BinBud vs TrashTagger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BinBud
Identify waste types instantly with AI. Snap a photo to determine if an item is recyclable, compostable, or trash, with a confidence score provided. Join the community to help improve future updates.
- AI-powered waste identification
- Classifies 14 trash categories
- Provides confidence scores
- Supports recycling, composting, and trash sorting
- Community feedback integration
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BinBud is an app designed to help users quickly and accurately identify different types of waste using a local VGG16 Keras model. The app classifies 14 distinct categories of trash based on a photo and provides a confidence score alongside the predicted type of waste. This allows users to make informed decisions about whether to recycle, compost, or dispose of items in the trash. We actively seek feedback to enhance the app, and we welcome all users to join our Discord community for suggestions, criticism, or general discussion about future updates.
TrashTagger
This app uses AI to identify litter in user-submitted photos and maps their locations. Users can track their impact, compete on a leaderboard, and join a community focused on environmental cleanup.
- AI-powered trash identification
- GPS location recording
- Interactive litter map
- User contribution leaderboard
- Community engagement
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TrashMapper is an innovative app designed to empower users to take action against litter. Using AI technology, the app identifies trash in photos taken by users and records the GPS location, creating a dynamic map of littered areas. Users can view these mapped locations, track their contributions on a leaderboard, and join a community dedicated to making the planet cleaner. With TrashMapper, spotting trash becomes the first step in creating a cleaner, greener future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TrashTagger at every 6 days against BinBud's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BinBud against 5.0 for TrashTagger. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
BinBud ships an update every 3 weeks, TrashTagger every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BinBud | TrashTagger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brody Roberts | Coding Minds, Inc. |
Customer experience
BinBud
TrashTagger
In-app purchases
BinBud
No in-app purchases
TrashTagger
No in-app purchases
