Comparison

Vactidy vs TrashCan

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Vactidy

This app provides seamless control over your smart home devices, allowing real-time monitoring and operation from anywhere. Effortlessly manage appliances, create connections between devices, and share access with family and friends for a more convenient and enjoyable smart life.

Highlights
  • Real-time device monitoring
  • Remote device operation
  • Appliance management
  • Device sharing with family
  • Robot vacuum control
  • Cleaning map visualization
Features
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Explore the Vactidy App and Light Up Your Smart Life! This amazing mobile application connects you with your smart devices, giving you effortless control over everything. Like magic, you can monitor and operate your devices in real time. No matter where you are, enjoy convenient control anytime, anywhere, and simplify interactions between smart devices. Integrated Control for Greater Convenience! We aim to provide you with a integrated and flexible lifestyle. With an intuitive and easy-to-use interface, you can effortlessly add appliances and enable seamless connections between smart devices, delivering unmatched convenience. Share Joy with One Tap—Endless Fun! Our goal is to bring more joy to your life. With a single tap, share devices with family and friends, manage them remotely, and fully embrace the fun of technology. Connect to the Internet and Enjoy Unparalleled Convenience! Once connected to smart devices, you can easily: 1. Start and pause your robot remotely. 2. View the cleaning map to see the robot's cleaning progress. 3. Set cleaning modes and track cleaning tasks. Download now to experience the Vactidy cleaning "beast" and give your home a sparkling transformation!

About

TrashCan

Features
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What goes out tonight? TrashCan answers that one question and nothing else. Set your council's collection days once and the answer is always there, on your home screen, without opening anything. HOW IT WORKS A guided setup: pick the waste types your council collects and tap the days they come. Copy your council's leaflet in two minutes and forget about it. IT HANDLES REAL CALENDARS Not every council runs a simple weekly round. TrashCan supports: • every week, on the days you choose • alternating weeks • every two weeks from a start date • monthly by position (the first Tuesday, the last Friday) • dates picked by hand, one at a time EXCEPTIONS DON'T CATCH YOU OUT Bank holidays, suspensions and extra collections: mark the change on that single day, without touching the rule for the rest of the year. THE HOME SCREEN WIDGET Small or medium, as you like. The coloured header says what goes out tonight, with its icon; next to it or below, the next three collections. It updates itself every evening, even if you never open the app. THE WASTE TYPES ARE YOURS Every council has its own categories and its own names. Start from the ready-made ones (organic, paper, plastic, glass, metal, unsorted, garden, nappies), rename them, change icon and colour, or create your own. SHARE THE CALENDAR WITH A NEIGHBOUR One file holding your calendar: someone on your street opens it and has every day already, without copying them out. NO ACCOUNT, NO INTERNET There is nothing to register and nothing to accept. What you enter stays on your phone: we never see it and never collect it. The app works on a plane, in a basement and in a village with no signal. NO ADVERTISING Not even in the free version. There is no room for a banner in an app that has to answer a question in two seconds. FREE, THEN PRO IF YOU NEED IT The free version includes one calendar, unlimited waste types and rules, exceptions, the full widget and calendar sharing. TrashCan Pro unlocks with a single purchase, no subscription and no renewals, and adds: • the reminder the evening before, at the time you choose • a second reminder, for the evenings you are out at the first • multiple calendars: home, the holiday house, your parents' • full backup, to restore on another phone • the app colour, chosen by you out of ten Change iPhone and you restore Pro with "Restore purchases", using the same Apple ID. ONE THING TO SAY PLAINLY Collection days are decided by your council, not by the app. TrashCan reminds you of what you entered: in case of doubt, the council's official calendar always governs. TrashCan is part of SMP MicroApps: small apps that do one thing and do it well.

Screenshots

Vactidy4 screens
TrashCan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vactidy at none against TrashCan's 1. Vactidy also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TrashCan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Vactidy asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vactidy versus TrashCan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVactidyTrashCan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (56 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings56 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size309 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProscenic Science and technology co., LtdRiccardo Ronconi

In-app purchases

None

Vactidy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TrashCan

One-time1
  • TrashCan Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Vactidy free?
Vactidy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrashCan free?
TrashCan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vactidy or TrashCan have ads?
Neither Vactidy nor TrashCan shows ads.

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