Plastic Swim vs Recycling Toss
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plastic Swim
Experience an augmented reality world to understand the impact of plastic pollution. Navigate a treacherous aquatic environment, collect information on plastic consumption, and emerge with greater environmental awareness.
- Augmented reality experience
- Environmental awareness focus
- Interactive aquatic world
- Information on plastic consumption
- Lakeside terrain overlay
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Plastic Swim is an AR experience to raise awareness about the toll of plastics on the environment. The player begins by overlaying a lakeside terrain over their current location through their smart phone. While interacting with the app, the viewer will find themselves in a glimmering but treacherous game, swiping through an aquatic world dense with plastic. When they have accumulated enough information about plastic consumption by interacting with illuminating debris they can resurface buoyed by the specifics of their newly acquired environmental awareness.
Recycling Toss
Develop good recycling habits through an engaging game. Players must correctly sort items into bins and accurately toss them, considering wind conditions, to earn points and receive educational feedback.
- Correct recycling bin selection
- Item tossing with wind physics
- Informative feedback on sorting
- Develops recycling habits
- Fun and engaging gameplay
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Recycling Toss enables you to develop correct recycling habits while playing a fun game. You must both select the correct recycling bin for the item, and toss the item into the bin, aiming according to the wind speed and direction, to score a point. After the toss, you receive informative feedback depending on the bin you selected. Download now to join millions around the world to make our planet a better place to live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Recycling Toss at every 3 days against Plastic Swim's every 6 days. Recycling Toss also leads on iOS requirement (11.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Plastic Swim against 5.0 for Recycling Toss. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Plastic Swim ships an update every 6 days, Recycling Toss every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plastic Swim | Recycling Toss |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 295 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meredith Starr | Ege Topkoc |
Customer experience
Plastic Swim
Recycling Toss
In-app purchases
Plastic Swim
No in-app purchases
Recycling Toss
No in-app purchases
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