowledge a secret and not share it with anyone? We wouldn't even have computers to be typing this on.

      It's no different with software.
    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -13/+0Cleverboy,

      I'm a scientist by training and trade. And it is unethical to build on someone else's work without giving them credit for it. There's no two ways about that. It is a breach of scientific ethics. So yes, that is why I feel the way I do about it. And am pretty outspoken about it.
    • cleverboy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12Mike,

      Really. Let's sweep away the nonsense. Stop and parse what you're saying. If you open the code up, and see the source, are you saying that anyone has systematically removed the licensing details or falsely changed the names to reflect someone else? Are you? Because then, you'd have a point. 'Cause that's what it sounds like you're trying to say... I'm guessing you're a programmer of some sort with some familiarity with how open source and the various licenses out there work. Let's take a peek at one of these files... Hey! Will you look at that...
      /*
      SimpleAjax for SimpleJS ver 0.1 beta
      ------------------------------------
      SimpleJS is developed by Christophe "Dyo" Lefevre (http://bleebot.com/)
      $ajax function is based on Simple AJAX Code-Kit (SACK)
      Gregory Wild-Smith (http://www.twilightuniverse.com/)
      */
      Still intact, isn't it? Going through all the files, I see lots of credit being given. Funny. Now, if you're now talking about the backend code, being used to make queries etc, then you need to realize that if he's not SELLING or DISTRIBUTING the code, the website can comprise any number of licenses and it would be none of our business (although I believe that the NEW GPL license alters this somewhat). You talk about ethics, but I'm sorry, I could give you every benefit of the doubt, but my familiarity with these things defies any notion that you're making either a rational or moral argument that holds any salt. REALLY. You should be ashamed of yourself for trying to make up arguments that have no water. No one is claiming credit for anything other than putting together a solution and doing the programming that made that solution ultimately happen. Welcome to the web, Mike. I could give you some recommended reading. In the future, please don't flame wrecklessly.
      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/category
      So, Jeff isn't making a "distribution" or "download". Big whoop.
    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -13/+1> are you saying that anyone has systematically removed the licensing details or falsely
      > changed the names to reflect someone else? Are you?

      No. That is not what I am saying at all. All I am saying is exactly what I said. No credit was given to the developer who wrote most of the code the software is actually based on. The fact that you left the original copyright notices intact in the original source code files != giving credit to the original author. Some sort of acknowledgment should be provided on the Web site.

      > You talk about ethics, but I'm sorry, I could give you every benefit of the doubt,
      > but my familiarity with these things defies any notion that you're making either
      > a rational or moral argument that holds any salt. REALLY. You should be ashamed
      > of yourself for trying to make up arguments that have no water.

      I did not make anything up. If you build on the open source work of someone else, then you should give credit to that person. A little note "Thanks to author X of Simple.js" on the Web Site would suffice. but not giving any acknowledgment at all is a breach of ethics. And that argument holds plenty of rational basis and salt.

      Btw, please do not confuse morality and ethics. They are not the same thing. You used the word "moral argument" I never said anything about the morality of it. I said it is unethical.

      >No one is claiming credit for anything other than putting together a solution and
      > doing the programming that made that solution ultimately happen. Welcome to the web,

      I never said he claimed credit for work he did not do. I said he did not acknowledge the person who did a lot of the work. And that is a breach of ethics in science (widely accepted and enforced by any reputable peer reviewed scientific publication) and also the open source world in my mind (that's my opinion, but is accepted by many others as well). And sorry, but you can't have it both ways. You can't ethically rely on open source libraries and not play by certain rules, even if they are unwritten ones. If you want to be able to play that way, go out and buy a commercial library instead of using someone else's free work.

      > So, Jeff isn't making a "distribution" or "download". Big whoop.

      I never said he was. I never accused him of violating any licenses either. I only stated something about whether it was ethical or not. You can be in compliance with a license and still not be ethical.

