Save The Waves vs TrashTagger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Save The Waves
Report coastal threats like pollution and illegal development by snapping geotagged photos. This data is shared with environmental organizations and agencies to help protect surf ecosystems globally. Empower local communities to become active stewards of coastal environments.
- Report coastal threats
- Geotagged photo submission
- Data sharing with agencies
- Community empowerment
- Surf ecosystem protection
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The Save The Waves Mobile App crowdsources data from coastal users who identify key coastal threats like illegal development, plastic pollution and poor water quality. Using smartphone technology, users snap a photo of the impacted site that is geotagged by the phone’s GPS. This data is shared with on-the-ground practitioners, coastal agencies, and protected area managers in our coalition. With our larger community, we can identify and reduce threats in surf ecosystems across the globe, empowering our local communities to be active stewards in the protection of surf ecosystems.
TrashTagger
This app uses AI to identify litter in user-submitted photos and maps their locations. Users can track their impact, compete on a leaderboard, and join a community focused on environmental cleanup.
- AI-powered trash identification
- GPS location recording
- Interactive litter map
- User contribution leaderboard
- Community engagement
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TrashMapper is an innovative app designed to empower users to take action against litter. Using AI technology, the app identifies trash in photos taken by users and records the GPS location, creating a dynamic map of littered areas. Users can view these mapped locations, track their contributions on a leaderboard, and join a community dedicated to making the planet cleaner. With TrashMapper, spotting trash becomes the first step in creating a cleaner, greener future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TrashTagger at every 6 days against Save The Waves's every 5 months. Save The Waves's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Save The Waves against 5.0 for TrashTagger. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Save The Waves has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Save The Waves ships an update every 5 months, TrashTagger every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Save The Waves | TrashTagger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Save The Waves Coalition | Coding Minds, Inc. |
Customer experience
Save The Waves
TrashTagger
In-app purchases
Save The Waves
No in-app purchases
TrashTagger
No in-app purchases
