DIMO Mobile vs BinBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DIMO Mobile
Manage your vehicle, whether new or old, by connecting it to a digital platform. Access a marketplace for maintenance, track your car's value, and monitor its health. Earn rewards for using partnered services and maintain control over your privacy settings.
- Connect car data
- Vehicle health monitoring
- Track car value
- Book maintenance
- Earn rewards
- Customizable privacy zones
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Whether you use the app your car came with or have an older car that doesn’t have one, DIMO Mobile is the best way to manage your car. Connect your car with the app or pair it with DIMO hardware (like a smart home device for your car) and instantly connect and interact. With DIMO, you can access the DIMO Marketplace where you can book maintenance, track your car’s value, and understand its health. Connect your car in minutes For millions of drivers who already have a connected vehicle app and subscription (including Teslas), connecting their car is possible in minutes. Create an account, add your car, and the app will guide you on how to connect. Collect your data DIMO allows you to store a historical record of your vehicle data, which will become more and more useful for service appointments, transactions, and other services you might access with your car. Protect your privacy We value privacy, and we know our users do too. You can set privacy zones that obscure exact location data in the app easily and on a per-car basis, making the privacy settings highly customizable.
BinBuddy
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Keep trash, recycling, compost, yard waste, bulk pickups, and custom collection schedules in one calm place. BinBuddy handles weekly, alternating, monthly, seasonal, specific-date, and one-time schedules across multiple properties. Get local reminders to put bins out, check collection morning, and bring bins back. Record who handled a task, add notes, snooze, undo, mark skipped or missed, and review an accessible calendar and local history. Holiday changes move, delay, skip, add, or restore a pickup without damaging the original schedule. Meet Buddy, a friendly wheeled-bin helper who celebrates the routines that keep collection day running smoothly. Earn local Buddy Points, grow through levels, unlock practical achievements, and build a return rhythm—with no penalties, paid points, public rankings, or social pressure. Core reminders stay useful for free with one property, two services, standard weekly schedules, the dashboard, calendar, task actions, basic history, and readable JSON export. BinBuddy Plus is an optional one-time lifetime purchase that unlocks unlimited properties and services, advanced and seasonal recurrence, all iPhone widgets, household responsibilities, holiday adjustments, restore and ICS tools, advanced history and achievements, Buddy outfits, color themes, and alternate app icons. There is no subscription. Your personal schedule data stays on your device. There is no BinBuddy account, advertising, tracking, or app backend. Apple processes Plus purchases and restoration through the App Store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DIMO Mobile at none against BinBuddy's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. BinBuddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DIMO Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DIMO Mobile | BinBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (336 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 336 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dimo | JTR Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
DIMO Mobile
No in-app purchases
BinBuddy
- BinBuddy Plus$9.99