      Btw, this is also why the BSD and MIT licenses suck. But I will open up a discussion on that.

    • ArtificialAnus, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8@mikeurbandz
      >Cleverboy, I am not being an ass
      >No. That is not what I am saying at all.
      >I did not make anything up.
      >I never said anything about the morality of it.
      >I never said he claimed credit for work he did not do.
      >I never said he was.

      OK, maybe you didn't do any of those things.
      It doesn't change the fact that you're clearly CLEARLY being an ass.

      AA
    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -11/+0Yeah. That's generally how it works on the Internet. Anyone who doesn't agree with someone else's opinion is automatically an ASS by that person's standards. By the way, you do know that calling me an ass is a logical fallacy right?
    • ArtificialAnus, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7@mikeurbandz
      >Yeah. That's generally how it works on the Internet. Anyone who doesn't
      >agree with someone else's opinion is automatically an ASS by that
      >person's standards. By the way, you do know that calling me an ass is a logical fallacy right?

      Bustin' out the logic, are we? Well then, I may have to dig through my closet and find a couple of my first-year texts, then I can go all wittgenstein on your ass...

      You must be new.

      AA
    • lupinglade, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10@Mike - open source is not about being a whiny, bitchy advocate. Open source is about freedom. Let people have theirs. Enjoy yours.
    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -10/+0> Bustin' out the logic, are we? Well then, I may have to dig through my
      > closet and find a couple of my first-year texts, then I can go all
      > wittgenstein on your ass...

      Not really. You just need to attack my argument instead of attack me as a person. and all you in your post is attack me as a person. You didn't address my argument at all. You don't need to go searching through your texts on logic to figure that one out.
    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -11/+0> open source is not about being a whiny, bitchy advocate. Open source
      > is about freedom. Let people have theirs. Enjoy yours.

      lupinglade,

      Specifically, it is about making sure everyone who uses the software, has the same freedoms you have. As RMS put it, "the freedoms that the GPL gives to the user, must reach all the users of the program" when he was discussing why he wrote the GPL.

      Unfortunately, most people in the world are selfish. They will take without giving back whenever they can. That's why the GPL is the only real free software license worth using. Because it is the only one that does not allow you to take without giving back. Yes, freedom is great. But give people absolute freedom, and they will abuse it. We've seen that with BSD and MIT. If you want to true freedom that is actually enforced and cannot be hijacked by someone else, then the GPL is the only real license you can use.
    • eric0213, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2I totally agree with mikeurbandz.

      On another note, when are the folks at Digg going to release their source code? I keep checking sf.net, but haven't seen it show up yet. Hey Jay and Kevin, you built this on site on PHP, an open source project. It's time to give back to the community.
    • dareiff, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1I have to say, I somewhat agree with mikeurbandz--not that the guy needs to release it, but let's take a look at this on a bigger scale.
      RIM decides to use something in its Blackberrys--and instead of acknowledging it, which in the corporate world means paid for each time they used it in a phone, they went around that. Later, they ended up paying 612.5 million.
      I know it might be a stretch, but it's a decent comparison.

      Either way, mikeurbandz brought up some points, and only 1 person responded actually arguing his arguments, cleverboy.

      And just a side note to eric0203--while it's not from the 'digg crew,' I think this is what you're talking about https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=176676

    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0> On another note, when are the folks at Digg going to release their source code?
      > I keep checking sf.net, but haven't seen it show up yet. Hey Jay and Kevin, you
      > built this on site on PHP, an open source project. It's time to give back to the community.

      Exactly. Why haven't they? But guess what? The fact that they didn't open source it caused them to miss an opportunity. Because several clones have since appeared that are open source.

      It's not like digg is anything special. Or has any kind of brilliant coding secrets to hide anyway. When it gets right down to it, digg is really nothing more than a simple CRUD application. So it really is fairly trivial as far as Web apps go.

