BC Recyclepedia vs Modo Carshare
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BC Recyclepedia
Easily find recycling options for over 70 materials across British Columbia. Get a list of the 10 nearest depots based on your location, with detailed information including addresses, hours, and contact details.
- Recycling options for 70+ materials
- Find nearest depots via GPS
- Depot details: address, hours, contact
- Over 1,000 drop-off locations
- Call RCBC Recycling Hotline
- Launch directions to depots
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The BC Recyclepedia App is a quick and simple tool to find recycling options for over 70 materials or products across British Columbia. Select the material you want to recycle for a list of the 10 nearest depots based on your phone’s location. Select a depot for a detailed summary including address, map, hours, contact info, and notes such as other recycling programs collected at that depot. Finding where to recycle is now at your fingertips! Features: • Over 1,000 drop-off locations for materials in BC Stewardship Programs • Option to call The RCBC Recycling Hotline for additional questions • Launch directions based on your phone’s current location The BC Recyclepedia App finds the closest recycling facilities based on the GPS location of your device. Please ensure Location Services are turned on and enabled for the BC Recyclepedia App.
Modo Carshare
Access a local carshare co-op directly from your phone. Book vehicles quickly and easily, with options to extend or change your reservation on the go. Enjoy a seamless car-sharing experience.
- Book cars quickly
- Extend bookings
- Change bookings
- View available cars
- Seamless booking site integration
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The Modo app brings the power of your local carshare co-op to your pocket. Book quickly from the app and be on your way in minutes. Did your plans change? No problem - you can easily extend or change your booking right from the home screen. Sharing cars has never been easier. - see all available cars - book with a few clicks - links seamlessly with Modo booking site
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Modo Carshare at 5.0 against BC Recyclepedia's 3.7. Modo Carshare also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months). BC Recyclepedia's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Modo Carshare holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of BC Recyclepedia's written reviews are positive against 16% of Modo Carshare's.
BC Recyclepedia ships an update every 8 months, Modo Carshare fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BC Recyclepedia | Modo Carshare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | 16.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Recycling Council of British Columbia | Modo Co-Operative |
Customer experience
BC Recyclepedia
Modo Carshare
User reviews
BC Recyclepedia
From 3 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful for searching drop-off locations
- 💡 Good resource for zero-waste lifestyle
- 👍 Easy to search common items
- 👍 Informative about recycling
- 👍 Works well for some users
Room to improve
- 👎 App crashes frequently
- 👎 Not helpful for users outside Vancouver
- 👎 Location data inaccurate or limited
- 👎 Lacks search functionality
- 👎 Difficult to categorize items
Modo Carshare
From 8 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Quick to update booking time
- 👍 Can do everything via app
- 👍 Useful vehicle availability updates
Room to improve
- 🐛 App is unusable
- 🐛 Impossible to sign up
- 🐛 Cars are dirty and smell bad
- 🐛 Refunds are almost impossible
- 🐛 Often broken
Bugs and requests
BC Recyclepedia
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes on startup
- App crashes when opening
- App crashes when selecting an item
- App crashes when trying to look up item
- App crashes when trying to find where to take something
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- App crashes when a menu item is selected
- App crashes constantly
- App not working on iOS
- App gives errors and says try again later
- Dark mode not supported
- Font is black as well as background in dark mode
- App does not scale to settings for large font
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to choose location
- Provide information for user's specific location
- Integrate Google Maps
- Individual item search capability
- Add feature to suggest new items for recycling info
Modo Carshare
Reported bugs
40 issues- App will not let you type in postal code
- Tutorial video is unwatchable
- EV car charger not removable
- System doesn't take added time for bookings
- Text entry box for Postal Code will not accept text
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- App logs out users frequently
- Search preferences reset out of the blue
- System didn't take added time for bookings
- New UI makes it difficult to see vehicle availability
- No more filters to narrow down car selection
- Interface is becoming less intuitive
- Not possible to search for a specific vehicle
- Availability is unclear
- Guessing game to find available car times
- App forces re-selection of start time when changing end time
- Unavailable vehicle doesn't show next availability date
- Doesn't show list of vehicles available, need to select individual pins
- No filter option for choosing vehicle type
- New version is a copy of Evo app and is awful
- App is crashing and working with issues
- App constantly crashes
- App is very buggy and unstable
- New phones have slow and buggy performance
- App closes when 'Add To Calendar' is selected
- Cannot see specific vehicle availability, only that it's not available
- App freezes
- Hamburger button unresponsive/too close to edge
- Selecting car favorites selects multiple cars
- UI on newer phones needs fine-tuning
- App crashes when taking photos and trying to send them
- Screen freezes
- Proximity of menu to screen edge
- App freezes frequently
- Hamburger menu is hard to press
- App icons align with iPhone icons making navigation uneasy
- Buttons don't have appropriate regions for selection
- App pastes from clipboard without reason
- App not working properly on iPad
- Changing starting time is not reflected on screen
- Booking in advance is broken (changes return time, bumps pickup time)
Requested features
22 requests- Add proper app category (Transportation/Travel)
- Restore old functionalities (favourites, filters)
- Add FaceID login
- Add live map for car location
- Allow open bookings for less than 24 hours
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- Show car availability schedule
- Add filters for vehicle type (SUV, van, etc.)
- Add a convenient 'Forgot your password?' link
- Improve navigation to find cars
- Add option to open Google Maps for walking directions
- Re-add favourites feature
- Allow changing only booking end time without re-selecting start time
- Show next availability date for unavailable vehicles
- Show list of vehicles available without selecting individual pins
- Add filters to find specific cars/features
- Add a CTA to complete return or add more time
- Allow adding bookings to iPhone calendar
- Add ability to pay monthly balance from app
- Allow downloading invoices from app
- Relocate or add vehicles closer to users
- Make app icons align better with iPhone icons
- Add ability to see specific car's schedule like desktop site
In-app purchases
BC Recyclepedia
No in-app purchases
Modo Carshare
No in-app purchases
