Journey list view updated

Tuesday 14th February 2012
Posted by: simon

We have updated the Journeys list view a bit:

There is now a Valid column that shows if a given journey counts towards the best weekly score or not
There is now a Details column that allows you to see more details about a given journey
On the journey details page you can now delete a journey if required
The details page shows the journey start and end points on a map

Version 2.1 Available

Thursday 9th February 2012
Posted by: simon

A new version of the DriveGain and Fueless applications are now available on the AppStore. New in this version:

DriveGain now runs in the background (on devices that support multitasking) and carries on giving audio feedback - so you can run it alongside your favourite SatNav app
For automatic cars the gear display now goes back to N when stationary (as it did in V1.x)
If you are not signed in to the website a reminder now comes up in the info window on the driving screen
The Vehice Database Dutch localisation has been improved
The switch at the top of the Fuel Price screen is now labelled "Update manually" to make this clearer
If device language was set to British English (rather than just English) the fuel price currency symbols were not displaying properly - this is now fixed
The Reset button has been renamed Stop

Version 2.0.2 Available

Tuesday 15th November 2011
Posted by: simon

A new version of the DriveGain and Fueless applications are now available on the AppStore. New in this version:

This release has been built with the iOS 5.0 SDK – there were some unexplained crashes some users were getting that we think were down to changes in iOS 5.0
A few users were getting "push front into full buffer" errors – generally after quite a long time driving – now fixed
Minor changes to wording of some Dutch audio feedback
Data uploads were failing more frequently than they should (the app retries automatically so it may not have been very obvious) - now fixed
Pressing on a menu item with a switch in it caused the display to show a sub menu – now fixed
On upgrading from an old iPhone to a new one if there was journey data not yet uploaded this would stop uploads on the new phone – now fixed

Twitter and Facebook sharing now enabled

Friday 21st October 2011
Posted by: simon

You can now authorise the website to post messages on your Twitter or Facebook accounts about how well you have done in the last week.

If you have made the top 200 in any of your groups, the site will post one message with your best group position. If you are the highest climber in the group (and not in the top 10) it will post that instead.

The site will also post a message when you join a group.

To set this up go to your Twitter or Facebook account settings page.

Version 2.0.1 Available

Monday 10th October 2011
Posted by: simon

A new version of the DriveGain and Fueless applications are now available on the AppStore. New in this version:

Opel cars have been added to the vehicle database
We have added a whole set of new European 2011 cars to the database
The Vehicle Database entry for Peugeot 107 was not quite correct
Some Dutch translation issues fixed
On the app being suspended for more than 2 minutes (by an incoming SMS or phone call) there was a bug that was causing some potentially random effects - now fixed
Manually set fuel prices are now uploaded to the website
If iPhone country was set to a country we do not support automatic fuel Price updates for this was occasionally causing a crash - now fixed
The app now waits until the user has travelled 100m before giving a fuel efficiency figure - the initial figures were given at 50m but some users were finding the initially high figures confusing
Some minor memory management fixes

DriveGain and Fueless: Version 2 Launch

Monday 26th September 2011
Posted by: simon

Today we have launched Version 2 of the DriveGain system.

We are also launching an app called Fueless (in the Netherlands only) for the Dutch New Driving Program Het Nieuwe Rijden. Fueless is a branded version of the DriveGain application.

Highlights of what is new in Version 2:

The basic DriveGain app is now free (it was called CarEconomy before)
The paid for version of DriveGain is now called DriveGain+
The app now has 6 meters to display different types of feedback as you drive - these are available as upgrades in the free version of the app
The app can be set to upload data to this website - allowing you to track your progress in saving fuel and also to compete with friends and colleagues
The apps and website are now available in English and Dutch