ReSmart (RecycleSmart) vs FrogID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReSmart (RecycleSmart)
This app simplifies recycling by offering convenient doorstep collection for hard-to-recycle items like soft plastics, textiles, and e-waste. Users can easily book pickups, receive notifications, and track their environmental impact, making it simple to participate in the circular economy.
- Book pickups in one tap
- Receive pickup notifications
- Change or cancel pickup dates
- Track landfill diversion
- Schedule recurring pickups
- Doorstep collection service
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The Pickup Company - Off your hands, into the loopx Take the confusion and hassle out of recycling and become a recycling champion… from home! With ReSmart Pickup, we come to your door to collect your soft plastics, textiles, e-waste and a long list of other tricky-to-recycle items like batteries, light bulbs, aluminium coffee capsules, polystyrene, toys, books and many more! This service is available in a growing number of selected councils - we'll tell you straight away if you are eligible. Use the app to: Book your Pickup in one tap Receive notifications Change or cancel your pickup date super easily Track how much you've diverted from landfill How does ReSmart Pickup work? Book your Pickup - Want to recycle regularly? Select our "set and forget" option: we'll come monthly and you'll never worry about those tricky-to-recycle items again! Pack your bags - Use any shopping bag you have at home (those green, blue, yellow supermarket bags? Perfect!). Just fill them with everything we collect. Leave it out - On pickup day, leave your bag at your front door in a safe spot. You don't even need to be home! We handle the rest - Your local driver collects your bag, empties it, returns it for next time, then sorts everything and ensures your valuable resources get recycled properly. Get your items off your hands and into the loop - recycling made easy. Get Australia's most downloaded recycling app and join the circular economy revolution now!RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses. [:mav: 9.7.5]
FrogID
This app allows users to identify Australian frog species by recording their calls. It contributes to a national citizen science initiative, helping experts track frog populations and monitor waterway health.
- Record frog calls
- Identify frog species
- Citizen science project
- Submit records for verification
- Track frog populations
- Monitor waterway health
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FrogID is Australia’s first national citizen science frog identification initiative – a project led by the Australian Museum in partnership with Australia’s leading natural history museums and IBM. Use the App to create a profile, record frog calls and match your calls to the frog calls on the app. Then upload your records to the Australian Museum frog experts for species verification. With your help we can put more frog species on the map and track changes to their species and habitats over time, and therefore monitor our waterway's health.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ReSmart (RecycleSmart) at every 5 days against FrogID's every 4 months. ReSmart (RecycleSmart) also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (65% vs 52%). FrogID's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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.
ReSmart (RecycleSmart) holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FrogID has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of ReSmart (RecycleSmart)'s written reviews are positive against 52% of FrogID's.
ReSmart (RecycleSmart) ships an update every 5 days, FrogID every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReSmart (RecycleSmart) | FrogID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.6 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.3% of reviews — better | 52.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RecycleSmart | Australian Museum |
Customer experience
ReSmart (RecycleSmart)
FrogID
User reviews
ReSmart (RecycleSmart)
From 3 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Innovative AI photo identification
- 👍 Easy to use app
- ♻️ Great service for recycling
- 🌍 Helps reduce landfill waste
- 🚀 Efficient collection service
Room to improve
- 🐛 Photo AI not working
- 🐛 Error with photo identification
- 🐛 No delete photo function
- 🐛 Takes wrong items, ignores emails
- 🐛 No mobile phone number required
FrogID
From 18 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for learning frog calls
- 💡 Citizen science contribution
- 🤩 Fun for kids and adults
- 🗺️ Helps identify frogs in area
- ✅ Accurate matching results (for some)
Room to improve
- 😞 Limited to Australia
- 🐌 Long wait for confirmation
- 🤷🏼 No photo search
- 😔 Discouraging lack of feedback
- 👎 Useless if not working
Bugs and requests
ReSmart (RecycleSmart)
Reported bugs
17 issues- Photo AI not working
- Error with photo identification
- No delete photo function
- App crashes when selecting items
- Forced updates without a close option
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- Wrong pick up day in calendar after update
- Incorrect bin information after update
- App freezes when submitting details
- Address recognition issues
- Council lookup fails
- App asks for address and then shows error
- App crashes on selection
- Incorrect council area listed
- Address/council not found error
- App doesn't display green bin days
- App crashes every time
- General waste default on recyclables
Requested features
24 requests- Fix photo AI feature
- Add delete photo function
- Provide contact details for un-covered items
- Add bedding section for quilts and pillows
- Add watch app for schedule reminders
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- Include ALDI battery recycling info
- Improve search functionality
- Clarify paper and cardboard section
- Fix incorrect item classifications
- Add query option for unlisted items
- Allow booking without mobile number
- Improve app design and booking process
- Provide information on number of collections per year
- Allow rescheduling of pickups
- Improve clarity of written descriptions
- Add dark mode option
- Make 'report' button more obvious
- Fix incorrect image for packaging pellets
- Allow users to check bin calendar without account
- Improve address recognition and council lookup
- Allow users to select bins without account
- Add option to expand or add to plan
- Allow users to book without providing mobile number
- Fix bin day display for green bins
FrogID
Reported bugs
43 issues- App crashes constantly
- Database updating hangs
- Recording issues (cutting out, no results)
- App freezes
- App logs off frequently
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- Photo upload fails or disappears
- Password issues
- Cannot record with Bluetooth
- App crashes on opening/explore screen
- Lost recordings
- App not loading
- Microphone not working
- Notes section behind keyboard
- Submit icon frozen
- Null frogs error
- App closes itself
- Cannot submit recordings
- App crashes when accessing Profile
- Recording page issues
- Cannot send recordings
- Submit status 'not submitted'
- App crashes frequently
- No way to match new frogs
- App closes down when accessing Profile
- Cannot record without audio
- App hangs and hangs
- Verification is very slow
- App is deaf unless frog is close
- Assumptions on species based on habitat
- Upload doesn't work
- No way to know if recording submitted
- Frustrating bugs
- No feedback on submissions
- App keeps logging off
- Photos too small
- Cannot identify rare species
- App is useless if not working
- No expert or community verification
- Primitive app, needs work
- Limited to Australia
- Long wait for confirmation
- No photo search
- Discouraging lack of feedback
Requested features
12 requests- Add photo search functionality
- Include other countries (e.g., US, Minnesota)
- Allow photo submission without audio
- Add a short list function
- Add a call playlist function
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- Show user status (e.g., Tadpole)
- Add a stats page showing population changes
- Allow uploading audio from video/audio clips
- Option to upload photo for identification
- Filter based on location
- Add dark mode
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
ReSmart (RecycleSmart)
No in-app purchases
FrogID
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ReSmart (RecycleSmart) free?
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Which has better reviews, ReSmart (RecycleSmart) or FrogID?
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Which is updated more often, ReSmart (RecycleSmart) or FrogID?
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