      And it's not like it would hurt digg to open source anyway. These days, controlling software doesn't do you any good if you want to make a profit. Instead, you have to control a service. digg controls a service. The software is insignificant. So yes, they should open source digg, and gain the benefit of having a community help them maintain and improve the source code. Maybe they would actually be profitable then.
    • eric0213, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I realize this thread is eight hours old and probably won't be read, but...

      Firstly, people need to learn to pick up sarcasm without it being written directly onto the post. Digg should release the source because they chose to write it in PHP? That's asinine. Had they chosen ASP.NET they wouldn't be obligated to do so?

      I've worked on several open source projects (LGPL and Apache licenses, if you're wondering) and I could care less if an application is built on my code and I don't get a written thank you from the developer. If I needed the ego boost, I'd have modified the licensing terms to require all applications that used my code to blink the text "This application would not be possible without the Eric... bask in the glow of his awesome fearitude." And the libraries the Gas.App were built on could amend their licenses with the same requirement if they wanted the glory. But they don't. My guess is that they're proud of their work and when they see people making use of it, they get a warm fuzzy feeling, which they're content with.

      I'm all for open source. The people who work on open source projects deserve a lot of respect because they are some of the most passionate people out there. And the people who work on open source projects and make money at it are some of the most brilliant. But to say that all software should be free is just stupid... hell it's communism.

      If I spend two or 200 hours on a project I should be able to give it away or charge for it. It's mine, it came from me, and I value my time so don't think you're automatically entitled to it. It's ludicrous to go to a carpenter and demand a dining room table for the cost of the wood and screws. The carpenter's vision and labor are what make the dining room table great. Similarly, Jeff's idea and execution are what make this application cool. The libraries add some nice effects and do some of the grunt work in the background, but without Jeff's implementation, they're just libraries and by definition, libraries don't do anything. Please don't think I'm putting down the open source libraries (remember LGPL from above?).

      People like you piss me off. I work my ass off writing software. I get paid well by companies for writing software. I write software in my free time because I love to write code. Then people like you think I should give it all away because it's only software and apparently software is a second class product because it should be free in the first place. The science world is very open and scientists publish their findings in journals so that other scientists can learn and build upon each others' work (and to get science-tang). But scientists also have the luxury of patents to protect their work and make sure they get paid.

      Freakin' Marxist dumbass... Of course that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
    • stygiansonic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5OMG WTFBBQ!
      He is not releasing the code as open-source! Burn him! (But first throw him in a lake with stones to see if he floats)
    • cleverboy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2LOL. Eric, I picked up the sarcasm in your first post. I thought it was funny.

      Mike, you're bobbing and weaving. I had another long rebuttal, but I think you know exactly what you're doing. Re-read your first three comments, drunkard, your points are hardly "righteous" no matter how hard you try to refashion them. Troll, thine bridge is that-a-way. ----->
    • cleverboy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Mike... also, on a note of civility, if all this is REALLY about you wanting to know what Jeff is querying (as I suspect its been, given that this isn't rocket science), etc, I'll just give you these links:
      http://discuss.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=110251
      http://www.gasbuddy.com/GB_Mobile_Instructions.aspx
      Hopefully that makes the stick fall gracefully from your rectum.
      Within about 1-2 hours (or less) you can have up your own web app, and you can share all the code you want.
  • VWDash, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5sweet app any way to make the sorting happen by premium gas instead of regular?
    • Jeffrey903, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7I may want to re-work the engine that gets the gas prices, and if I do, I will try to add an option to sort by regular, plus, or premium gas.
  • Adrianc333, on 10/11/2007, -28/+7Who the ***** looks on a Phone, to find where the cheapest Gas is?

    Cheap skates, just go to the nearest one.
    • futureb, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8wow, you're so rich you don't even care!!!

