3Crosses vs Olyns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3Crosses
Stay connected with your church community through personalized announcements and sermon content. This app helps you deepen your faith and take your next spiritual step.
- Personalized announcements
- Meaningful sermon content
- Community connection
- Faith development resources
- Next step guidance
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Welcome to the official app of 3Crosses Church! Stay connected in our community with personalized announcements, meaningful sermon content, and more that can help you take the next step in your faith. For more about 3Crosses Church, please visit 3crosses.church
Olyns
This app facilitates recycling by connecting users to a network of bottle boxes. Users can find nearby recycling locations, deposit beverage containers, and earn cash rewards redeemable via PayPal. It aims to make recycling convenient and rewarding while contributing to environmental sustainability.
- Find nearby recycling locations
- Deposit beverage containers
- Earn cash rewards
- Save Olyns card to phone wallet
- Touchless check-in via phone
- Cash out via PayPal
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Olyns is Rethinking Recycling. Our growing network of bottle boxes makes it easy and fun to recycle beverage containers for cash. Here’s how it works: 1. Download the Olyns App. 2. Create an account and save an Olyns card to your phone's Wallet. 3. Find the nearest Olyns Cube on our map. 4. Hold your phone below the Recycle Ring on the Olyns Cube for touchless check in. 5. Deposit your empty CRV containers into the Olyns Cube. 6. Earn cash for every eligible container. 7. Cash Out your balance anytime through PayPal. 8. Celebrate - you just did your part to help the planet
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 3Crosses at 4.2 against Olyns's 3.8. 3Crosses also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 21%). Olyns's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (406 vs 26). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
3Crosses holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Olyns has 406 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of 3Crosses's written reviews are positive against 21% of Olyns's.
3Crosses ships an update every 4 months, Olyns every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3Crosses | Olyns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (26 ratings) — better | 3.8 (406 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 20.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 406 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neighborhood Church of Oakland | Olyns Inc |
Customer experience
3Crosses
Olyns
Bugs and requests
3Crosses
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Olyns
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login/account verification issues
- Inconsistent container recognition
- Machines freezing/malfunctioning
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to favorite/track specific machine locations
- Real-time machine status updates
- Increase glass bottle capacity
- Expand operating hours
In-app purchases
3Crosses
No in-app purchases
Olyns
No in-app purchases
