DriveGain

DriveGain helps you save fuel. It gives you audio and visual feedback as you drive.


FEEDBACK

If you are having problems using DriveGain please contact us using the AppStore "Report a problem" link or via the Support page on our website www.drivegain.com. If you just write a review saying "it didn't work", we can't help you since Apple gives us no way to reply to AppStore reviews.



WHAT DOES DRIVEGAIN DO?

The basic free app gives you for each journey:

• A score out of 100 for how efficiently you have driven

• A reading for your fuel economy (in MPG, l/100km etc)

Note that as the app can only make assumptions about what gear you are in, the fuel economy reading may be incorrect if you are not using the recommended gear.

DriveGain can be set to upload journey data to our website www.drivegain.com to allow you to:

• Track your progress over time

• Get more detailed analysis of where you can make more fuel savings

• Optionally, you can compete with other drivers on getting the best weekly “Journey Score”

The application runs in the background on devices that support multi-tasking and will carry on giving you audio feedback - so you can run it alongside your favourite SatNav app.

Note: continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.


IN-APP UPGRADES AVAILABLE

A number of In-App Upgrades are available in DriveGain to add to the functionality of the free app:

• The Cost Meter shows the total cost and the average cost per distance of your journey to date.

• The Fuel Saving Meter gives you audio and visual feedback on how well you are Accelerating, Braking and Travelling at speed. The Gear Meter recommends what gear you should be in.

• Once you have mastered basic efficient driving techniques the Advanced Savings Meter shows you, in real-time, the ideal Acceleration, Braking and Speed for the current driving conditions. Feedback on your driving smoothness is also presented.

• The Instantaneous Meter shows you, in real-time, your current fuel consumption or CO2 output.

• The CO2 Meter shows you the total CO2 you have emitted and the average CO2 per distance for the current journey.



HOW MUCH WILL IT SAVE ME?

If you buy one of the Fuel Saving Meter upgrades (see above) DriveGain will give you audio and visual feedback on your driving. It will suggest changes you can make to your driving style to help you save fuel.

Our survey of 11 Efficient Driving websites shows that, on average, you can improve your Fuel Economy by 15% when driving more efficiently. Using this figure we can estimate how much an average driver would save in a year:

UK: £170
US: $210
Eurozone: €180
Canada: CA$290
Australia: AU$ 190
New Zealand: NZ$ 260
Denmark: 1500 kr
Hungary: 46500 Ft
Norway: kr 1700
Poland: 650 zł
Sweden: 1700 kr
Switzerland: CHF 210



WILL IT WORK WIH MY CAR?

The application works with any petrol (gasoline) or diesel car with a standard automatic or manual (stick-shift) transmission.

We do not yet support electric or hybrid vehicles.



WILL IT WORK WITH MY PHONE?

The iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S and 5 are fully supported.

The iPod Touch 3rd Gen an above is supported if you have a GPS adaptor such as the TomTom Car Kit for iPod Touch.

The application works on the iPad (Wi-Fi + 3G model) – running as an iPhone application – but because the iPad is so big we do not recommended using it when driving with DriveGain.



MORE INFORMATION

More information including a demo video is available on our website www.drivegain.com

更新履歴
- A problem with the Fuel Saving screen siders being stuck at 100% has been fixed

- A problem with selecting Vauxhaul Corsa 2006 onwards has been fixed

- A number of other small enhancements