Bensin vs HPC Fuel Rite
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.
HPC Fuel Rite
Find discounted gas stations nearby with real-time information and proximity alerts. This app helps drivers locate and navigate to preferred fuel stops, personalizing offers for fleet drivers.
- Discover nearby gas stations
- Proximity alerts for affiliated stations
- Text-based search for specific stations
- Detailed gas station information
- Personalized fleet driver offers
- Background operation with low battery drain
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This application assists users and drivers in discovering gas stations around them and choosing the best one based on discounts available and other relevant information. Gas stations are displayed to drivers in the following ways : ● Gas Station Near Me: When the driver needs to refuel and wants to locate all the nearest preferred gas station, he can do so by just pressing a button in the app. ● Proximity Alerts: Every time a driver is coming close to an affiliated gas stations, he will be alerted via a system notification in case he needs to refuel. This feature uses the device location in the background. ● Text-Based Search: When the driver is aware of the name or address of the preferred gas station, he can use the app to find and navigate to it. Along with these features, the app not only triggers navigation to the gas stations but also provides details about it. This would be useful to decide and choose a gas station around you. It is the first step towards digitalizing the fleet card offers. The app also offers personalisation for each fleet driver based on the respective customer they are associated with. Customers can contact sales@hightowerspetroleum.com to enrol themselves in this service. Lastly, our app is developed in such a way that it works smoothly in the background as well without draining the battery life and other mobile resources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bensin at 100% against HPC Fuel Rite's 0%. Bensin also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.4). HPC Fuel Rite's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bensin's written reviews are positive against 0% of HPC Fuel Rite's.
Bensin ships an update every 3 months, HPC Fuel Rite every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bensin | HPC Fuel Rite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 2.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hannes Sverrisson | Hightowers Petroleum Co. |
Customer experience
Bensin
HPC Fuel Rite
In-app purchases
Bensin
No in-app purchases
HPC Fuel Rite
No in-app purchases
