Comparison

BetterPoints vs My Wheelie Bins

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

Head to head
About

BetterPoints

This app motivates users to adopt healthier habits by rewarding positive changes like walking or cycling. Earn points in sponsored areas for activities and redeem them for vouchers, local goods, or charitable donations. Track progress and participate in challenges regardless of your location.

Highlights
  • Earn rewards for walking, cycling, and public transport
  • Redeem points for high street vouchers
  • Support local independent retailers
  • Donate points to charities
  • Track activity progress
  • Participate in challenges and win prizes
Features
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I love love love BetterPoints! I have found the app to be very motivational and it has helped me become more active. – Smartypants011 Be the change you want to see! BetterPoints rewards you for making positive changes like walking instead of taking the car. Join the growing BetterPoints community and download our app, which has helped thousands of people to take those first steps towards a better life. You can only earn BetterPoints if you’re in a sponsored area but you can still record your activities, see your progress, take part in challenges and win prizes no matter where you live. In sponsored areas you can earn BetterPoints for walking, wheeling, cycling or taking the bus – or even for attending fitness classes or recycling. BetterPoints can be redeemed against high street vouchers, spent with local independent retailers and exchanged for services such as leisure centre classes. You can donate your points to national and international charities or support local causes you love. Thanks for joining in!

About

My Wheelie Bins

Features
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My Bin Reminder — Never miss a collection day again. Built by someone who has definitely dragged a bin out in pyjamas at 11pm, My Bin Reminder is the simplest way to stay on top of your household bin collections. What it does Add each of your bins once — name it, pick a colour to match your actual bin, set your next collection date and how often it repeats. My Bin Reminder does the rest, sending you a reminder the evening before so you can put the bin out at a sensible time, and an optional morning nudge on collection day itself in case you missed it. At a glance The home screen shows your next upcoming collection front and centre, with all your bins listed below sorted by how soon they're due. Urgency indicators make it obvious at a glance which bins need your attention this week. Widgets Add a small or medium widget to your home screen and you'll never need to open the app at all on most days. The small widget shows your next bin and when it's due. The medium widget shows the next collection plus your upcoming schedule — everything you need at a glance. Two reminders, your way Set an evening reminder — the night before each collection — at whatever time suits you. Enable the morning reminder too for an extra nudge on the day itself. Both are completely configurable. Built for any household, anywhere My Bin Reminder works with whatever collection schedule your local council or waste service uses. Weekly, fortnightly, every four weeks, every eight weeks — common frequencies are one tap to select. Need something different? A custom interval option covers any schedule, no matter how your local collection service works. Share with your household Use the import and export feature to share your bin schedule with anyone else in the house. Send via AirDrop, email, or Messages — they import it in one tap and they're set up instantly. Colour-coded everything Each bin gets its own colour — the same colour appears on the home screen list, in the widget, and in the next-collection card. No reading required to know which bin goes out when. Holiday-proof scheduling Councils love rearranging collections over Christmas and New Year. My Bin Reminder handles it — swipe right on any bin to skip a collection that isn't happening, or add a one-off extra date when your council throws in a bonus collection. Your regular schedule stays intact, the overrides reset automatically once the date passes, and you'll never drag a bin out unnecessarily on Christmas morning again. My Bin Reminder is part of the Stephen Foster Apps suite, built by an independent developer who makes the apps he actually needs.

Screenshots

BetterPoints3 screens
My Wheelie Bins4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BetterPoints at 16.0 against My Wheelie Bins's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BetterPoints ships an update every 10 days, My Wheelie Bins every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BetterPoints versus My Wheelie Bins: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetterPointsMy Wheelie Bins
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBetterPoints LimitedSTEPHEN RICHARD J FOSTER

In-app purchases

None

BetterPoints

No in-app purchases

None

My Wheelie Bins

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BetterPoints free?
BetterPoints is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Wheelie Bins free?
My Wheelie Bins is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BetterPoints or My Wheelie Bins have ads?
Neither BetterPoints nor My Wheelie Bins shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BetterPoints or My Wheelie Bins?
BetterPoints ships an update every 10 days, and My Wheelie Bins every 3 weeks. Most recently, BetterPoints was updated on November 1, 2026 and My Wheelie Bins on October 24, 2026.

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