Comparison

MetroView GPS Navigation vs Petrol Australia

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MetroView GPS Navigation

Navigate Australia and New Zealand with up-to-date, offline maps and turn-by-turn directions. Features advanced speed alerts for school zones and national speed limits to help you drive safely. Supports CarPlay and live traffic updates.

Highlights
  • Turn-by-turn navigation
  • Offline Australia/NZ maps
  • SpeedAlert with school zones
  • CarPlay support
  • HERE live traffic
  • Regular map updates
Features
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The most up to date Turn-By-Turn Navigation app for Australia and New Zealand. Comprehensive SpeedAlert with school zones that will save your license!! Support for CarPlay. Free regular Australia and NZ offline map updates. Speed Alert - Licence saving national coverage for speed limits including speed, school zones and time of day. HERE live traffic. The only navigation app developed in Australia. NO Internet connection required - comprehensive ALL AUSTRALIA & NZ map data stored offline within the app. Regular free ongoing map updates. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Petrol Australia

Find the cheapest fuel prices across Australia with live updates and route planning. Get alerts for price drops near you and compare stations to save money on every fill-up.

Highlights
  • Live fuel price map
  • Route planner for cheapest stops
  • Price alerts for nearby stations
  • Station comparison tool
  • Trip history and savings tracking
  • Fuel type filtering
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Stop guessing where the cheapest petrol is. Petrol Australia shows live fuel prices at servos across the country - finds the cheapest fuel along your route - and alerts you when a cheaper one appears near you. Every major fuel type, updated continuously from official state fuel feeds and authoritative industry data, so you never overpay at the bowser again. WHY DRIVERS PICK PETROL AUSTRALIA • Live prices, not yesterday's, straight from official state fuel feeds • Fill up cheap on the way - the best-value servo along your route, not just near home • Discounts calculated for you - your real price, not the sticker price • A proper record for every car you own - trips, fill-ups, odometer and rego • Fast, ad-free, and built for the way Australians actually drive KEY FEATURES LIVE PRICE MAP Servos near you on a clean, fast map with current prices for your fuel. Filter by brand, distance or price. Tap any station for every grade, plus phone number, opening hours and AdBlue. STATION INSIGHTS See where a servo ranks in your state, how today's price sits against its recent range, and which day of the week usually runs cheapest there. COMBINED FUEL VIEWS Compare Unleaded 91 with E10, Premium 95 with 98, or Diesel with Premium Diesel in one view. Each station is ranked on its cheaper grade and labels which fuel the price belongs to. ROUTE PLANNER Drop in your start and destination and we'll find the cheapest fuel stops along the way - not a detour to the middle of nowhere. Set how far off-route you'll go, see the cost, saving, distance and CO₂ for each stop, then navigate in one tap. Save home, work and the in-laws for next time. YOUR VEHICLES Add your cars and each gets its own dashboard: what it spent, saved, drove and emitted over the period you choose, plus a log of its trips, fill-ups and odometer readings. Store the rego expiry and we'll remind you before it's due. FUEL LOG Log a fill-up in seconds - amount, litres, price - and see what you spent and saved. Note why you drove, and save the reasons you reuse. TRIP HISTORY Every planned trip logged: what you spent, saved, drove and emitted, totalled over the last month, three months, or further back. DISCOUNTS Add your memberships in Profile → Preferences → Discounts and we do the maths, so every price you see anywhere in the app is what you actually pay. More clubs coming soon. PRICE ALERTS Get told when prices drop near home - your block, your suburb, your commute. Or tap the bell on any station and set a target price. COMPARE STATIONS Stack two servos side by side and see what you'd save on a tank, not just cents per litre. Cheaper-but-further or closer-but-pricier? We'll tell you. FAVOURITES AND WIDGETS Save the servos you actually fill up at. Pin the cheapest near you, or one favourite, to your home screen and see live prices without opening the app. APPLE CARPLAY Plug in and your nearest and cheapest servos appear on the dash - real prices with your discounts included, re-ranked live as you drive. REPORT A STATION Wrong price? Wrong opening hours? Tap Report and tell us. Real drivers keep the map honest. NATIONWIDE COVERAGE Live prices across NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, NT and the ACT - every state and territory. EVERY MAJOR FUEL TYPE Unleaded 91, Premium ULP 95 and 98, E10, Diesel, Premium Diesel and LPG. Pick your fuel once and every price you see is tailored to your tank. PRIVACY-FIRST Your location is only used to show prices near you. Anonymous crash data keeps the app stable, never linked to you. We don't sell personal data. FREE TO DOWNLOAD Up and running in seconds - live fuel prices and a map that works. GET STARTED IN 30 SECONDS 1. Download Petrol Australia 2. Allow location (optional - helps show nearby prices first) 3. Pick your fuel type 4. Save on your next fill-up Questions, feedback, or a feature you'd love to see? Email support@petrolaustralia.com.au Privacy Policy: petrolaustralia.com.au/privacy Terms of Use: petrolaustralia.com.au/terms

