Ridwell vs BoneYard Seattle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
BoneYard Seattle
Manage your pet's care with ease. Schedule appointments, get real-time updates including photos, communicate directly with staff, and handle payments seamlessly. Experience top-tier pet services.
- Schedule appointments
- Receive pet status updates
- View pet pictures
- Chat with staff
- Contactless payments
- Pet care management
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BoneYard Seattle offers the very best in pet care! Use our app to schedule appointments, receive status updates & pet pictures, chat with us, make contactless payments, and much more! Come see us at BoneYard Seattle where we delight you and your pets!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BoneYard Seattle at none against Ridwell's shown. BoneYard Seattle also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Ridwell's advantage is ratings volume (9K vs 7). 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 — 4.9 for Ridwell against 5.0 for BoneYard Seattle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ridwell has 9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ridwell ships an update every 2 months, BoneYard Seattle every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ridwell | BoneYard Seattle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ridwell, Inc. | iTrust Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Ridwell
BoneYard Seattle
Bugs and 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
BoneYard Seattle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ridwell
No in-app purchases
BoneYard Seattle
No in-app purchases
Questions
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