Trash Nothing + Freecycle vs VeGuide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trash Nothing + Freecycle
Easily give away unwanted items or find freebies in your local community. Connect with others to share reusable goods like books, clothes, and furniture. Everything is free with no strings attached.
- Give away unwanted items
- Find free items locally
- Connect with community members
- Post items for giveaway
- Request items you need
- Browse various item categories
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Give & get free stuff in your local Freecycle, Freegle and Full Circles groups. With Trash Nothing, it's easy to give away your unwanted but reusable items to people in your local community and find freebies that other people are giving away. Everything is always free with no strings attached. Freecycling works through local, volunteer run communities and not every city or town has an active community yet. The most active communities have members like you who help grow their community by telling their friends and family. Here a just a few of the things you can find (& give away) for free: books clothes furniture games electronics appliances tools building materials & much more! It's easy to use, simply post what you have to give away and request things that you want and other members of the community will contact you if they can help.
VeGuide
Transition to a vegan lifestyle with daily video guidance over 30 days. Overcome common challenges, discover vegan products, and track your progress with a growing sunflower. Unlock recipes and helpful information as you learn.
- 30-day guided vegan transition
- Daily expert-led videos
- Personalized motivation tracking
- Progress visualization (sunflower)
- Unlockable recipes and discounts
- VegAnswers for vegan knowledge
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Going vegan has never been easier than with VeGuide by The Vegan Society. The Vegan Society is the first vegan charity in the world and for over 70 years, we have been helping people go and stay vegan. Now we have taken those decades of experience to create an easy-to-use app that will guide you through your vegan journey. Over 30 days, we will cover the basics of transitioning to a vegan lifestyle with our short, daily videos. The videos are presented by Mic the Vegan, Rae Likes Froot and Jay Brave, who will act as your personal vegan guides, exploring the most common stumbling blocks to going vegan and giving you the tools to overcome them. Think you will never be able to give up cheese? Do you struggle with finding vegan products? Are you just undecided if veganism really is the right choice for you? We’ll help you with all of this and so much more! As you progress through your journey, watch your sunflower grow and blossom in the “My Progress” section of the app. Check in for the full 30 days and at the end of the journey, you should be ready to become a fully-fledged vegan! Features * Choose your motivation for going vegan and be kept on track with new quotes and facts tailored to your reasons for going vegan, each time you open the app. * Watch daily videos presented by our expert vegan guides, covering the most common struggles and questions about going vegan. * Keep track of your progress each day by watching your sunflower grow in the ‘My Progress’ section. * Answer the daily quiz correctly to unlock recipes, discount codes and new VegAnswers. * Boost your expertise with the VegAnswers section - VegAnswers are little nuggets of information that will broaden your knowledge on vegan issues. * Recipes will be added to your recipe bank so you can revisit them at any time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trash Nothing + Freecycle at 3.3 against VeGuide's 2.2. Trash Nothing + Freecycle also leads on ratings volume (105 vs 17) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). VeGuide's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
Trash Nothing + Freecycle holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trash Nothing + Freecycle has 105 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Trash Nothing + Freecycle's written reviews are positive against 33% of VeGuide's.
Trash Nothing + Freecycle ships an update every 3 months, VeGuide every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trash Nothing + Freecycle | VeGuide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (105 ratings) — better | 2.2 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Andrew Trusty | The Vegan Society |
Customer experience
Trash Nothing + Freecycle
VeGuide
Bugs and requests
Trash Nothing + Freecycle
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login and account creation issues
- Disappearing text input fields
- Inconsistent syncing of posts across platforms
- Unreliable push notifications
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to block/filter users
- Better messaging and notification system
- Improved integration with local Freecycle groups
- Rating system for users
VeGuide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trash Nothing + Freecycle
No in-app purchases
VeGuide
No in-app purchases
Questions
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