TrashOut vs OpenLitterMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrashOut
This app helps users map and report illegal dumps worldwide, connect with environmental news, and find local recycling points. It encourages participation in cleaning events and provides statistics on environmental efforts.
- Report and update illegal dumps
- Find nearest recycling points
- Join cleaning events
- Read environmental news and articles
- View global dump map
- Earn green points
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TrashOut is an environmental project which aims to map and monitor all illegal dumps around the world and inform local authorities and NGOs about this issue. What you can do with TrashOut app: • report and update illegal dumps around you • read news and articles about environment, recycling, civic movement and cleaning actions • find nearest recycling point - either collection center or bin according to what you want to dispose • join cleaning event • see statistics for your country • see all dumps around the world and their status on beautiful map • earn green points for your activities • see your history od reports and updates and current status of dumps you follow Check out our web application at admin.trashout.ngo from where you can add recycling point, set regular email notifications for areas you care about and much more. Use this application if you are: • citizen who does not like illegal trash lying around • you want to dispose waste in the right way and learn how to recycle • NGO that organizes cleaning events • company that wants to take part in environmental initiatives
OpenLitterMap
Contribute to a global database of litter and plastic pollution by taking photos and tagging them. The interactive map visualizes pollution data, allowing users to create custom tags and see live updates. Participate in a worldwide competition to collect the most data.
- Interactive global litter map
- Photo tagging of pollution
- Customizable tag creation
- Live map updates
- Open source data
- Country-based data collection competition
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OpenLitterMap is an open source, interactive, and accessible database of the world's litter and plastic pollution. Just take a photo and tag it with our app. Litter is the first application of this real-time data collection platform. For the last 8+ years we have been crowdsourcing data to help train the OpenLitterAI to help with detection and classification. You can extend our pre-defined list of tags with your own custom tags. Just type in whatever you want and press enter. Keep the global map open to see live updates. If you click on a notification, you will be zoomed to the data that was just recorded. Copy the URL to get a link that can send anyone to any photo. Our code & data is open and accessible. Anyone can download our data for free, and use it for any purpose. This is necessary to bring transparency and democracy to science on pollution. As you tag litter, you help your country compete at the #LitterWorldCup to see who can collect the most data. By default, all users are anonymous. However, you can make your name or username appear on the map or leaderboards and compete for a position. You can also add your social media links which will appear on each upload. Like getting upvoted, the more data you upload means the more visibility you will get! Follow us on social media to keep up to date with all of the latest updates and developments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TrashOut at none against OpenLitterMap's shown. TrashOut also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). OpenLitterMap's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TrashOut holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of TrashOut's written reviews are positive against 83% of OpenLitterMap's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TrashOut ships an update every 2 months, OpenLitterMap every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TrashOut | OpenLitterMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) — better | 3.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TrashOut, n.f. | Sean Lynch |
Customer experience
TrashOut
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In-app purchases
TrashOut
No in-app purchases
OpenLitterMap
No in-app purchases








