Comparison

Achromator vs Trash Days

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Achromator

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Ever wondered why everyone keeps going on about the beautiful colors of the sunset? Having trouble seeing if a tomato is ripe? What about bananas? Or maybe you just find the world to colorful and want to keep it a little more black-and-white for the day? Achromator translates all color from the phone video stream into unique animated textures. It encodes all hues and shades - without loss of information! It even keeps much of the structure found in color, like mixing, gradual blending and complementary hues. The pattern generator can be adjusted to your personal preference - pattern size, speed and selection of individual colors.

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Trash Days

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Trash Days helps you remember which bins go out and when. Set up trash, recycling, yard-waste, compost, bulk, and glass schedules, then use local reminders so the right bin is ready before pickup. The app keeps your next pickup easy to scan and your household schedule simple to maintain. What Trash Days does: - Tracks trash, recycling, yard waste, compost, bulk, and glass bins - Supports weekly, biweekly, every-three-week, and monthly pickup schedules - Shows the next upcoming pickup on an animated home-screen card - Curbside Readiness turns the next pickup group into a tonight checklist with cart spacing, holiday-shift alerts, recycling contamination reminders, bulk-item cautions, and shareable prep notes - Sends local night-before or morning-of reminders when enabled - Includes a searchable offline recycling guide for common household items - Supports one-time holiday pickup shifts that reschedule reminders and clear after pickup - Shows a pickup calendar, household stats, and logged pickup streaks - Works on iPhone and iPad Privacy is simple: no account, no ads, no analytics SDKs, no cross-app tracking, no location access, and no developer server. Schedules, reminders, pickup logs, and guide searches stay on your device. Trash Days is a household planning aid. Local sanitation rules vary by city and hauler, so always follow your municipality's official rules for accepted materials, cart placement, bulky items, and holiday service.

Screenshots

Achromator3 screens
Trash Days4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Achromator at Free against Trash Days's $0.99. Trash Days's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Achromator is free to download; Trash Days costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Achromator ships an update monthly, Trash Days weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Achromator versus Trash Days: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAchromatorTrash Days
PriceFree โ€” better$0.99
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.617.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHANS-JURGEN GRAF GROTERobert Corbin

In-app purchases

None

Achromator

No in-app purchases

None

Trash Days

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Achromator free?
Achromator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trash Days free?
Trash Days costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Achromator or Trash Days have ads?
Neither Achromator nor Trash Days shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Achromator or Trash Days?
Achromator ships an update monthly, and Trash Days weekly. Most recently, Achromator was updated on October 25, 2026 and Trash Days on October 28, 2026.

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