RecycleCRD vs RDN Curbside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- View curbside recycling schedules
- Receive collection reminders
- Capital Regional District specific
- Easy to use interface
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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.
RDN Curbside
Access your waste collection schedules for green bin, recycling, and garbage in the Regional District of Nanaimo. Receive timely notifications for your collection day.
- Green bin schedules
- Recycling schedules
- Garbage schedules
- Collection reminders
- Waste schedule viewing
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Green Bin, Recycling and Garbage schedules and reminders for Regional District of Nanaimo, BC. View your waste schedule and receive collection notifications all from within this app.
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Verdict
RecycleCRD and RDN Curbside both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 96% of RDN Curbside's written reviews are positive against 85% of RecycleCRD's. RecycleCRD's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence 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
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 — 4.7 for RecycleCRD against 4.8 for RDN Curbside. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of RecycleCRD's written reviews are positive against 96% of RDN Curbside's.
RecycleCRD ships an update every 3 months, RDN Curbside every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RecycleCRD | RDN Curbside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews | 96.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Capital Regional District | Regional District of Nanaimo |
Customer experience
RecycleCRD
RDN Curbside
User reviews
RecycleCRD
From 18 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent reminders for recycling day
- 👍 Helpful with holiday schedule changes
- 👍 Useful educational game for recycling
- 👍 Notifies about cancellations
- 👍 Accurate and reliable information
Room to improve
- 🐛 App not working with new iOS version
- 🐛 Bins broken after collection
- 🐛 Trucks go up and down the street twice
- 🐛 Prefers text notifications
- 🐛 Needs more timely notice for issues
RDN Curbside
From 4 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Takes mystery out of garbage days
- 👍 Helpful "What Goes Where" feature
- 👍 Great reminders for pickup
- 👍 Makes life easier
- 👍 Convenient and easy to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Confusing garbage/recycle day display
- 🐛 In-app navigation finicky/unintuitive
- 🐛 Sporadic and incomplete information during disruptions
- 🐛 Implementation of waste collection sucks
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
RDN Curbside
Reported bugs
3 issues- Confusing garbage/recycle day display
- In-app navigation finicky/unintuitive
- Sporadic and incomplete information during disruptions
Requested features
4 requests- Reminder the morning of pickup
- Second reminder the morning of pickup
- Garden waste collection option
- More consistent reminders during disruptions
In-app purchases
RecycleCRD
No in-app purchases
RDN Curbside
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is RecycleCRD free?
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