      /sarcastic admiration
    • cgjamj, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Dumb ass. I've seen the price vary within a .20 cent range at gas stations within a few blocks of each other. This is a very useful app. Not everyone is too cheap or too poor to just blindly buy gas. Many people, like myself, just want to pay the least they can in protest of these ridiculous prices. It's common sense to not drive across town to save a little on gas. But what if you are already on your way somewhere and are able to see in advance that gas is cheaper? I do this all the time. There is a 7-11 near my house which always has good prices, however, I'm a member at Sam's Club, and sometimes gas is cheaper there, but not always. It's happened more than once where I thought I'd wait til I get to Sam's, only to find gas was more expensive.
    • dbora, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Some of us, 3 million in my city according to wikipedia, live somewhat equidistant to 4 or more gas stations. I certainly don't have to drive across town; I can drive a total of 5 minutes in any direction and see about 10 gas stations. Why not pay as little as you can?

      What I would love to see is the cheapest gas along a route. When I have to visit my sister or parents in the stix I often spend time hunting for cheapness for the return trip to tankup.
    • Jeffler, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Wait, did this guy just call iPhone users cheap? Damn, they're already paying through the nose for the phone, that means they're all cheap, right?
    • Ignathius, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1considering one station here is 3.07$ a gallon, and 6 blocks away it's 2.77$ a gallon, driving an extra 1 mile round trip will save me over 5$.
  • marke, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7Inspiration! Dugg and bookmarked for post June 29th. Thanks.
  • Mr_Famadico, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3I've bookmarked. Thank you for this.
  • mariofreak85, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2that's pretty awesome. It would be cool to be able to specify a particular gas station tho...
  • oneighturbo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2nice work. I have one in the works as well. still in visual design though..

    http://digg.com/apple/iTinerary_Type_in_your_City_or_zip_and_let_it_fly
  • OdinEye, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Very cool.

    What is the setting for the radius it is looking at? I put in my old home town, and it gave me gas stations in town's (with different zip codes) - some of which are 15-20 miles away from the zip I chose.

    Did pretty well for my current zip, which is in a much more heavily populated area.
  • jeriqo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3So I guess it's US only.
    What does a postcode look like so I could see how it works?
    Thanks

    "Firefox and Safari Only (I love not having to develop for IE)"
    I'd love too!
    • chrisgeleven, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Try 03102
    • whrde, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7or 90210
    • Wakarimasu, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1 It's the other way around mate - developing for Safari and Firefox is the bane of any web developer's existence. Just ask anybody who does web development for a living! In this particular case it happens to be a moot point, but just so you know...
    • WraythX, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6@whrde - that is the postcode I use for everything online that requires one (it is the only postcode from the US that I know) - nice to know that my childhood hours watching Beverly Hills 90210 eventually had some use!
  • lordmike, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2A third-party app for iPhone? You lie!!!! ;-)
  • Kyan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Cool by me, too! One bug - if the street address is to long and takes up two lines, it pushes the city, state and ZIP into the next cell down...
    • Jeffrey903, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2@Kyan - Can you give me a zipcode where this happens?
    • Kyan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Yeah, sorry about that I meant to. I started with my relatives' city and then my hometown and everything was fine. Then I just typed in some random ZIP codes (dunno why...) the one with the glitch is in Oklahoma, it's 75423.

      The bug is the first station which is:

      Phillips 66
      16 Mile Indian Nation
      Tpke
      Antlers, OK 74523

      The extra turpike line is throwing it off.

    • dilbertmouse, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2In case you need another test case: 21044

      The final entry suffers from the same problem:
      Sunoco
      10214 Baltimore National
      Pike
      Ellicott City, MD 21042
  • waddling, on 10/11/2007, -3/+30You'll need all the help you can get to pay for that iPhone
  • sebcornelius, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2This is a great idea, but the key-pad doesn't actually show up in the app. Also, why not make one for the UK as well?
  • SenatorPerry, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I am struggling to find where you were able to source the pump price data....

    Do you mind sharing? Are the prices user submitted or from Opis?
  • bubba., on 10/11/2007, -0/+1You gotta add diesel to that list. Cheaper than RUG and gets me 40 miles to the gal.
  • XHashmeerX, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0Why drive out of the way for 5cent difference?

