This Old House vs Trash Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
This Old House
Access over 1,400 home improvement episodes, with new content added weekly. Stream directly to your devices. An optional upgrade offers ad-free viewing and unlocks the entire episode archive.
- 1,400+ home improvement episodes
- New episodes added weekly
- Stream to TV, tablet, or phone
- Ad-free viewing option
- Unlock full episode archive
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The free This Old House app features 1,400+ full episodes –– with new ones added weekly –– streaming to your TV, tablet or phone. Upgrade to Insider for ad-free viewing, and to unlock every episode in the archive. This Old House is the number one home improvement brand, serving over 40 million consumers each month with trusted information and expert advice through the EMMY award-winning television shows This Old House and Ask This Old House, the Webby Award-winning site ThisOldHouse.com, and the Insider membership program. Privacy Policy: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/privacy-policy CA Privacy Notice: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/privacy-policy#JxAGJj Terms of Use: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/legal/terms-of-use
Trash Go
Engage in a unique sustainability game where you collect virtual litter and sort it into augmented reality trash cans. This educational experience encourages responsible environmental behavior through interactive gameplay.
- Virtual litter collection
- Augmented reality sorting
- Sustainability education
- Interactive gameplay
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A sustainability-based game aimed at discouraging littering. In TrashGo, the character walks around, picks up trash in a virtual environment, and then sorts it into AR (augmented reality) digital trash cans in the space around them. Verison 1.1 - Changed Copyright - Updated App Screenshots
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trash Go at 100% against This Old House's 26%. Trash Go also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). This Old House's advantage is ratings volume (502 vs 5) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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. This Old House sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Trash Go asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trash Go holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: This Old House has 502 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of This Old House's written reviews are positive against 100% of Trash Go's.
This Old House ships an update every 2 months, Trash Go every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | This Old House | Trash Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (502 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 502 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | This Old House Ventures LLC | Chung Law |
Customer experience
This Old House
Trash Go
Bugs and requests
This Old House
Reported bugs
5 issues- Unable to exit video playback
- Incorrect episode descriptions
- Subscription not recognized
- Crashes when exiting videos
- Orientation issues on tablets
Requested features
5 requests- Add watched/unwatched indicators
- Implement resume playback feature
- Improve navigation and episode selection
- Add Chromecast/casting support
- Optimize for landscape mode on tablets
Trash Go
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
This Old House
- Monthly Insider Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Annual Insider Subscription7 Days trial$95.991 Year
Trash Go
No in-app purchases
Questions
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