Fuel Lock® vs Avalanche Canada
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fuel Lock®
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Fuel Lock® device sold separately. Contact sales@fuellock.ca to get connected to a dealer. Say goodbye to your padlock and chain! Fuel Lock® locks your tank automatically and lets you know who (and what equipment) is using your fuel and when, in real time. Be confident that your fuel is secure – even when you’re away. Benefits: • Fuel consumption reporting by employee • Fuel consumption reporting by equipment • Odometer or machine hours tracking • Tank level compatibility • Customizable spreadsheet reports distributed by email • Real-time notifications when fuel is accessed • Notifications when tank level drops below a set percentage • Compatibility with most flow meters • Ability to share your tank levels with your fuel provider for automated refilling • Monitor up to 500 employees and multiple Fuel Lock devices on a single account • Fuel Lock device auto-locking • Easy account editing to employee PINs including suspensions during vacations and leaves Fuel Lock® device sold separately.
Avalanche Canada
Provides winter backcountry users with improved decision-making information. Features an interactive map with geo-tagged data, including daily regional avalanche forecasts.
- Interactive map
- Geo-tagged information layers
- Daily regional avalanche forecasts
- Improved decision-making for winter backcountry
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Go Farther with Avalanche Canada Improved decision-making information for winter backcountry users. An interactive map gives you access to layers of geo-tagged information, including daily regional avalanche forecasts. www.avalanche.ca
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Verdict
Fuel Lock® and Avalanche Canada are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fuel Lock® ships an update every 5 weeks, Avalanche Canada every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fuel Lock® | Avalanche Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IntraGrain Technologies Inc | Avalanche Canada |
In-app purchases
Fuel Lock®
No in-app purchases
Avalanche Canada
No in-app purchases









