Trash Nothing + Freecycle vs ForFree
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.
ForFree
Connect with others to exchange free items and offer assistance. This app facilitates giving away unneeded possessions to those who can benefit from them, fostering a community of kindness and mutual support.
- Free calls and messages
- Item exchange
- Community support
- Daily kindness
- Help others
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FOR FREE is a free application for free items to help people. FOR FREE users can use free calls and free messages to contact and get help from each other. The purpose of the application FOR FREE is to help each other. With kindness we will make each other happy. Old or unused things that do not mean so much to us can be very important for someone's life and bring a lot of joy. What’s excessive for you is necessary for other. Get rid of unnecessary items and help others. Do this not only in the new year or on certain days, but also make it your daily life. Kindness is contagious. You are not alone, we are with you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ForFree at none against Trash Nothing + Freecycle's shown. ForFree also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Trash Nothing + Freecycle's advantage is ratings volume (105 vs 22). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.3 for Trash Nothing + Freecycle against 3.2 for ForFree. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 105 and 22 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 41% and 42% positive.
Trash Nothing + Freecycle ships an update every 3 months, ForFree every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trash Nothing + Freecycle | ForFree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (105 ratings) — better | 3.2 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews | 41.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — 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 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Andrew Trusty | Zurab Arsoshvili |
Customer experience
Trash Nothing + Freecycle
ForFree
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
ForFree
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trash Nothing + Freecycle
No in-app purchases
ForFree
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Trash Nothing + Freecycle free?
Is ForFree free?
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