Comparison

Garbage Day Reminder vs Binminder

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Binminder

Features
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Binminder makes bin day simple, wherever you live. Create a free manual schedule for any local waste service, or connect to live collection data from your council or waste provider. With support for 3,500+ councils, municipalities and waste providers across 30 countries, Binminder helps households stay on top of collection days. No account is required. Free features: - Create recurring manual schedules that work anywhere - Add any bin type, emoji and collection frequency - View upcoming collections in a clear schedule - Keep your manual schedule on your device - Multiple properties in one app Premium features: - Live collection schedules from supported councils and providers - Automatic schedule updates - On-device reminders before and on collection day - Live Activities and home screen widgets - Siri integration for checking upcoming collections Eligible users can start Premium with a 1-month free trial, followed by an auto-renewing annual subscription. Pricing may vary by territory and is shown before purchase. Manual schedules remain free forever. Premium features require an active subscription after the trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://binminder.app/privacy

Screenshots

Garbage Day Reminder4 screens
Binminder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Binminder at every 2 days against Garbage Day Reminder's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Garbage Day Reminder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Binminder sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Garbage Day Reminder ships an update every 2 weeks, Binminder every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Garbage Day Reminder versus Binminder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGarbage Day ReminderBinminder
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSzymon TadrzakDean Longstaff

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Garbage Day Reminder

Subscriptions4
  • 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
1 purchases

Binminder

Subscriptions1
  • Binminder Premium1 Month trial$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Garbage Day Reminder free?
Garbage Day Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Binminder free?
Binminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Garbage Day Reminder or Binminder have ads?
Neither Garbage Day Reminder nor Binminder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Garbage Day Reminder or Binminder?
Garbage Day Reminder ships an update every 2 weeks, and Binminder every 2 days. Most recently, Garbage Day Reminder was updated on October 22, 2026 and Binminder on October 20, 2026.

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