Comparison

Cycled App vs Recycling Assistant

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cycled App

This app streamlines recycling by connecting users with local collection services. Earn redeemable points for your recyclables at nearby grocery stores, benefiting both users and waste management businesses.

Highlights
  • Schedule recyclables pickup
  • Connect with local recyclers
  • Earn redeemable points
  • Reward system for recycling
  • Improve waste management efficiency
Features
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CYCLED is designed to improve the overall efficiency of recycling, while ensuring that all participants in the refined waste management process are duly rewarded. The app allows you to schedule pick up of your recyclables, which would be honored by individual recycling businesses (cyclers) around your location. Upon pick up, the app would reward you with points that are redeemable in a grocery store near you. With CYCLED, the Cycler has a business and you get real rewards for your effort; everyone wins!

About

Recycling Assistant

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Have you moved to Europe recently and found yourself confused about how to separate your trash for recycling? Recycling Assistant helps you to learn how to recycle like a native and avoid fines. Join the eco-lifestyle. ____________________ App features for correct recycling: Choose your location. Recycling rules for Germany, Poland, United Kingdom and the Czech Republic. Smart trash scanner. Take a photo of rubbish with your camera and the Artificial Intelligence-driven assistant will instantly identify it. Search by recycling categories and items. Find required items and see how to recycle them. Recycling rules guide based on official guidelines. Learn how to prepare each item for recycling and what bin to put it into. English and Ukrainian interface. Choose between English or a Ukrainian interface language to learn in an easier way how to recycle in Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. __________________ Why use the Recycling Assistant? Improve recycling skills with AI (screen with scanned objects) Find the category of rubbish and special recycling rules (screen with categories) Figure out how to properly recycle each rubbish object (screen with recycling rules) Switch languages from English to Ukrainian (screen with switcher) Free and doesn’t require authorization. ____________________ Here's how it works: 1. Download, install and run the application. 2. Click "Camera" in the app. 3. After opening the camera, point the lens at the desired rubbish object and take a photo. 4. Within a few seconds, the camera will determine the type of rubbish. 5. Get recycling recommendations on how to dispose of this type of rubbish. 6. Send garbage to the correct container. Ready! 7. Recommend the app to your friend ;) ___________________ With the help of the program, users will receive answers to the most popular questions: Battery recycling. How and where? What to do with biodegradable plastic? Spent aerosol and spray containers. How to dispose of them? Water bottles and glass containers should be discarded in bins of which color? Soft plastic recycling How to segregate waste at home? Used paper cups should be discarded in bins of which color? Is cardboard recyclable? ____________________ Please note: Though we’ve thoroughly collected the dataset and trained the AI model to identify as wide a variety of items as possible, with as much accuracy as possible, it is still impossible to cover all types of rubbish. And this is where you can contribute! In case the app does not identify or misidentifies a scanned object, please send us a bug report briefly describing the issue. Let’s make our world better together! Thank you! The app was created by Ukrainians. Questions or feedback? Write to us at contact@recyclingassistant.com or use the support integrated in the application “Report a bug”.

Screenshots

Cycled App4 screens
Recycling Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cycled App at none against Recycling Assistant's shown. Cycled App also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Recycling Assistant's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cycled App ships an update every 4 months, Recycling Assistant every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Cycled App versus Recycling Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCycled AppRecycling Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB139 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCycled Technologies ASMobiDev Corporation

In-app purchases

None

Cycled App

No in-app purchases

None

Recycling Assistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cycled App free?
Cycled App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recycling Assistant free?
Recycling Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cycled App or Recycling Assistant have ads?
Recycling Assistant shows ads; Cycled App does not.
Which is updated more often, Cycled App or Recycling Assistant?
Cycled App ships an update every 4 months, and Recycling Assistant every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cycled App was updated on July 7, 2026 and Recycling Assistant on May 17, 2026.

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