Beeminder vs GarbageNight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beeminder
Easily log data for your Beeminder goals and receive timely reminders. Visualize your progress with a clear dashboard and integrate with Apple Health for automatic tracking of health metrics.
- Data entry for Beeminder goals
- Goal progress dashboard
- Customizable reminders
- Apple Health integration
- Automatic metric tracking
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Add data to your Beeminder goals, get reminders, and see a dashboard of your progress on the Beeminder Data Entry Companion App. Beeminder is goal-tracking with teeth. We plot your progress along with a bright red line on your graph. Don't let your datapoints cross the red line! The Beeminder app also allows you to sync goals with your Apple Health data, so you can automatically track steps, distance, and other metrics without manually entering data.
GarbageNight
Never forget trash day again with this app. It helps you track your garbage and recycling pickup schedule, sending timely reminders so your bins are always ready. Avoid overflowing trash with this simple, convenient tool.
- Input pickup schedules
- View weekly pickups
- Weekly reminders
- Supports various schedules
- Home Screen widget
- Siri integration
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We’ve all done it. You can't remember, is it recycling or garbage this week, so you'll shuffle outside to see if hopefully one of your neighbors remembered. Or you spaced it and forgot it was trash night. The next morning, you’re rolling the can out to the curb — hopefully it’s not too late! But alas, as you tear out there in your robe and slippers, in the distance you see the garbage truck heading off into the day, and you realize how long a week can been when trash starts piling up. Well, no more! This quirky iOS app is your sidekick for mastering the art of garbage day, making sure you never miss a beat or a bin. Key features: - Easily input your pickup schedule - See what goes out this week at a glance - Weekly reminders - Supports weekly and every other week schedules - Home Screen widget - Siri shortcut, "Hey, Siri" integration
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GarbageNight at 100% against Beeminder's 51%. GarbageNight also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). Beeminder's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Beeminder is free to download; GarbageNight costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beeminder ships an update every 3 months, GarbageNight every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beeminder | GarbageNight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (77 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 51.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maker and Baker LLC | Steven Quinn |
Customer experience
Beeminder
GarbageNight
Bugs and requests
Beeminder
Reported bugs
10 issues- Login failures with 'Invalid credentials' error
- App crashes on startup or after data entry
- Goals not displaying after update
- Graphs taking excessive time to load
- Data entry freezing or hanging
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- Keyboard not dismissing after entering values
- Facebook, Google, and Twitter login failures
- Syncing issues with Apple Health causing false derailments
- App crashes on iPhone SE and older devices
- Blank screens and placeholder text on first page
Requested features
10 requests- Widget feature for at-a-glance progress data
- Ability to create and manage goals within the app
- Ability to sign up for accounts directly in the app
- URL minder trigger button for word count checks
- Easy access to goal fine print details
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- Ability to set breaks within the app
- Dark mode option
- Modern UI/UX redesign
- Improved home menu for single-graph users
- Better integration with automatic data sources
GarbageNight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Beeminder
No in-app purchases
GarbageNight
No in-app purchases









