Fuel Daddy vs FuelRadar: which should Australian drivers use?

What both services help you check

Both services provide Australian station maps and lists, fuel filters, local pages, price trends, outage information and cost tools. Both show official state prices where that reporting is available. Whichever service you open, compare the same fuel grade, check when the station report was supplied and confirm the final price at the bowser.

Why start with FuelRadar

FuelRadar connects its map and ranked list to detailed station, suburb, city, brand and fuel-type pages. The route planner helps find fuel along a drive. Its dedicated detour check combines the price gap, litres to buy, full return distance and vehicle consumption, so you can test whether a cheaper board price is likely to cover the extra fuel used reaching it.

What Fuel Daddy currently provides

Fuel Daddy publishes a nationwide map and cheapest-first list, state and suburb pages, 14-day trends, Costco member prices, supported-state outages, a trip fuel-cost calculator and a fuel consumption calculator. Its App Store listing (version 2.6.0, 24 October 2026) says every feature is free with no Pro tier: favourites, a garage, fill-up logging, loyalty-adjusted prices, route planning, a home-screen widget and price-drop alerts. Its website FAQ and terms now say every feature is free: the only purchase is an optional one-off $4.99 tip, and an older Premium plan is no longer sold to new users. The app page says Android is still coming soon.

A 15-minute service check is not every price's age

Fuel Daddy says it refreshes every 15 minutes, and daily for Victoria and Western Australia. That describes the service refresh, not when every station last changed or reported a price. State publication rules differ. On either service, read the individual report time where it is supplied.

Outage coverage has state limits

On 2 November 2026 Fuel Daddy's outage page covered Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South Australia and said the Western Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania feeds carry no stock signal. FuelRadar also treats outage information as a check, not a guarantee: a station can sell out between reports, so keep a backup nearby.

Do the return-detour maths

A 2 c/L gap changes a 50-litre fill by $1. A 15 c/L gap changes it by $7.50 before travel costs. Fuel Daddy offers a trip fuel-cost calculator that shows the cheapest-station saving, and a fuel consumption calculator. FuelRadar's dedicated detour check answers the combined fill-up question by including the return distance and vehicle consumption. A slightly dearer station already on the route can cost less overall and take less time.

Ads do not change the station evidence

Fuel Daddy runs no ads on its website or app. FuelRadar uses advertising on eligible public pages to fund free maps, reports and tools. The practical station choice still comes down to the exact grade, report time, distance, route fit, likely stock and final bowser price.

Comparison sources

Last checked: 2 November 2026. We reviewed the Fuel Daddy home page, App Store listing, fuel dashboard, Brisbane city page, service description, app page, terms, outage tracker and calculators, then compared those visible features with FuelRadar map, station, local, route, forecast, report, outage and calculator pages. Features, coverage and pricing can change.

Who publishes this comparison

The FuelRadar Fuel Price Team writes and checks this comparison, and WebDigital operates FuelRadar. FuelRadar is not affiliated with any service it compares. Every fact about another service comes from that service's own website or app-store page and is dated. Our methodology explains how FuelRadar's own prices, averages and update times are worked out, and About FuelRadar says who runs the service. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will re-check it.