Comparison

Status Smart vs Bin Squad

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

Head to head
About

Status Smart

Control your home appliances remotely from anywhere. Manage multiple devices simultaneously, set timers for automated functions, and easily share device access with family members. Quick and simple connection to your smart devices.

Highlights
  • Remote appliance control
  • Simultaneous device management
  • Automated timers
  • Family device sharing
  • Easy device connection
Features
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Status Smart 1. Remote control: control your home appliances anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one app 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: one tap to share devices with family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect app to devices

About

Bin Squad

Features
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Trash day comes round every week, and it is still the easiest thing in the house to forget. Bin Squad is the reminder that turns up the night before, when there is still time to do something about it. No account. No address. No sign-up. You tell it which cans you have and when they go out, and that is the last admin it ever asks of you. WHAT IT DOES Reminds you the evening before, when you actually roll the can out, and again on the morning of pickup in case last night did not happen. Both are optional, and both have times you choose. Handles however many cans you have. Weekly, every other week, or any interval you like, each with its own color, its own name and its own schedule. Cans going out on the same day are treated as one trip to the curb, because that is what it is. Warns you about holidays. It never quietly moves a pickup: cities and haulers shift them inconsistently, and guessing would produce exactly the wrong reminder. It tells you a holiday is coming and lets you move that one pickup yourself if yours is affected. Lets you skip or move a single pickup without touching the pattern. Changed your mind? Every skip and move is listed, with a button to put it back. Keeps quiet hours, so a reminder never arrives at 6:30 on a Sunday morning. THE CREW Captain Garbage runs a crew of cans with rather more personality than the job requires. General Gus, Recycler Ray, Compost Chloe, Caddy Carl, Yellow Bella, and Barry, who is a rat and owns no can at all. Mark a pickup as done and you build a streak. Clear every collection in a week and that is a Perfect Week. Keep it up and more of the crew turn up, twenty or so of them, each with a job title and strong opinions about trash. None of it ever gets in the way of the information. Every reminder names the can, the day and what you need to do, however daft the line underneath it is. OR NONE OF THAT Pick "Just the facts" and the whole thing goes quiet. Plain colors, plain icons, no crew, no streaks, no jokes. Same dates, same reminders, same app underneath. Your pickup schedule does not change because you did not want a cartoon rat. You can switch between the two whenever you like, and your progress is still there if you switch back. WHAT IT COSTS Free with two cans, the trash and the recycling, which is what most households put out. That includes the reminders, the holiday warnings, the skips and moves, and the whole points, streaks and rewards side of it. Nothing is time limited and there is no trial to forget about. The Full Experience removes the limit, so you can add the yard waste, the compost, the glass and whatever else your city collects, and it opens the rest of the crew to be earned. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time payment if you would rather never think about it again. YOUR DATA STAYS HERE Everything lives on your phone. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account to make, and we never ask where you live. You can export the lot to a plain file to keep, or to send to whoever else in the house deals with the trash. A NOTE ON DATES Your pickup dates come from what you enter, not from your city. Bin Squad reminds you of the schedule you gave it. If something looks wrong, check with your city or hauler, and Cap will follow whatever you tell him. TERMS AND PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gabbotech.com/privacy/binsquad/ The Full Experience is a monthly or yearly subscription, or a single payment for lifetime access. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple account on confirmation, and you can manage or cancel renewal in your Apple account settings at any time.

Screenshots

Status Smart4 screens
Bin Squad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bin Squad at every 2 days against Status Smart's every 6 months. Status Smart's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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

Status Smart ships an update every 6 months, Bin Squad every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Status Smart versus Bin Squad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStatus SmartBin Squad
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB80 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperStatus International (UK) LimitedGavin McNamee

Bugs and requests

Status Smart

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App keeps not working or huge delay
  • Cannot get it to pair
  • App freezes when trying to use it
  • App doesn't log in anymore
  • Network error
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  • Bulbs keep saying 'connection failed'
  • Cannot connect to Alexa
  • Bulb doesn't flash to get connected
  • Fails to connect at 10% search
  • App freezes
  • Connection failed
  • Device unresponsive
  • App doesn't refresh data
  • Does not register low power devices
  • Does not register intermittent high power usage

Requested features

10 requests
  • Allow minute adjustment for cost periods
  • Implement swiping for graph/date navigation
  • Add calendar view for specific date selection
  • Add confirmation for switching off plugs
  • Allow floating point numbers for usage/cost reminders
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  • More granular data, including hourly stats
  • More granular data, including hourly stats
  • Change breath feature to completely off then on
  • Dark mode option
  • Siri/Shortcuts integration

Bin Squad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Status Smart

No in-app purchases

None

Bin Squad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Status Smart free?
Status Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bin Squad free?
Bin Squad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Status Smart or Bin Squad have ads?
Neither Status Smart nor Bin Squad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Status Smart or Bin Squad?
Status Smart ships an update every 6 months, and Bin Squad every 2 days. Most recently, Status Smart was updated on October 19, 2026 and Bin Squad on October 10, 2026.

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