Notifications & Quiet Hours

Petrol Australia sends push notifications based on the petrol price cycle — the predictable weekly pattern where prices drop then spike. These are different from price alerts (which watch a specific station). Cycle notifications watch the broader market in your area.

Requires: Home location set + push notification permission granted on your device.

Enabling notifications

1. Open Profile tab
2. Tap Notifications
3. Toggle Price-cycle alerts ON
4. Grant OS permission if prompted

If your device has blocked notification permissions, a warning appears. Tap it to open iOS Settings → Petrol Australia → Notifications → Allow.

The three notification types

Each can be toggled on or off independently.

Drop incoming

Sent 2–4 days before the cycle bottom. Prices are still elevated but heading down — this is the heads-up to hold off filling up if your tank isn't urgent.

When you get it: Typically Monday–Tuesday in most capital cities (cycle usually troughs mid-week).

Buy now (cycle low)

Sent when local prices have bottomed out. This is the best fill-up window.

When you get it: The day or two the cycle hits its lowest point.

Top up before rise

Sent when prices start climbing back up. Last chance to catch a low price before the next spike.

When you get it: Usually before the weekly Thursday–Friday price hike.

Quiet hours

No notifications are sent during your quiet hours window.

• Default: 9 PM to 7 AM
• Minimum window: 1 hour
• Format: 24-hour internally, displayed as 12-hour AM/PM

To change quiet hours:

1. Profile → Notifications
2. Tap From and To dropdowns
3. Select new times
4. Changes save automatically

Notification radius

Also found in the Notifications sheet. This is the same radius as your home location radius — one shared setting. Adjusting it here also changes the widget radius.

Prerequisites checklist

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