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Matt_Colie
Explorer II
Oct 04, 2021

Is GasBuddy any use at all now??

This was our first long travel this year. I could not get GasBuddy to give me a big map with prices on it so I could look ahead for a deal on the laptop that always travels with us.

When running the local maps, it gave me a map that had logos at the top, but nothing on the tiny map most of the time. When it gave the location, the maps scale was of use only with a solid native guide.

If you go to the large price-heat map, it is so dark that you can't read the cities until the scale is too small to use. If you get there and you are not in the right place, there is not way to find out how to get where you need to go....

I'm not a person that avoids change, but when you take something that worked great for us travelers, and make it hard to use, it is disappointing.

I hope I am alone and someone knows how to get the picture along the planned route.

Matt
  • I use it any time I am planning a trip.

    I will say that it is much more simple to use on a computer, but I can still make it work on my android phone and tablet.
  • I just made a trip and it worked fine---saves me a lot of money. I look when I need fuel not days or miles in advance.
  • Phone app works reasonable for me. It limits the locations when zooming out the map. Significant overlapped ICONs wouldn't be of much use because details and the map itself can't be seen. I can move the map and zoom in for more detail as needed.

    Perhaps a larger PC based screen and app would be better?
  • What are you using to look at it with? I just went to the online site on my android pad and it worked fine.

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