PIUSI B.SMART

Review by eFreeware

Most fuel apps are record-keeping tools: you write down what you put in and reconcile it later. PIUSI B.SMART takes a different route. It is a fuel management system built around a physical PIUSI dispenser, with a phone app for the person holding the nozzle and a web console for whoever is responsible for the fleet. The two halves talk to each other over Bluetooth and the cloud.

That makes it a business tool rather than something for a private motorist topping up a single car. If your organization keeps its own tanks and pumps, and you need to know which vehicle took how much fuel and when, this is the category of product you would look at. The app itself is free, carries no ads and has no in-app purchases, and it has passed 50,000 installs with a 4.0 average from 194 ratings.

What the driver does at the pump

The driver side is deliberately stripped back. The app needs a smart device with Bluetooth and nothing more elaborate than that; once it is open, the device connects to the dispenser so the refueling can begin.

The sequence the developer describes is short: choose the dispenser, key in the registration number and the mileage, then either set a preset quantity or fill the tank. When the flow stops, a receipt appears on the smart device. That receipt is the record of the transaction, and it also lands in the manager's web console in real time.

What appeals to me about this arrangement is that the data is captured at the moment of refueling rather than reconstructed afterwards. Mileage and plate go in before the fuel does, which is the point at which a driver is most likely to enter them accurately. For a driver, the whole interaction is a handful of taps around a job they were going to do anyway.

The manager's side of the system

The manager half runs in the cloud rather than on a local machine, which is the detail that shapes how the product is used. From the web app, a manager configures the site, sets up the dispensers and activates or monitors the installation. That is the administrative layer that has to be in place before anyone can refuel.

Day-to-day, the console is about oversight. It shows all fuel transactions at a glance, and the developer says information from the site arrives immediately.

For a business running several vehicles, the value is in that single view. Instead of chasing paperwork, the manager has a running account of what each dispenser has dispensed and which vehicle it went into. The driver's receipt and the manager's record are two views of the same event rather than two separate systems that have to be reconciled.

Fuel and AdBlue from the same setup

The system covers both fuel and AdBlue, which matters for anyone running a modern diesel fleet. AdBlue consumption is easy to lose track of when it is handled separately from diesel, and having both flow through the same dispenser-and-app arrangement keeps the two in one record.

The developer pitches B.SMART as suitable for fleets of any size, from the smallest to the largest. I would read that as a statement about how the system scales rather than a claim about a specific number of vehicles. The structure is the same whether you are watching one van or a yard full of them: a dispenser, a driver app and a cloud console.

What you need before any of it works

This is the part worth reading twice. The B.SMART hardware is required for the system to operate at all. The app is not a standalone fuel log that you can install and start using on its own; it is the software layer of a setup that includes a PIUSI dispenser for fuel or AdBlue.

On the software side, the driver app is available for Android and iOS, and the manager console is a web app in the cloud. The driver app only needs a smart device with Bluetooth, since that is how it reaches the dispenser.

So the practical question before installing anything is whether you already have, or intend to install, the matching dispensing equipment. Without it there is nothing for the app to connect to. The app has been on the store since September 2019 and was updated in September 2026 with bug fixes and functionality improvements.

Where this fits in a business

The clearest fit is an organization that refuels its own vehicles on its own premises: a delivery company, a construction outfit, a bus or coach operator, an agricultural business, a local authority with a depot. Anywhere there is a tank, a pump and a fleet of vehicles whose fuel use someone has to account for.

It also suits the split of roles that exists in those businesses. The person refueling gets a fast, minimal app that does not ask them to think about anything beyond the vehicle in front of them. The person responsible for costs gets a console that collects the results. Neither has to do the other's job.

Where it is less obviously useful is at the small end, where a single vehicle is filled at a public filling station. The hardware requirement is what determines whether B.SMART makes sense for you.

A management layer for fleets with their own pumps

PIUSI B.SMART is worth considering if you run a fleet and dispense your own fuel or AdBlue, and you want each refueling captured as it happens rather than pieced together afterwards. The combination of a Bluetooth-linked driver app, a cloud console and hardware from the same maker is coherent, and the driver-side flow is about as short as this kind of task can be made.

The trade-off is that it is not a standalone app. The required PIUSI dispensing hardware is the entry ticket, and the software only makes sense once that is in place. For a depot or a yard with its own tank, that is a reasonable condition; for anyone else it is a mismatch.

For the right operation, the appeal is straightforward: plate, mileage and quantity recorded at the nozzle, a receipt for the driver, and a live view for the manager. Fleet supervisors and site managers who already have PIUSI equipment will get the most from it, and the free download makes trying the software side a low-risk step.

What's new in version 2.4.4

- bug fixes and functionality improvements.