Fuel 
People usually go looking for a PetrolSpy alternative for one of two reasons. The first is the advertising: the free tier is ad-supported, and the ads have become the app's most common complaint in recent reviews. The second is data trust: outside NSW and WA, PetrolSpy leans on user-submitted prices, and a crowdsourced number can be hours old by the time you're standing at the bowser. Neither gripe makes PetrolSpy a bad app. But if either one bothers you, you've got good options.
Quick disclosure before the list: Fuel Daddy is our product, and it's first on this list. We've explained why, and we've been straight about what the others do better. All details checked July 2026 against each product's public pages and app store listings.
1. Fuel Daddy: official data everywhere, zero ads
Fuel Daddy exists to fix exactly the two problems above. Every price comes from the official state government fuel schemes, where stations are legally required to report price changes; nothing is crowdsourced. And there is no advertising anywhere in the product, free tier included. No banners, no interstitials, no ad-removal upgrade to buy.
Coverage is 8,100+ stations across all 8 states and territories, refreshed every 15 minutes from the official feeds. The live map works with no account, and around it sit 14-day price trend charts, a live outage tracker, Costco prices and calculators, all free. The one paid feature is push price-drop alerts, via Fuel Daddy Pro at $4.99 a month with a 7-day free trial.
Best for: anyone who wants verified prices without ads. Weak spot: iOS and web only for now; the Android app is coming, and the web app works on any phone in the meantime. We've written a fuller Fuel Daddy vs PetrolSpy comparison if you want the head-to-head.
2. FuelRadar: the tool collector
FuelRadar covers all 8 states with government-scheme data and has built a wide set of extras: price cycle viewers, forecasts, a route fuel planner, brand comparisons and a big guides library. It has iOS and Android apps and has been running since 2020.
The catch: like PetrolSpy, the free tier is ad-supported, on the website and in both apps, and hiding ads plus raising alert limits costs $4.99 via FuelRadar+. So if ads are why you're leaving PetrolSpy, FuelRadar moves the problem rather than solving it. Its Android app also sits at 3.4 stars as of July 2026. Our full Fuel Daddy vs FuelRadar comparison goes deeper.
Best for: people who love standalone calculators and tools. Weak spot: ads on the free tier.
3. MotorMouth: the data veteran with app troubles
MotorMouth is owned by Informed Sources, the company that actually aggregates fuel prices for the Queensland and South Australian government schemes. The data pedigree is about as good as it gets in this space, it's free, and the store listings carry no ads flag.
The problem is execution. As of July 2026 MotorMouth sits at 2.6 stars on the App Store and 2.4 on Google Play, with reviews citing stale displayed prices and a stretch where the app broke on iOS 18. It's still maintained (both apps updated April 2026), so it may recover, but right now the app experience trails the data behind it.
Best for: drivers in QLD and SA who value the source-level data. Weak spot: the app itself, per its own store ratings.
4. The government apps: FuelCheck, FuelWatch and Servo Saver
If you only ever fill up in one state, the official app is hard to beat on authority: NSW has FuelCheck, WA has FuelWatch (with its unique day-ahead pricing, explained in our FuelWatch guide), and Victoria's Service Victoria app added fuel prices when mandatory reporting began. They're free, ad-free and authoritative.
Best for: single-state drivers who want raw official data. Weak spot: each covers one state only, so border-crossers and travellers end up juggling three apps to do what a national app does in one.
5. My 7-Eleven: not a comparison app, but keep it anyway
The 7-Eleven app only shows 7-Eleven prices, so it can't replace a comparison app. But its Fuel Price Lock is genuinely unique: lock the cheapest price from your five nearest 7-Elevens and hold it for 7 days, up to 150 litres, with the discount capped at 25 cents a litre. Used near the bottom of a price cycle, it's a real saving. Our Fuel Lock explainer covers the timing trick that makes it pay.
Best for: a second app alongside a comparison tool, if you live near 7-Elevens (VIC, NSW, ACT, QLD and WA only). Weak spot: single brand, and the lock mechanics have limits worth reading first.
What about Fuel Map Australia?
Fuel Map used to be a popular crowdsourced option, but we can't recommend it in 2026. As of July 2026 its apps were last updated in October 2022, its website shows a hosting placeholder page, and recent reviews report fake station listings that don't get removed. If you liked its fuel-log feature, that part still works, but for live prices there are better-maintained options on this list.
Which alternative should you pick?
It comes down to why you're switching. Leaving because of ads? Fuel Daddy is the only national option on this list with no advertising at any tier. Leaving because of crowdsourced accuracy? Fuel Daddy and the government apps are the fully-official-data choices; MotorMouth has the pedigree if its apps recover. Want maximum tools and don't mind ads? FuelRadar. And whatever you pick as your main app, the 7-Eleven lock is worth keeping as a sidekick.
The easiest test costs nothing: next time you need fuel, open the Fuel Daddy live map in your browser, no install, no account, and see if the experience speaks for itself. For the full field including PetrolPulse and the rest, our best fuel price apps roundup covers everything.
