How it works

On your device

iPhone or iPad (Safari)
Open FuelWatchNI, tap Share, then “Add to Home Screen” if you want it as an icon. Allow location only when you use “My location”. You can pinch to zoom the page like any other site.

Android (Chrome)
Use the ⋮ menu and “Add to Home screen” for a quick shortcut. Location is optional and only used on the “My location” view.

Laptop or desktop
Use a normal browser window. The counties map and price tables work best with a wide screen; search and saved stations behave the same on any size.

Step-by-step:

1. Forecourts report their prices

Under the UK Government's fuel pricing transparency mandate, filling stations are legally required to report their petrol and diesel prices. FuelWatchNI collects this data across 375+ stations in Northern Ireland and keeps it updated as stations comply.

2. We rate the freshness of every price

Not all reported prices are equal — some stations update daily, others less frequently. Rather than treating all prices the same, we apply a traffic light freshness rating to every single entry:

🟢 Green — 1 to 5 days old
The price is fresh. Shown in full rankings. The last-updated date is displayed beside the station.

🟡 Amber — 6 to 9 days old
The price is ageing. Still visible in listings, but the last-updated date is prominently shown so you can judge for yourself.

🔴 Red — 10 or more days, no update
We don't trust it enough to show it. The price is zeroed out and the station drops to the bottom of rankings until a fresh price is confirmed.

3. The hero price is always verified

The headline price you see at the top of the site — the cheapest petrol or diesel in Northern Ireland reported right now only ever comes from a station that has been updated in the last 24 hours. No exceptions.

We do this because that's the number people act on. If you're driving across town to save a few pence, you need to know that price is real.

4. You see it. You save.

Results are sorted by price, with the cheapest at the top. You can filter by fuel type and find stations near you. Every listing shows the price, the station name, the location, and when the price was last confirmed.

Trends and Updates — red and green arrows

Where you see a day-on-day change for an average price, green means the average went down (usually better for drivers). Red means it went up. That is separate from the green / amber / red freshness dots beside a single station’s price.

No account. No ads. No noise.

Just the cheapest fuel near you, right now.

5. Something look wrong? Report it

Spotted a price that doesn't match the sign at the pump? Think a station is missing entirely? Use the report tool on any listing to flag it.

Every report is reviewed. Prices that are flagged as incorrect are investigated and updated. Stations that are reported as missing are added to our tracking list. Your two seconds of effort saves the next driver from making a trip on bad information.

This is how the community keeps FuelWatchNI honest — and why the data gets better every single week.

One wee check. Then fill.

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