Olyns vs Recycling Sorter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Olyns
This app facilitates recycling by connecting users to a network of bottle boxes. Users can find nearby recycling locations, deposit beverage containers, and earn cash rewards redeemable via PayPal. It aims to make recycling convenient and rewarding while contributing to environmental sustainability.
- Find nearby recycling locations
- Deposit beverage containers
- Earn cash rewards
- Save Olyns card to phone wallet
- Touchless check-in via phone
- Cash out via PayPal
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Olyns is Rethinking Recycling. Our growing network of bottle boxes makes it easy and fun to recycle beverage containers for cash. Here’s how it works: 1. Download the Olyns App. 2. Create an account and save an Olyns card to your phone's Wallet. 3. Find the nearest Olyns Cube on our map. 4. Hold your phone below the Recycle Ring on the Olyns Cube for touchless check in. 5. Deposit your empty CRV containers into the Olyns Cube. 6. Earn cash for every eligible container. 7. Cash Out your balance anytime through PayPal. 8. Celebrate - you just did your part to help the planet
Recycling Sorter
This AI-powered application helps users sort their waste correctly for recycling. Simply take a picture of an item, select your city, and the app will identify the proper disposal category to reduce contamination and environmental impact.
- AI-powered waste identification
- Correct recycling guidance
- City-specific sorting rules
- Reduces recycling contamination
- User-friendly camera interface
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The "Recycling Sorter" app is designed to help you sort your recycling correctly and prevent recycling contamination. Recycling contamination, which occurs when waste is placed with the wrong category (i.e. landfill trash with paper recycling), causes lots of otherwise recyclable waste to go to the landfill, wasting money and resources and damaging the environment in the process. This AI-based app can help you recycle right. All you need to do is place your waste under your device's camera, press the "CLICK ME!" button, and then the app's AI model will tell you where to place your waste. Please Note: As recycling rules differ from city to city, you must select your city in the Settings screen before you begin sorting waste and recycling right. Recycling Sorter is conceptualized, developed and maintained by Sanatan Mishra. Privacy Policy: https://privacy.esanta.tech/recyclingsorterios.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Recycling Sorter at 5.0 against Olyns's 3.5. Recycling Sorter also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Olyns's advantage is ratings volume (465 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Recycling Sorter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Olyns has 465 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Olyns ships an update every 5 weeks, Recycling Sorter every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olyns | Recycling Sorter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (465 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 465 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olyns Inc | Radhika Mishra |
Customer experience
Olyns
Recycling Sorter
Bugs and requests
Olyns
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login/account verification issues
- Inconsistent container recognition
- Machines freezing/malfunctioning
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to favorite/track specific machine locations
- Real-time machine status updates
- Increase glass bottle capacity
- Expand operating hours
Recycling Sorter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Olyns
No in-app purchases
Recycling Sorter
No in-app purchases
