Crossroads Trading vs Olyns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crossroads Trading
Discover fashionable, eco-conscious resale clothing. Sell gently used items for cash or trade, and shop name-brand and designer pieces at great prices. Find stores, check hours, and reserve your spot in line.
- Find nearby stores
- Check store hours and services
- View seller queue
- Reserve a spot in line
- Receive turn notifications
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With more than 100 “Best of” awards, Crossroads has been leading the resale fashion industry for over 25 years. Our fashionable and eco-conscious customers sell gently used clothing for cash or trade; shop for name-brand and designer clothing at amazing prices and help keep clothing out of landfill. The Crossroads app lets you: - Find a store near you. - Check store hours, services, and number of sellers in line. - Reserve a spot in line. - Receive a notification when it is your turn.
Olyns
This app facilitates recycling by connecting users to a network of bottle boxes. Users can find nearby recycling locations, deposit beverage containers, and earn cash rewards redeemable via PayPal. It aims to make recycling convenient and rewarding while contributing to environmental sustainability.
- Find nearby recycling locations
- Deposit beverage containers
- Earn cash rewards
- Save Olyns card to phone wallet
- Touchless check-in via phone
- Cash out via PayPal
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Olyns is Rethinking Recycling. Our growing network of bottle boxes makes it easy and fun to recycle beverage containers for cash. Here’s how it works: 1. Download the Olyns App. 2. Create an account and save an Olyns card to your phone's Wallet. 3. Find the nearest Olyns Cube on our map. 4. Hold your phone below the Recycle Ring on the Olyns Cube for touchless check in. 5. Deposit your empty CRV containers into the Olyns Cube. 6. Earn cash for every eligible container. 7. Cash Out your balance anytime through PayPal. 8. Celebrate - you just did your part to help the planet
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Olyns at 3.5 against Crossroads Trading's 2.2. Olyns also leads on ratings volume (465 vs 30) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 18.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Olyns holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Olyns has 465 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Crossroads Trading's written reviews are positive against 21% of Olyns's.
Crossroads Trading ships an update every 6 weeks, Olyns every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crossroads Trading | Olyns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (30 ratings) | 3.5 (465 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.8% of reviews | 20.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 465 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crossroads Trading Co. | Olyns Inc |
Customer experience
Crossroads Trading
Olyns
User reviews
Crossroads Trading
From 30 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple app for selling
- 👍 Works great for me
- 👍 Wait-list function worked as expected
- 👍 App works for me
- 👍 Worked and it was fast
Room to improve
- 🐛 UI is absolutely awful
- 🐛 No map view option
- 🐛 Pixelated share button thumbnail
- 🐛 Poor user experience
- 🐛 App doesn’t function
Olyns
From 465 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient recycling
- 💰 Instant cash payouts
- 🌎 Eco-friendly service
Room to improve
- 🚨 Machines frequently full or broken
- ⏱️ Slow and time-consuming process
- 🤔 Inaccurate app information
- 🔍 Limited machine locations
Bugs and requests
Crossroads Trading
Reported bugs
10 issues- App did not populate with all locations nearby upon first launch
- Waitlist function sometimes fails to add user
- App kicks users off waitlist randomly
- App adds names multiple times or not at all to waitlist
- App removes users from waitlist without notification
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- App sometimes shows store as closed when it's not
- App doesn't work without WiFi
- Sign in tab disappears intermittently
- App doesn't allow adding to waitlist
- App doesn't work on latest iteration of iPad
Requested features
12 requests- Map view option
- Invest in a quality app
- Enable location sharing
- Improve app design
- Add check-in option
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- Fix waitlist functionality
- Ensure app works for all locations
- Add support for all US states
- Make sign-in tab consistently available
- Enable waitlist sign-up
- Improve app reliability
- Add dark mode option
Olyns
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login/account verification issues
- Inconsistent container recognition
- Machines freezing/malfunctioning
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to favorite/track specific machine locations
- Real-time machine status updates
- Increase glass bottle capacity
- Expand operating hours
In-app purchases
Crossroads Trading
No in-app purchases
Olyns
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Crossroads Trading free?
Is Olyns free?
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