Best iPhone Apps for Car Owners

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On January 14, 2013

Everybody owns a car and a large majority of iPhone users are also car owners. As such, there are many applications available for iPhone owners that are related to cars. Some of these would definitely come in handy at a time of need while others are just a must to have in your iPhone. There are many applications that you can choose from when it comes to applications for car owners although here are some that made the cut.

GasBuddy

In most cases, you would find yourself searching for the best place to get gas. When we talk about the best place, we mean a place that would offer the best price per gallon. This is where GasBuddy comes in. It is hands down the best application to have especially when it comes to checking gas prices. However, this application would work only for those that lives in the United States and Canada. Nevertheless for a free application, it is one that you should definitely get.

Pocket Garage

As per its name, this is definitely a handy application that you can use to keep track of all the cars that you have. You can check the fuel economy of your cars in MPG, service reminder, repair log and many more. In fact, you can use this application with multiple cars as well. As far as the conversion is concerned, you can use gallons or liters, metric or US and various currencies as well. This handy application is yours for just $0.99.

Gas Cubby

If you want an application that is more complicated than what Pocket Garage has to offer, then GasCubby is the application to go with. Like Pocket Garage, you track both gas mileage as well as vehicle maintenance records with this application. In addition to that, you get to have an online sync capability on which Pocket Garage do not have. If you like charts and Excel spreadsheets, then GasCubby can give exports of those as well. The price tag of GasCubby is only $2.99 which is a bargain considering the things that it can track.

Carticipate

While the first three applications are all about cars and its maintenance, Carticipate is a bit different as it involves people instead. This handy application allows you to find people that you can carpool with when you are traveling. In addition to that, with Carticipate, you can also create driving plans and some other things with Carticipate. Have a friend that don’t have an iPhone? This app is also available as a Facebook app as well.

RepairPal

If you need to find a decent car repair shop for your vehicle, then you might want to give RepairPal a look. RepairPal definitely comes in handy especially if you want to do a major repair on your car. Some of the things that you can do with RepairPal is get roadside assistance, track repairs and many more. In addition to that, it covers only the United States and cars from 1990 and newer. Suffice to say that it covers most of the cars that you see on the road today.