Bensin vs Klappið
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bensin
Find and compare petroleum prices across Iceland with real-time updates. View stations on a map, get driving directions, and filter by price, distance, and fuel type. Personalize your experience with favorite stations and custom discounts.
- Track petroleum prices in Iceland
- Map view of gas stations
- Automatic price updates
- Driving directions
- Filter by price, distance, company, fuel
- Favorite station selection
- Customizable discounts
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Track petroleum prices across Iceland and select them on a map. See prices listed and distances to the gas stations with automatic updates at location change of 500 m or 8 minutes intervals, when the app is being used. See stations on the map with prices. Select your favourite station to always display at the top. Get driving directions and set filters on price, distance, company, petroleum or diesel etc. Add discounts for each company and turn on/off showing of companies. The discounts are applied to all stations for each company unless they are exempt. Select light or dark mode or adapt to system settings. This app is entirely made with the new SwiftUI and Combine frameworks.
Klappið
This official public transportation app allows users to purchase single tickets and period passes for buses in Reykjavík. You can register payment methods, buy travel media, and validate your purchase directly on the bus.
- Purchase single tickets
- Buy period passes (monthly, yearly)
- Register payment methods
- Validate travel media on buses
- Official Strætó app
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The Klappið app is an official Public transportation payment app, made for Strætó Iceland (the Administrative body for public transportation in the capital area of Iceland). The purpose of the app is to provide payment possibilities of various sorts in public transportation, including single tickets and period passes (such as monthly or yearly passes) for the citizens and guests of Reykjavík. The user can, in the first phase, sign on, register a payment method, purchase a travel media and confirm the purchase by validation in the buses of Strætó.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bensin at 100% against Klappið's 11%. Bensin also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4). Klappið's advantage is ratings volume (118 vs 4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
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.
Bensin holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Klappið has 118 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bensin's written reviews are positive against 11% of Klappið's.
Bensin ships an update every 3 months, Klappið monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bensin | Klappið |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 3.4 (118 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 118 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hannes Sverrisson | Stræto bs. |
Customer experience
Bensin
Klappið
Bugs and requests
Bensin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Klappið
Reported bugs
16 issues- SMS verification codes not sent to international numbers
- Tickets disappear after purchase or login
- QR codes fail to scan on bus readers
- App crashes and becomes unresponsive
- Credit card addition fails with validation errors
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- Anonymous login conflicts with phone number registration
- Incorrect country code auto-selection
- Tickets don't load when activated
- App logs out users unexpectedly
- Duplicate charges for single ticket purchases
- Timetable inconsistencies between app and actual schedules
- Keyboard covers input fields during card entry
- App incompatible with older iPhone models
- Tickets don't display while offline
- Payment processing errors requiring multiple attempts
- Saved card information removed after updates
Requested features
11 requests- Email-based verification as alternative to SMS
- Support for international phone numbers
- Offline ticket activation capability
- Live bus location map display
- Physical card payment option without extra cost
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- Child, disabled, and elderly pricing visibility
- Better error recovery and account reset options
- Improved anonymous account stability
- Delay notifications with red text on real-time map
- Card reader payment option on buses
- Clearer distinction between single and group tickets
In-app purchases
Bensin
No in-app purchases
Klappið
No in-app purchases
