Comparison

RecycleCRD vs Dancing Decibels

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

Head to head
About

RecycleCRD

Access curbside recycling schedules and receive timely reminders for the Capital Regional District. Stay informed about your collection days and ensure you never miss a pickup.

Highlights
  • View curbside recycling schedules
  • Receive collection reminders
  • Capital Regional District specific
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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Recycling schedules and reminders for the Capital Regional District. View your curbside recycling schedule and receive reminders all from within this app.

About

Dancing Decibels

This live music and festival app helps you navigate event schedules with multiple viewing options. Easily favorite artists, set alarms, and discover new music with genre filtering and search functionality. Enjoy a night mode for comfortable viewing in low light.

Highlights
  • Multiple schedule views (grid, time, stage)
  • Favorite artists and set alarms
  • Artist search and genre filtering
  • Night mode for low-light viewing
  • Mark artists as seen
  • Rank favorite artists
Features
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ShambaTimes is now Dancing Decibels! Your live music / festival event app with Dancing Decibels! Now more than just Schedules for Shambhala! With Dancing Decibels you have multiple ways to view and search the schedule and can easily favorite an artist with a simple tap. Don't miss that can't miss set! Set an alarm! Schedules by Grid - The grid view gives a great overview of the whole schedule, making it easy to see conflicts and who's playing. Zoom in and out with the pinch gesture to see more times at once. Schedules by Time - View which artists are playing in 30 minute increments, swipe left / right to change the time, or select from the time list on the left. Tap a stage to jump to Schedules by Stage. Schedules by Stage - Lists of who is playing at each stage for each day. If they're currently playing, it will show it. Tap an artist to jump to it in Schedules by Time. Favourites - Flag artists as your favourite and you can keep an eye on them here so you don't miss them! You can rank your favorites to provide more depth to your schedule. Artist List - A full list of all the artists playing, with the ability to filter them by genre to explore what's out there. Search - From any page you can search for the artist by typing in their name. Clicking on the results will take you to the artist on that screen. On the settings screen, it will jump you to Time. Night Mode - No more straining your eyes on white backgrounds at 2AM. With an always on, or automatic switching mode, your eyes are set! Really like an Artist you just heard? Favourite it! No more trying to remember, who that really awesome artist was at 3:00 AM in the morning. Don't want to forget who you saw? You can flag artists as seen by long pressing any heart once their set has begun. See you all at Shambhala!

Screenshots

RecycleCRD3 screens
Dancing Decibels4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dancing Decibels at fortnightly against RecycleCRD's every 3 months. Dancing Decibels also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). RecycleCRD's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dancing Decibels holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of RecycleCRD's written reviews are positive against 80% of Dancing Decibels's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RecycleCRD ships an update every 3 months, Dancing Decibels fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RecycleCRD versus Dancing Decibels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecycleCRDDancing Decibels
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (18 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.2% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB77 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCapital Regional DistrictBenjamin Abramovitch

Customer experience

RecycleCRD

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive85.2%
Neutral9.3%
Negative5.6%

Dancing Decibels

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

RecycleCRD

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cannot find address on new phone
  • Notifications stopped working
  • App does not work with IOS Version 18.05

Requested features

8 requests
  • Fix app for iOS Version 18.05
  • Provide a better idea of pickup time (morning/afternoon)
  • Notification 2 days in advance
  • More notifications for service cancellations
  • Take plastic/candy wrap products and styrofoam
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  • More timely notice when things go sideways
  • Earlier reminder (a day earlier)
  • Earlier reminder to put out bins before leaving mom's house

Dancing Decibels

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

RecycleCRD

No in-app purchases

None

Dancing Decibels

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RecycleCRD free?
RecycleCRD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dancing Decibels free?
Dancing Decibels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RecycleCRD or Dancing Decibels?
Dancing Decibels is rated higher. RecycleCRD averages 4.7 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Dancing Decibels averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do RecycleCRD or Dancing Decibels have ads?
Neither RecycleCRD nor Dancing Decibels shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RecycleCRD or Dancing Decibels?
RecycleCRD ships an update every 3 months, and Dancing Decibels fortnightly. Most recently, RecycleCRD was updated on September 22, 2026 and Dancing Decibels on September 3, 2026.

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