Sunrun vs Trashporters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sunrun
Monitor your solar energy system, track energy production, and access support. Gain insights into your environmental impact and manage your system data from a single, user-friendly interface.
- System data management
- Energy production tracking
- Customer support access
- Environmental impact insights
- User-friendly interface
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Newly designed and easy-to-use, our app is the single access point for Sunrun customers to monitor their systems, track energy production, and get the support they need. Featuring: • Streamlined access to manage and organize all of your system data. Our user-friendly interface provides a centralized hub where you can conveniently access and oversee your system data. • Thorough support page to help you find the answers you need. Whether it’s getting started with your new system or questions around the fundamentals of solar, we’ve got you covered. • Contextualized insights to better understand the positive environmental impact you’re making. Our app utilizes your system data to offer valuable insights, deepening your understanding of how your choices contribute to a greener planet.
Trashporters
This app helps junk haulers build their business by connecting them with customers. Customers sign up via a unique link, and jobs are offered to haulers first. It also allows for partner deals based on customer spending.
- Customer acquisition via unique QR code/link
- Receive job offers directly
- Choose jobs based on schedule
- Offer partner deals to customers
- Build community through word of mouth
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Build your community by word of mouth, getting customers to sign up using your unique QR code or link so you become their preferred junk hauler. Every job they need done comes directly to you first, if you can take it on in their requested time frame, great! If not, it will go to all available junk haulers to accommodate them. Fill up your schedule by picking and choosing jobs that best fits your schedule! Grant customers access to E&C Trashporter partner deals based on how much they spend and their frequency with doing business with you on the Trashporter app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trashporters at 5.0 against Sunrun's 4.5. Trashporters also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks). Sunrun's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Trashporters holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sunrun has 3.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sunrun ships an update every 4 weeks, Trashporters every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sunrun | Trashporters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sunrun Inc. | Easy & Convenient Trashporter, Inc. |
Customer experience
Sunrun
Trashporters
Bugs and requests
Sunrun
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes or freezes
- Frequent loading issues
- Charts and graphs not functioning properly
- Discrepancies between app and actual production
Requested features
5 requests- Download or export data
- Integrate energy usage data
- Add alerts and notifications
- Provide landscape mode on iPad
- Show year-over-year production comparisons
Trashporters
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sunrun
No in-app purchases
Trashporters
No in-app purchases









