Bensin vs Kringum Iceland
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.
Kringum Iceland
Discover thousands of stories, events, and interesting sites across Iceland. This popular travel app highlights nearby points of interest and shares tales of nature, culture, and folklore.
- Thousands of stories and sites
- Discover nearby points of interest
- Information on nature and culture
- Includes folklore and poems
- Popular Icelandic travel app
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Wherever you go in Iceland, Kringum tells you the stories right around you. Free and GPS-guided, Kringum reveals over 60,000 stories, historic sites, natural wonders and points of interest across the country — with audio narration as you travel. • Discover what happened where you're standing — sagas, folklore, history and culture • Listen to stories read aloud, automatically hands-free on the road • Explore nearby places on a live map, or browse the list around you • Nature, place names, poems, people and events from every corner of Iceland Perfect for road trips, the Ring Road, and anyone curious about the land beneath their feet. Kringum is the most popular travel app in Iceland.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bensin at none against Kringum Iceland's 1. Kringum Iceland's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Kringum Iceland sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bensin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bensin holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kringum Iceland has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Bensin ships an update every 3 months, Kringum Iceland every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Bensin | Kringum Iceland |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 4.6 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hannes Sverrisson | Karl Thoroddsen |
Customer experience
Bensin
Kringum Iceland
In-app purchases
Bensin
No in-app purchases
Kringum Iceland
- Explorer Access$9.99