Screenshots

MetroView GPS Navigation4 screens
Petrol Australia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Petrol Australia at Free against MetroView GPS Navigation's $5.99. Petrol Australia also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). MetroView GPS Navigation's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Petrol Australia is free to download; MetroView GPS Navigation costs $5.99 up front. MetroView GPS Navigation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Petrol Australia asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MetroView GPS Navigation ships an update every 3 months, Petrol Australia every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MetroView GPS Navigation versus Petrol Australia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetroView GPS NavigationPetrol Australia
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating2.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size1.7 GB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMetroView SystemsMichael Boodnikoff

Customer experience

MetroView GPS Navigation

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral4.4%
Negative23.1%

Petrol Australia

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MetroView GPS Navigation

Reported bugs

37 issues
  • Location Services MUST BE SET TO ALWAYS
  • Street names disappear on CarPlay
  • Over speeding speed voice doesn't switch off
  • No HOME OR WORK button on CarPlay
  • Trip error and route disappears randomly
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  • Slow to update road/speed limit changes
  • Directs to minor gravel roads
  • Voice search has no internet connection error on CarPlay
  • App won't work unless Location Services set to Always On
  • Older version link doesn't work
  • App crashes all the time
  • Paid features not working
  • Listens to conversations and imports meetings
  • Directions too large, lost verbal directions
  • App gets confused often
  • Routing is pretty bad
  • Large scale maps lack detail
  • No lane assistance on iPhone 4
  • Speed limits in app frequently don't match posted numbers
  • Locations of stores/restaurants out of date
  • Once tried to drive on a bike trail
  • Forced Termination/can't open app
  • User interface not intuitive
  • CarPlay crashes all the time
  • Sound guidance sometimes stops
  • Zooming in and out not matching speed
  • 1.2Gb download size is too big
  • No response from support
  • Local Speed limits have not been updated
  • Important turns and side roads not shown
  • Accuracy and details are compromised
  • App closes itself as soon as you go to a different route, never recalculates
  • Missing speed limit at many places
  • Doesn’t give a school zone warning
  • Plain black GPS view with yellow, white and purple streets and a weird thick blue stripe at the top of the screen
  • Trip planner doesn't work at all
  • Current speed not shown on CarPlay screen

Requested features

22 requests
  • Update UI to more modern design
  • Update app to work with iOS 26
  • Show street names on CarPlay
  • Option to switch off over speeding speed voice
  • Add HOME OR WORK buttons on CarPlay
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  • Provide option to inactivate automatic start navigation
  • Improve voice guidance
  • Option to remove safety sounds
  • Incorporate Split Screen View for iPad
  • Fix voice search no internet connection error on CarPlay
  • Add alternative routes option
  • Allow planning and saving custom routes with multiple waypoints
  • Integrate a dash cam into the app
  • Improve GPS graphics clarity
  • Fix trip planner on iPad and iPhone
  • Show current speed on CarPlay screen
  • Allow users to choose location services setting
  • Provide 2 preview of future turns instead of one
  • Develop a similar app for North America
  • Add lane assistance
  • Improve routing algorithm
  • Add local POI storage with data disabled

Petrol Australia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MetroView GPS Navigation

One-time1
  • 12mth Live Traffic$4.99
None

Petrol Australia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MetroView GPS Navigation free?
MetroView GPS Navigation costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Petrol Australia free?
Petrol Australia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MetroView GPS Navigation or Petrol Australia have ads?
Neither MetroView GPS Navigation nor Petrol Australia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MetroView GPS Navigation or Petrol Australia?
MetroView GPS Navigation ships an update every 3 months, and Petrol Australia every 10 days. Most recently, MetroView GPS Navigation was updated on November 6, 2026 and Petrol Australia on November 5, 2026.

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