NCP vs Cheap Fuel UK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NCP
Manage all your parking needs in one place. Purchase digital season tickets, pay-as-you-go for parking, and extend your sessions remotely. Features include favorite sites, AutoPay, and in-app customer support.
- Digital season tickets
- Ticketless pay-as-you-go parking
- Extend parking sessions remotely
- Favorite car park sites
- AutoPay with VRN
- In-app chat support
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The NCP app brings all your parking needs together in one convenient and easy-to-use place, offering the ability to: • Purchase and access a digital Season Ticket, giving you the ability to manage your account with ease • Ticketless pay-as-you-go parking at 370+ car parks across the UK Make sure you download the NCP app before entering one of our car parks to guarantee the best experience. Downloading the NCP app means you can purchase digital monthly, quarterly, and annual season tickets, depending on your needs. Your season ticket will then be stored in the app, meaning you’ll never forget or lose a physical season ticket again! Features of the NCP app include: • The ability to pay as you go and access your season ticket, if you have one, in one place • Extend your parking session in-app to save you having to go back to your car, you’ll be notified by push notifications from the app, so please ensure you have enabled notifications in your device settings to stay up to date • One QR code for all your products • Ability to favourite sites that you regularly visit in your favourites list • AutoPay provides fully automatic recognition and payment at selected sites via your vehicle registration number (VRN) • Map and list view of car parks with additional features • Buy and pay for a season ticket within the app, allowing unlimited parking within your chosen site for the length of your ticket • In-app chat function, giving you a direct line to customer service • Pay with Apple Pay
Cheap Fuel UK
Find the cheapest fuel prices in the UK within a 5-mile radius of your specified postcode. The app displays a list of fuel stations with their prices in ascending order, helping you save money on your next fill-up.
- Find fuel prices within 5 miles
- Sort prices in ascending order
- Search by postcode
- UK-wide coverage
- User-friendly interface
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Cheap Fuel is a Mobile App to facilitate registered user to get list of Fuel Prices in UK within 5 miles radius of entered postcode in ascending order.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cheap Fuel UK at 42% against NCP's 12%. Cheap Fuel UK also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). NCP's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Cheap Fuel UK holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NCP has 100 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of NCP's written reviews are positive against 42% of Cheap Fuel UK's.
NCP ships an update every 2 months, Cheap Fuel UK every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NCP | Cheap Fuel UK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (100 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.8% of reviews | 41.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | National Car Parks Limited | Jai Maa Vaibhav Laxmi Ltd |
Customer experience
NCP
Cheap Fuel UK
User reviews
NCP
From 100 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Intuitive app
- 🚀 Helpful auto-popup to scan barcode
- 👍 Great app, easy to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 App doesn't work, redirects to web
- 🐛 App not recognizing username/password
- 🐛 App not storing login details
- 🐛 App not working, logging out constantly
- 🐛 QR code not working
Cheap Fuel UK
From 2 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💰 Money saver
- 👍 Easy to use
- 📍 Accurate fuel prices
- 🗺️ Navigation feature
- 🚀 Efficient price comparison
Room to improve
- 😠 Too many ads
- 🚫 App doesn't work
- ⏳ Loading issues
- outdated prices
- 📱 Incompatible with iPhone 13
Bugs and requests
NCP
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not recognizing account
- Inability to pay in app after getting ticket
- Duplicate parking sessions
- Inconsistent pricing between app and machines
Requested features
4 requests- Add biometric login options
- Allow saving multiple vehicles
- Improve session management and reminders
- Integrate with car park barriers
Cheap Fuel UK
Reported bugs
12 issues- App keeps spinning
- Loading screen issues
- App crashes
- Stuck in a loop
- Defaults to EV screen and cannot exit
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- Ad at the bottom prevents viewing prices
- Ad banners cover action buttons
- Cannot get past pop-up box
- Alert continues about no EV charging points
- Cannot confirm account after providing details
- Login issues
- Display too wide for iPhone 12 Pro screen
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to pick up current location
- Filter/sort by nearest petrol station
- Option to add missing petrol stations
- Search by town name
- Map view for searching areas
In-app purchases
NCP
No in-app purchases
Cheap Fuel UK
No in-app purchases
