Fuel Prices
Live prices from each state's government feed, ranked by what a fill actually costs you, with the history and alerts to time it.
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The cheapest tank, the map filters, the live map, price alerts and the station median, running on sample stations.
Cheapest for your tank
The map ranks the stations in view, near you (within 50 km) or on your starred list. Add a vehicle and it ranks by what each stop costs to fill the tank, detour fuel included, so you see the total for the lot rather than a cents per litre figure.
With no signal it ranks from the stations already saved on your device, and says so.
Map filters
Filter stations by brand, fuel card, AdBlue, truck access and open now. Filter rest areas by showers, long stays, water, lighting and dump points.
Every active filter shows as a chip you can remove on its own, Clear all resets them, and your choices are kept on your device for next time.
30 day price history
Each station shows a 30 day trend line with its low and high. When today's price sits near the bottom of that range, the station says it is a good time to fill up.
Price against the market
A station's price is compared with the state median over the last seven days. It reads as about the going rate when it is within half a cent, and otherwise tells you how many cents a litre it sits below or above the median and what that means on a tank.
The price board
The home page board shows the cheapest stations for each of seven fuels (Diesel, Premium Diesel, U91, E10, P95, P98 and LAF), with the median price in every state and territory beside them.
It says when a state's feed has not updated today, and how many implausible prices it left out.
Price colours
Price pins are coloured from cheap to dear against the stations around them. Choose the scheme that reads best for your eyes; the choice is kept on this device.
Every price pin also carries an arrow: ▼ for cheaper than most nearby, ▲ for dearer, so you can read the map whichever setting you pick, and whether or not colour comes through clearly in bright sun.
The recommended scheme is not a compromise. We measured all three against simulations of red-green and blue-yellow colour blindness, and it separates cheap from dear more clearly than the traditional red-and-green scheme does even for drivers with no colour vision difference at all, which is why it is the default rather than an option buried in a menu.
The live map
Fuel stations, EV chargers, rest areas, truck parking, car parking, hazards and safety cameras on one map, with street and satellite views. It is free and needs no account.
Price cycles
Where each state's petrol price cycle sits today, so you fill before the jump, not after it.
Price insights
Analysis of Australian fuel prices from official state feeds: the cheapest diesel right now, how each state compares, and which servo brands are cheapest.
Price alerts
Set a target price on a station and WayBeacon emails you when it reaches that price or less. Alerts need a free account.
In the Android app you can also turn on cheap fuel nearby notifications, which fire when you pass close to one of the cheapest stations saved on your phone. The check runs on the phone, and needs location access all the time.
Price reports, the leaderboard and referrals
Confirm a station's price and it helps every driver behind you. Your points come from price reports (10 each), reviews (15 each) and mates you invite (50 each).
Invite a mate from your account: you and your mate each get 50 points towards your place on the leaderboard, once they log their first fill-up. Points count towards the leaderboard only.
Weekly price email
If you have at least one price alert, a weekly email sums up your prices and where the cycle sits. You can switch it off from your account.