Maps & Travel · Open source
Ratafuel
Julien Cardoux
Find the cheapest fuel in France near you.
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About Ratafuel
Ratafuel help you find the cheapest fuel in France near your.
Fuel price data in France is public, free, and legally mandatory. However, most applications are saturated with ads and trackers at the expense of privacy and accessibility. Access to information is a fundamental right and should not be traded for your privacy.
Ratafuel is a 100% free, open-source application with absolutely zero trackers, zero ads and built to respect user freedom.
FEATURES
- Displays current prices and locations of gas stations throughout France
- Quickly identify the cheapest stations using a color code
- Filter price based on preferred fuel type
- Search for a specific city without needing to enable device location
- Navigate to the selected station using any navigation app
- View and access all public open-data sources with full transparency
- Customize the app appearance and settings
- Support French & English
- Privacy first: no tracking, no ads, zero data collection and fully open-source
- Simple and straight to the point app
PERMISSIONS
Location permissions (ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) are used exclusively to show your position locally within the app. Location permissions are optional and can be enabled or disabled by the user at any time, the app will function perfectly without them.
SETUP
1. Launch the application once downloaded.
2. Choose whether or not to use your device's location to find the cheapest price near you.
3. Choose whether or not to enable Automatic Updates. If enabled, the station data will be updated every week at startup.
4. Click the Download button to download stations data locally.
5. You can customize the app in the Parameters section or simply use it as is!
PRIVACY
Ratafuel collects no data. There are no analytics, no ads, no trackers. As stated above, location permissions are used exclusively to show your position locally within the app. No location data is ever collected, stored, or shared.
GOVERNMENT LIMITATIONS
What's new in 1.13.25
Reworked and improved location acquisition Fixed and improved BannerMessage due to issue occurring when multiple messages are fired rapidly Blocked deprecated zoom behavior on Paris center in specific cases Reworked Map Fuel button to enhance UX Minor fixes
How to install Ratafuel
- Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
- Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
- If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
- Open Ratafuel from your app drawer.


