Iceland Road Guide vs Bensin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Iceland Road Guide
Discover Iceland's rich geography, culture, and history with comprehensive information on over 3000 key locations and roads. This guide provides details on services like accommodation, food, and transportation to enhance your travels.
- 3000+ key places and roads
- Geography, culture, and history information
- Service listings (accommodation, food, transport)
- Based on a 40-year-old book
- Includes texts, figures, photos, and maps
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Your key to Iceland‘s 3000 most important places, roads, geography, culture and history. Discover Iceland with the Iceland Road Guide. The app is based on the book Iceland Road Guide (Vegahandbókin) which has been travelling for 40 years in the vehicles of Icelanders and foreigners alike, and has been steadily improved and updated with every new edition. Texts, figures, photos and maps will guide you on your travels around the country, adding to your memories when returning home. The app also contains a list of services like General information, Transportation, Food and drink, Culture and arts, Accommodation, Recreation etc. --- ÍSLENSKA --- Vegahandbókin í símann vísar þér til vegar með upplýsingar yfir meira en 3000 staði víðsvegar um Ísland. Vegahandbókin á að baki 40 ára feril í bílum landsmanna. Bókin hefur verið í stöðugri uppfærslu og endurnýjun frá fyrstu útgáfu og hér er komin nýjasta afurðin snjallsímaútgáfa. Þá er í appinu listi yfir alla skráða þjónustuaðila sem skipta þúsundum. Um er að ræða gistingu, veitingastaði, menningu og listir, söfn,samgöngur, upplýsingamiðstöðvar og fl.
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bensin at 100% against Iceland Road Guide's 23%. Bensin also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3). Iceland Road Guide's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Iceland Road Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bensin's.
Iceland Road Guide ships an update every 6 months, Bensin every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Iceland Road Guide | Bensin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vegahandbokin - Road Guide | Hannes Sverrisson |
Customer experience
Iceland Road Guide
Bensin
In-app purchases
Iceland Road Guide
No in-app purchases
Bensin
No in-app purchases
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