Garbage Day Reminder vs Recyclr+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garbage Day Reminder
Never miss a trash day again with this intuitive app. Customize reminders for all your waste pickups, including general trash, recycling, and yard waste. Share your schedule with others for seamless household coordination.
- Customizable bin names and colors
- Flexible collection schedules (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly)
- Pre-pickup or on-day reminders
- Schedule sharing with family and neighbors
- Support for multiple waste types
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Never miss trash pickup again. Set up, track, and organize trash, recycling, and waste pickup schedules in one clear app. Check your next pickup, set reminders, and customize containers to match the real schedule for your home, rental property, shared pickup point, or business site. Basic features, with more in Plus and Pro: • Suggested pickup schedules where available • Basic dashboard with your next pickup • Reminders the day before or on pickup day • Custom residential containers with names, lid/body colors, and schedules • Support for trash, recycling, food waste, yard waste, glass, and other pickup types • Match schedules from your city, municipality, HOA, shared property, or private hauler Plus unlocks more control: • Dashboard with more upcoming pickups • Calendar view for every pickup day by location or individual container • Home Screen widgets • Up to 3 pickup locations and 8 containers per location • More household and shared container types: bags, boxes, caddies, containers, and shared 4-wheeled carts • Container contents: add lists of accepted and rejected waste items for each container • Mark containers as put out and collected • More accurate reminders when dates change • Holiday schedule handling • Add extra pickups, skip dates, or move individual pickup days • Flexible weekly and monthly repeat rules with reminder times • Snooze notifications or temporarily pause locations Pro includes everything in Plus and adds features for busier schedules: • Up to 10 pickup locations and 12 containers per location • Commercial container types such as commercial carts, roll-off dumpsters, and compactors • Daily schedules and repeats every chosen number of days • Multiple weekdays in one schedule Simple enough for one household. Flexible enough for shared homes, rentals, shared collection areas, and business schedules. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Recyclr+
Snap a photo of any item to instantly learn how to dispose of it. Get clear instructions on whether to recycle, compost, donate, or trash, with helpful tips and location-based drop-off points.
- Item identification via photo
- Disposal instructions (recycle, compost, trash)
- Donation guidance
- Location-based drop-off finder
- Environmental impact facts
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Recyclr makes recycling effortless — just snap a photo of any item and get an instant breakdown of how to dispose of it. Each scan tells you whether the item is recyclable, compostable, donatable, or trash, along with clear disposal instructions, helpful tips, and fun facts about its environmental impact. Recyclr can even point you to nearby recycling centers and donation spots based on your location, so you always know exactly where to take what you've scanned. Recyclr is completely free to use, built with the simple goal of helping everyone make smarter, more sustainable choices in the fight against climate change. Privacy Policy: https://ingredients2meals.com/recyclr/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Recyclr+ at 5.0 against Garbage Day Reminder's 3.9. Recyclr+ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Garbage Day Reminder's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Garbage Day Reminder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Recyclr+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Recyclr+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garbage Day Reminder has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Garbage Day Reminder ships an update every 2 weeks, Recyclr+ fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garbage Day Reminder | Recyclr+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Szymon Tadrzak | David De La Rosa |
Customer experience
Garbage Day Reminder
Recyclr+
In-app purchases
Garbage Day Reminder
- Premium Access1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Pro Access$2.991 Month
- Premium Access1 Month trial$7.991 Year
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- Pro Access$17.991 Year
Recyclr+
No in-app purchases
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