Figure Out How Much Your Buddies Owe You For Gas With iSplitGas

This simple app does one thing, it calculates how much money your buddies should pay for gas if the whole thing is split fairly and evenly. There are many times when groups of friends will hit the road, either to drive to the city for a concert, or head across the state for the weekend. Inevitably, someone will ask, “How much do we owe you for gas?” to which an overly polite friend will respond, “Oh, nothing. I’ve got this one, you can buy me lunch.” If the driver is more frugal, he may ask his passengers to split the cost of a full tank of gas, even if the trip is less than 200 miles away. ISplitGas will take care of all of those problems.

You have to have a familiarity with how many miles to the gallon your car gets. Take into account how much time will be spent on the freeway versus stop-and-go driving. You also need to know how many miles your trip will be. These days, that kind of information is easy to find, especially if you have an iPhone on hand. When you stop for gas, note how much you paid per gallon. After you have entered the MPG, distance, price per gallon and number of passengers, hit the calculate button and iSplitGas will figure out how much money your buddies owe you for this trip. No longer will you have that uncomfortable conversation with your friends about how much you tell them they owe versus how much you think they should pay. There will be no more secret resentment between couples over whether the cost for gas was over or under estimated. This app would also be a great way to figure out how much an indie band needs to save for their next three week tour.

Overall, this free app is going to be a friend saver for future trips. Letting iSplitGas calculate each person’s contribution to the gas tank takes away the guesswork and keeps everybody honest. If you ever take road trips, even for a few hundred miles, this will be your favorite travel companion.