BottleDrop vs Bend Works
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BottleDrop
Easily return deposit containers and receive your refund. Access your account card, view your balance and bag history, and find nearby return locations. Manage your account information and receive important notifications.
- Return deposit containers
- Receive refunds
- Access account card
- View account balance
- Track bag history
- Find return locations
- Update account information
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BottleDrop is the easiest way to return your deposit containers and get your refund. With the app, you can access your account card, view your account balance and bag history, find locations, update your account information, receive account notifications, and more.
Bend Works
Easily report non-emergency city issues like potholes and graffiti. Track the progress of your reports as they are resolved, helping to improve your community.
- Report non-emergency issues
- Track report progress
- Submit details on potholes
- Report streetlights
- Report graffiti
- Community improvement tool
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Welcome to Bend Works! With just a few clicks, you can easily report non-emergency issues such as potholes, streetlights, graffiti and so much more! The app will track the progress of the report as it’s being resolved. Bend Works better because of you – thank you for being partners in continually improving our City!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bend Works at 4.6 against BottleDrop's 2.3. Bend Works also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). BottleDrop's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 7) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Bend Works holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BottleDrop has 104 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 11% of BottleDrop's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bend Works's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BottleDrop ships an update every 2 months, Bend Works every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BottleDrop | Bend Works |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (104 ratings) | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 104 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative | City Of Bend |
Customer experience
BottleDrop
Bend Works
Bugs and requests
BottleDrop
Reported bugs
18 issues- Unexpected logout after period of inactivity
- Login failed errors despite correct credentials
- App won't progress past splash/start screen
- Crashes when accessing locations tab
- Internet connectivity error messages despite active connection
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- QR code unreadable by kiosk scanners
- Transfer buttons hidden behind other UI elements
- Venmo/PayPal transfer functionality non-functional
- Password expiration without notification
- Account recognition failures after logout
- Brightness settings not respecting system preferences
- App freezes during account activation
- Bag history not displaying or updating
- Virtual card not appearing in app despite website signup
- Force close required to restore functionality
- Deposits showing as pending indefinitely
- QR code positioning incompatible with larger phones
- Facial recognition not working despite activation
Requested features
11 requests- Dark mode for reduced eye strain in low light
- Biometric authentication (Face ID, Touch ID, PIN)
- Manual QR code entry option for unscanned bags
- Transaction history and detailed bag credit breakdown
- In-app bag and label ordering
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- Apple Wallet integration for digital card
- GPS-based location finder instead of manual entry
- Persistent login sessions to avoid constant re-authentication
- In-app cash withdrawal/transfer without kiosk visits
- Email notifications for password resets and account changes
- Account activity notifications
Bend Works
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BottleDrop
No in-app purchases
Bend Works
No in-app purchases
