Litter CleanUp vs Ridwell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Litter CleanUp
This app encourages users to pick up litter and make a positive impact on their communities and the planet. Track your cleanup progress, earn badges, and connect with others to inspire more environmental action.
- Submit litter cleanups
- Track progress with stats and badges
- Map of global cleanups
- Connect with other users
- Share cleanup posts
- Encourage environmental action
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Litter CleanUp turns everyday cleanups into something trackable, shareable, and motivating. No sign-up sheets. No waiting for an organized event. Just get outside, start a cleanup, and log your impact in real time! WHY LITTER CLEANUP - Clean up anytime, anywhere — your schedule, your neighborhood - Track your volunteer hours, litter collected, and distance covered - Get verified volunteer certificates for school or community service hours - Share your cleanups and cheer on others in the community - NEW: Organize your own volunteer Events — invite friends, classmates, or coworkers to join, track group progress, and compete for the top spot on the Litter Leaderboard FOR VOLUNTEERS Whether you're squeezing in a 15-minute cleanup on your walk or organizing a weekend event, Litter CleanUp makes it easy to see your impact add up over time. FOR STUDENTS Need service hours? Every cleanup you log is verified, so you can request an official certificate once it's approved — flexible enough to fit around school, sports, and everything else. FOR TEAMS & ORGANIZATIONS Rally your company, club, or classroom. Create an Event, invite your group, and track total hours, pieces collected, and distance cleaned as a team. Turn cleaning up into a friendly competition! WHY IT MATTERS Small cleanups add up to a big difference. Litter CleanUp exists to make it easier for anyone — students, professionals, neighbors — to get involved in protecting their community, and to see just how much their effort adds up to over time. Download Litter CleanUp and start your first cleanup today!
Ridwell
Easily dispose of hard-to-recycle items with convenient doorstep pickups. Schedule collections, track your impact, and feel good knowing your items are being reused or recycled by trusted partners.
- Schedule doorstep pickups
- Collect hard-to-recycle items
- Receive real-time notifications
- Track community impact
- Transparent item destinations
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Get rid of your stuff the right way with Ridwell. Seamlessly schedule your upcoming pickups, receive real-time notifications, and see the impact you’re making with the Ridwell community! Collect hard-to-recycle items in your Ridwell bags. We give you bags to store your plastic film, threads, and other hard-to-recycle things that might otherwise go to waste. Easy pickups from your front door. We come to your front door to pick up your stuff every two weeks. Just let us know when you have stuff to pick up! Feel great about where your stuff goes. You’ll always know where your stuff is going to be reused or recycled with one of our partners. Together, Ridwell members save tons from the landfill every year to support our community, keep our oceans clean, and build a brighter future. If you're in need of any support, please contact us at app@ridwell.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Litter CleanUp at none against Ridwell's shown. Litter CleanUp also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Ridwell's advantage is ratings volume (8.9K vs 55). On price, rating, update cadence 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 — 4.7 for Litter CleanUp against 4.9 for Ridwell. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ridwell has 8.9K ratings behind it against 55, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Litter CleanUp's written reviews are positive against 73% of Ridwell's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Litter CleanUp | Ridwell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (55 ratings) | 4.9 (8.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 73.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 55 | 8.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Joshua Rands | Ridwell, Inc. |
Customer experience
Litter CleanUp
Ridwell
Bugs and requests
Litter CleanUp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ridwell
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incorrect pickup status notifications
- Drivers unable to access buildings
Requested features
3 requests- Advance scheduling for pickups
- More recycling categories
- Proactive notifications for missed pickups
In-app purchases
Litter CleanUp
No in-app purchases
Ridwell
No in-app purchases









