ReSmart (RecycleSmart) vs Ask Annie
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]
Ask Annie
This platform offers self-paced microlearning modules designed to enhance support skills for various clients, including those with dementia. It uses real-life scenarios and interactive quizzes to help users identify knowledge gaps and learn practical solutions for challenging situations.
- Self-paced microlearning modules
- Real-life scenario-based learning
- Interactive quizzes for knowledge gaps
- Practical solutions for challenging situations
- Search function for topic exploration
- Video content support
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Ask Annie is an engaging education platform offering self-paced microlearning. Annie guides learners through scenarios based on real-life experiences to strengthen their skills in delivering support to all clients, not only people living with dementia. The modules are short and focused on providing practical ways to address challenging situations. Learners are given the flexibility to decide what and when to learn based on their time and needs, as well as the knowledge gaps identified through interactive quizzes. The search function helps to navigate through the application and find topics that learners want to explore. Ask Annie has been designed with the user in mind making learning a very engaging and intuitive experience. Written in plain language and supported by the video content, this platform is suitable for staff from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The short modules have been written according to Dementia Australia’s own problem-solving model. The CAUSEd approach encourages staff to shift focus and understand how people living with dementia may be communicating their unmet needs through behaviors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ReSmart (RecycleSmart) at 65% against Ask Annie's 20%. ReSmart (RecycleSmart) also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). Ask Annie's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Ask Annie sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. ReSmart (RecycleSmart) asks for nothing beyond the download.
ReSmart (RecycleSmart) ships an update every 5 days, Ask Annie every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReSmart (RecycleSmart) | Ask Annie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 65.3% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RecycleSmart | Dementia Australia Limited |
Customer experience
ReSmart (RecycleSmart)
Ask Annie
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
Ask Annie
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ReSmart (RecycleSmart)
No in-app purchases
Ask Annie
- Long term and assisted living2 variants$37.99
- Nursing home care 2$37.99
- Nursing home care$37.99
Questions
Is ReSmart (RecycleSmart) free?
Is Ask Annie free?
Do ReSmart (RecycleSmart) or Ask Annie have ads?
Which is updated more often, ReSmart (RecycleSmart) or Ask Annie?
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