CLEAN Mobile vs SmartCover
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CLEAN Mobile
Manage and optimize smart waste and recycling stations with real-time data. This app enables efficient collection routines, prevents overflows, and supports system setup and monitoring for cleaner public spaces and improved sustainability.
- Real-time status monitoring of waste stations
- Optimized collection route planning
- Overflow prevention notifications
- System setup and deployment tools
- Performance reporting and analysis
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Bigbelly is the world leader of smart waste & recycling solutions for public spaces. Communities deploy smart, solar-powered, sensor-equipped waste & recycling stations that communicate real-time status to collection crews to enable efficiencies. CLEAN Management Console is the cornerstone software of this Smart Waste & Recycling System. CLEAN can be accessed on the web, or on a mobile device with the CLEAN Mobile app. This management console and mobile app enable system set-up, management, monitoring, and optimization of a smart waste fleet. It enables collection crews to eliminate overflows with real-time data while optimizing collection routines. Bigbelly transforms public space waste operations by enabling cleaner public spaces, increased productivity, and measurable sustainability. • Web-based software for system setup, management, monitoring, and optimization • Map and list views of your Bigbelly smart waste stations showing real-time status • Auto-generated notifications trigger collections exactly when needed • Mobile field installation tool to aid deployment and system set up • Suite of reports to prioritize collection activity & optimize ongoing operations
SmartCover
Monitor wastewater systems in real-time and receive immediate notifications for detected anomalies. This app helps prevent sewer spills and optimize system performance by providing remote data access and analytics.
- Real-time data access
- Anomaly detection notifications
- Wastewater spill prevention
- Remote sewer data monitoring
- Analytics for informed decisions
- Intrusion and I&I detection
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Welcome to the SmartCover Systems mobile app! Here you can access real-time data and notifications from your SmartCover Monitoring Systems. SmartCover® is a pioneering technology provider specializing in wastewater solutions that protect lives in the field, the environment, and the quality of life in communities throughout North America. SmartCover solutions gather and monitor remote sewer data, perform analytics, and enable informed decisions to stop sewer spills. In addition to preventing sewer spills, SmartCover’s suite of technology has a range of applications including the reduction of high frequency cleanings, locating infiltration and inflow (I&I), intrusion detection, and odor control. The SmartCover mobile app is an extension of the SmartCover Monitoring System platform which allows customers to view real-time data and get notified if anomaly-related events are detected by the sensors. By increasing the mobility of the platform through this mobile app, we are working hard to meet our customer's needs and increase their timeliness and effectiveness.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartCover at 5.0 against CLEAN Mobile's 4.2. SmartCover also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). CLEAN Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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.
SmartCover holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively.
CLEAN Mobile ships an update every 4 months, SmartCover every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CLEAN Mobile | SmartCover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Big Belly Solar, LLC | SmartCover Systems |
Customer experience
CLEAN Mobile
SmartCover
In-app purchases
CLEAN Mobile
No in-app purchases
SmartCover
No in-app purchases
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