OLIO User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience72.8% of reviews
Neutral5.9% of reviews
Negative experience21.3% of reviews

~ Based on 864 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is OLIO Safe?

OLIO appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for OLIO is 89/100.

This assessment is based on 780 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

88.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
8.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 780 App Store ratings for OLIO.

Is OLIO Legit?

OLIO appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for OLIO is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Collection

Made collection easy and very polite and very punctual

Mariann

Lovely and Kind Lady. Satisfied with her Conduct. I’m happy and grateful. I went to pick up Free Food from her.

Thankyou

Top seller

Very helpful and kind

Thank you for going above and beyond and bringing these items out to the car.

Bad adverts

Just downloaded the app and it asked me to complete verification when I clicked on the link it wanted a 2p payment. I assumed this was part of the part but it was a third party advert trying to set up a subscription. Luckily my bank blocked but shame on Olio for allowing such scamming adverts on their app. As a new user it wasn’t clear this was an advert rather than part of the app.
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Great!

Turned up as promised and waited patiently while I was sorting bits. Will happily deal with Tedd anytime.

M

J

Can’t sign up/login with Apple account.

Would love to use this app, but I’m not able to sign up/login with Apple account. The option is there, but when I click it, I get a notification stating that this account is not found…

Perfect!

Best app to safe waste and share with the community

Response from developer

Thank you for your support. Knowing Olio is helping reduce waste for you is what keeps us going 🧡

Very nice and quick response

Sam is very nice and quick response. Thank you so much

Fabulous

What a wonderful service and such a brilliant way to reduce wastage!

No support for FWH

New account maliciously broke rules and reported me for made up issues like multiple accounts and off food and made new accounts to do it. Everyone local and the stores know me and knows it wasn’t true but no olio support on the matter. Great app for waste but zero help for volunteers

Response from developer

Thank you for sharing this, and we're sorry to hear how stressful this has been for you. To be clear, Olio doesn't suspend or penalise volunteers just because a report comes in. Every report is investigated, and decisions are based on the evidence available to us, not on accusations alone. If you believe this decision was made in error, you can appeal it directly. The appeal form is linked in the warning or suspension message you received (either by email or through Olio's Little Helper), and appeals are reviewed by a member of our team. Team Olio 🧡

Amazing person

Went above an beyond for me… such a kind person! Many thanks again xx

Response from developer

Lovely to hear this - welcome to the Olio community! 💚

Best app

My friend introduce me to this app and I like it because not only we help not to waste food or any things that we don’t want. Someone outhere need it for themselves and feed the hunger for alteast one meal or two. Helping other for me is one best thing I can share in this world. Wot the help of olio I managed to achieve it in my small way.
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Response from developer

We're so glad to have you with us. Thank you for the lovely feedback 🧡

Thankful

I’ve been using the Olio app for a while now and am thankful for the money it saves me. Thankful for the volunteers and thankful that good food isn’t being binned.

Amazing

Amazing help

Fantastic app and initiative!

Fantastic initiative that reduces food waste and could help so many! Easy to use app and helpers are always from my experience, lovely people!

No

Only ever have bread on there, maybe the doughnuts not good if you need proper food or actually starving

Some good points, but untrustworthy review system

I have had mixed success on here. People’s ratings are misleading. I bought a very low quality bed frame, but I was not able to leave a review for the seller because they removed their listing, even though I had already bought the item in question and had it delivered (expensively).
Some people use this platform to get rid of their unusable junk, and there should be a mechanism for separating these users from reliable people
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Made my mom crazy

I’ve rated this 5 stars to get to the top, but as soon as my mom’s got this app, she’s completely stopped buying groceries. It’s gotten to a point where we don’t have any fresh bread or milk for weeks because she’s getting all of the off free ones. This app has ruined me and my father’s life together.
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