    Never ceases to amaze me. You know you do have to burn gas to get to the gas station....

    Yeah, the "real internet," totally uncomprimised...I'm pretty sure that this isn't quite the same Safari we have on the mac....y'know, the one with Flash support...
  • kenvsryu, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14iPhone users don't worry about gas, their chaufers do.
  • superjono, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6I just had an interesting thought. How long until we see a tld for .app? Considering the way everyone's harking on about how the way of the future is 'web-based applications', it sort of makes sense. Hell, seems more useful than .xxx and .mobi
  • xzune, on 10/11/2007, -7/+0A shareware free download for convert DVD to iPhone

    http://www.dvdtoiphoneconverter.net/
  • cards, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I think the feature I'd like to see most in all of these gas price apps is the ability to enter a route and find the best prices along the way. I drive 50 miles to work, so I have plenty of choices of places to buy gas, but I'm not going to enter the zip code for every town along the way.
  • 4to15characters, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4if the iphone produced gasoline, it may justify the price. Just my opinion :/
  • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3The only problem is that if you can afford an iPhone, you don't need to be worried about finding the cheapest gas anyway ;)

    Ok. Seriously, yes it is a pretty cool demo. but I still won't be buying an iPhone anytime soon. Not given that Apple decided that ajax is a legitimate API for applications, and the only one developers need. Combine that with the ridiculously high price tag, and Apple's $600 smart phone is really pretty dumb in the end.
    • Kyan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Well, $600 dollars for the iPhone will be paid off after 20,000 gallons if this app will help you save three cents a gallon.

      At 30 mpg, you'll be clear after 700,000 miles, so ACTUALLY, the sooner you buy your iPhone and start filling up, the BETTER.

      Dare I say this is an AMAZING plus to buying one of the MOST SOUGHT AFTER GADGETS OF ALL TIME.

      Not to mention the fact that in Soviet Russia, THE GAS FILLS YOU! (So, how 'bout that?)
    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3> At 30 mpg, you'll be clear after 700,000 miles, so ACTUALLY, the sooner you buy your iPhone and start filling up, the BETTER.

      Cool! So it it will only take about oh... 40 to 50 years before my iPhone pays for itself. Of course, by that time it will be obsolete anyway, and we probably won't be using mobile phones anymore. We will just have communication chips implanted on our brains.
    • Kyan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1What can I say? DRIVE A LOT!
    • autoatsakiklis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1@Kyan (#7219370)
      Actually, in soviet russia gas was so cheap that it was spilled everywhere in gas stations.
    • Kyan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I know that. It's expensive now, however. BTW, the Belarussians are now the only former Soviet republic which can make quality gasoline, because Batko did the right thing in investing in his refining capacities.

      Meanwhile, Gazprom continues to rape the country's ecnomy without really doing anything beyond spuerficial repairs to its worn out pipeline - a tactic Transneft also uses to cut Latvia's Meizikui refinery off from pipeline oil, forcing the plant to import by sea which is much more expensive. The Russians are pissed the Latvian's did not sell them the plant for cheap and so they are being incredibly slow to repair a break in the pipeline to Latvia.

      'Tis a sad state Russians are in these days: blind to the greedy, corporate policy that is the Kremlin, Russians would love to have Putin stick around another term. Xenophobic and imperialistic at the same time - it's easy for the ruling class to keep the masses on a short leash, teaching them to bark at imaginary enemies of the state.


  • Gillt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0It is really cool but how much will it cost?
  • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2btw, just a bug report:

    It seems to freeze up solid if you if you enter an invalid zip code. Although I don't get any errors about it in the javascript console.
    • Jeffrey903, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yeah, I'll look into that. For now, just press the back arrow on the iPhone and it will reload the keypad. Or just refresh the page.
  • bluenash, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1find gas approximately .02 cents cheaper than the gas station your sitting at! i gotta get this!
  • Typhoon2009, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3...or I could save $600 and use it for paying gas ;)
    • mikeurbandz, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Yep. Or you could get the best of both worlds and save $600, but still run this app on a different phone. It doesn't actually require iPhone of course. Many of the advanced browsers available for other phones these days can run javascript and ajax.
  • Dolomite, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Best ***** app ever.
  • Dorian822, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6You know where this one lost me?

