iPhone App of the Week

If you're like me (you know who you are), then you've got gas receipts scribbled with the reading of the odometer or the trip odometer- perhaps both.  Maybe you even do the math and scribble your miles per gallon on that receipt.  Well, have I got the app for you.  

Well, not me, but the developers over at jamcode.  They have this nice little app saddled with the unfortunate name 'GasBag'- a name that almost made me overlook it- almost.  And I'm glad I didn't.

This little app is easy to use and intuitive.  At startup, it automatically takes you to a Google map showing the gas stations in the vicinity, as well as the price for a gallon of regular at those stations.  With one click, you can choose the station and record the purchase by selecting 'Buy gas here'.  You enter the total cost, number of gallons pumped, and the odometer reading, and you're done.

Want to know your fuel efficiency, average cost per gallon, or your fuel cost per mile?  This ingenious little app figures it all out for you, and you can look at those numbers averaged over a week, a month, a year, or all time.  You can even email a backup list to yourself!

And the best part of all- this great app is free!

One downfall is that the app is dependent on other users to update the pricing, so pricing isn't always as up to date as it could be, but that's hardly anything the developers have any control over.

Kudos, jamcode.  Good idea, good execution, great app.