Trash Nothing + Freecycle vs My Library App
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.
My Library App
Manage your library account on the go. Search catalogs, renew borrowed items, and place holds on new books. Access services from numerous participating libraries across various boroughs.
- Account management
- Catalogue search
- Renew books
- Reserve books
- Access multiple libraries
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Access Libraries Consortium libraries from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Manage your account, search the catalogue, renew and reserve books. The Libraries Consortium is made up of libraries from the following boroughs: Barking and Dagenham Libraries Brent Libraries Ealing Libraries Enfield Libraries Hackney Libraries Harrow Libraries Havering Libraries Kingston Libraries Lewisham Libraries Luton Libraries Merton Libraries Newham Libraries Sutton Libraries Tower Hamlets Libraries Vision Redbridge Culture and Leisure Waltham Forest Libraries
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: My Library App at none against Trash Nothing + Freecycle's shown. My Library App also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Trash Nothing + Freecycle's advantage is review sentiment (41% vs 6%) and rating (3.3 vs 3.0). On price, update cadence, 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
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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trash Nothing + Freecycle has 105 ratings behind it against 2, 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 6% of My Library App's.
Trash Nothing + Freecycle ships an update every 3 months, My Library App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trash Nothing + Freecycle | My Library App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (105 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews — better | 6.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| 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 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Andrew Trusty | London Borough of Sutton |
Customer experience
Trash Nothing + Freecycle
My Library App
User reviews
Trash Nothing + Freecycle
From 105 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient and easy to use
- ♻️ Great way to extend life of unwanted items
- 👍 Friendly community
- 💡 Useful app concept
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app with crashes and glitches
- 🤖 Not affiliated with Freecycle.org
- 🤔 Lack of user accountability and courtesy
- 🤷♀️ Limited activity in some areas
- 📤 Difficulty managing messages and promises
My Library App
From 2 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for checking book availability
- 👍 Handy for scanning library card
- 👍 Great when working
- 👍 Brilliant when working
- 👍 Handy
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequently stops working
- 🐛 Often stops working
- 🐛 Signs out multiple times a day
- 🐛 Scanner doesn't work or has errors
- 🐛 Keeps logging out and unlinking accounts
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
My Library App
Reported bugs
42 issues- App frequently stops working
- App signs users out multiple times a day
- Barcode scanner not working or working with errors
- App keeps logging out and unlinking accounts
- App crashes on older devices (iPad Mini 2)
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- App fails to connect to server
- App shows blank support page
- App has not been working for extended periods (months)
- App unable to connect to any services
- Catalogue search not working
- Account shows returned books as still on loan
- App does not open for some users
- Returned books not being removed from account
- Unable to delete returned books
- Unable to renew books
- Error when trying to sign in again after deletion
- App shows returned books still on loan
- Cannot search library catalogs
- App records are incorrect or incomplete
- App loses linked account information frequently
- Reserved books not being delivered to the library
- App does not have a search function on iPhone version
- App does not scroll down on iPhone version
- App only searches ebooks, not whole library content
- Pictures not loading for reserved items
- App refuses to recognise internet connection
- App shows 'unable to connect to server' error
- App regularly deletes all account information
- App not showing loans to renew, leading to overcharging
- App won't log in, requiring library visit to sort
- App frequently shows incomplete records or loses information
- App takes a long time to load data
- App is glitchy
- App search facility is poor
- App often requires re-entry of card number and PIN
- App frequently does not work
- App unable to log on for multiple days
- App cannot find local libraries
- App cannot create an account
- App search facility shows distant libraries
- App is unreliable
- App won't reinstall after deletion
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to pay fees on the app
- Add reading list function
- Ask which linked user account wants to place a hold
- Link children's accounts to parent's account
- Search by author or both title and author
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- Help section or reset PIN
In-app purchases
Trash Nothing + Freecycle
No in-app purchases
My Library App
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Trash Nothing + Freecycle free?
Is My Library App free?
Which has better reviews, Trash Nothing + Freecycle or My Library App?
Do Trash Nothing + Freecycle or My Library App have ads?
Which is updated more often, Trash Nothing + Freecycle or My Library App?
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