    Step 1...get an iPhone for $600.

    Yeah, it pretty much lost me there.
  • Davidgr, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0What a great idea!! Are you working on any other iphone apps? Apple should give you a free phone if you promise to develop more useful applications and give them away for free! Are you listening Steve?
  • lupinglade, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1i agree, this is useless without a gps. how can you tell what zip code you are near???
  • poetic_folly, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1For those of you who are wanting to know which apps have been released, check out http://www.modmyiphone.com/apps for the definitive list!
  • slapthemonkey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Great idea. I require iPhone now.
  • NYGiantsNYYanks, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Looks good man, nice one.
  • harvinator24, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Its not done yet, and its not stable, but i made it for the Iphone.
  • kahlessreborn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Just wish it would list a single gas station in the zip code i entered.
  • ChrisOC, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0We've posted an iPhone Widget for viewing a featured article, tip and link of the day from My First Mac. You can see it here:

    http://www.myfirstmac.com/widgets/
  • thesixthdesign, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2If you have Cingular (which the iPhone will be released in), you can already find the cheapest gasoline in your area with their internet thing.
    I'm sure with other phone providers also.
    It's not such a new thing ...
  • CameronConnor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Hahaha Sweet. Now I can Save a few Cents to make up for the $600 I dropped on my new phone. Totally worth it. Im not being Sarcastic.
  • Ibanez0, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1The IPHONE will pay for itself really quick!
  • Technopundit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Note to self:
    Don't waste time with this junk.
  • Sethwm2, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Done so beautifully!! This is without an SDK!! Is this using Java?.. And if it is does that mean that all other Java applications will work with it? Such as Rune Scape... Not saying that I play it, but I have once. Or something like that. I heard that Flash is not going to be supported. Maybe that will be an update later. Apple would have to get an AT&T approved secure version of flash that could with the iPhone process technology, what ever that may be.
  • whurley, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Hey all, we're hosting iPhoneDevCamp right after the release, check it out here and please feel free to promote it to your friends:

    http://digg.com/apple/Introducing_iPhone_Developers_Camp

    It's BarCamp style, so there's no charge to get in, and we'll want everyone to participate to help make the event successful.
  • MaXPL, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1oh nice, let me go try it...

    oh wait.
  • carllewis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Cool app, but I can't stand the whole gas price wars. Get over it, people. You'll drive 10 miles out of the way for cheaper gas, using at least 1/3 a gallon to get there. With today's prices that equates to about, say, $1.25? And you'll be saving at most $0.03 per gallon, so if you fill your tank there you will save a whopping $0.45! You spent three times that much getting there to buy it!

    Milk is also a commodity that usually costs about $3.50-$4.00 per gallon. I don't see people whining about milk prices. Sheesh.
    • knelto, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Combine the Grocery List with this to create an app that checks the individual prices of all the items you have on your grocery list and finds the closest grocery store that offers all your items at the lowest prices.

      Anyone?
    • Billions, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0No, I looked up my old zip code in California, where I used to live, and my house was centrally located between 3-4 gas stations, not the "10 miles" you talk about - more like a mile or two. It was interesting to see how they compared, pricewise. And if I still lived there, it would help me decide if I wanted to get gas just down the hill or maybe hold off for a lower price by at a station that was on my way to where I was heading.

      I welcome the new levels of consumer awareness that are possible with apps like this... It's just another way to make sure you're paying a competitive price, like looking up a TV or something on the price sites before heading to the store
  • steveooo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Hey Check out the iPhone Application list@

    http://www.digg.com/apple/iPhone_Application_List
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