Bower: Recycle & get rewarded 4+
Points, cash, coupon & climate
Sugi Group AB
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- Free
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Description
Scan it. Bin it. Get rewarded with Bower.
Ready to level up your trash game? Track your impact, learn more about waste, and master sorting with Bower. Dive into a world where dealing with trash is not just good for the planet but also fun and rewarding. Do something good; join over 650,000 users and become part of the movement today.
Why Bower?
Fun challenges: Turn trash into a game by participating in exciting challenges and competitions.
Make a real impact: Track your CO2 savings and see how your efforts contribute to a cleaner environment.
Every piece of trash counts: Help create a world where everything ends up in its right place or the next best destination to get a chance of being useful.
Award-winning app: Recognised by Apple as one of Europe’s top sustainability apps, Bower has earned several major awards, including the Edie Awards 2024 and Global Startup Awards 2023.
Here’s how it works:
1. Scan it: Use our app to scan items with barcodes or snap a photo using our image recognition technology to identify any material.
2. Bin it: Locate the nearest waste or recycling location through our app or register your own. Dispose of your items properly.
3. Get rewarded: Complete challenges, join competitions, and track your environmental impact by monitoring saved CO2 emissions.
Join the Global Movement: We believe that everything has a value. By scanning and binning your waste with Bower, you help create a cleaner, more sustainable world. We’re launching globally, making it possible to scan everything, everywhere to reduce littering and improve sorting through fun and rewarding activities. Help us transform dealing with trash from a chore to a rewarding game, one scan at a time. Download Bower today.
Terms of Use: https://getbower.com/en/terms-of-use
Privacy Policy: https://getbower.com/en/private-policy
What’s New
Version 2.1.19
We’ve updated the recycling bag to give you a clearer overview of what you’ve scanned. We also took the opportunity to make a few small fixes in this release.
Ratings and Reviews
Recycling just got better.
Ocado have now joined forces with Bower Recycling. Adding the app to confirm you’ve completed your recycling of their plastic milk containers couldn’t be easier. You can use your own recycling bins at home as your deposits and get a little refund for your trouble. Excellent idea. I’ll look for more ideas from Bower.
Developer Response ,
Thank you for your amazing review! We're thrilled to hear that you find our app easy to use and that you appreciate the concept of recycling and being rewarded for it. We're constantly working on introducing more ideas and features to make your recycling experience even better. Stay tuned for more updates from Bower!
Mixed bag after update
Before I updated the app I had a bunch of coins saved up to get the top voucher amount when it became available. However since updating it they’ve been completely wiped out and I’m back down to 0. This might be a bug or planned with the way the coins now work, but either way it’s very frustrating. Other than that the update is a bit mixed. ***Edit: after I wrote this there was an in app message about points and it mentioned an email and notification sent about a week before. I don’t have notifications turn on but eventually found the email in my spam folder, even though I’d previously had emails from Bower. It would probably work better if the in app message was included before to make sure people see it.***
The increased coin amounts for vouchers is disappointing, but being able to get multiple a month is nice. I’m not sure on these missions you need to finish to get coins now. The amount you get is alright but overall feels like you’ll get less than you used to when it was per item recycled. I’m assuming as well that if you complete a mission early there’s no way to get more coins until the next one is available, which could easily put you off using the app since there’d be no point.
Developer Response ,
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us. I’m truly sorry that you lost your saved Coins—it’s totally understandable to feel frustrated after spending time collecting them. We've had to make some major changes to create a more sustainable rewards system where we had to start from scratch, and I understand this feels different from how things were before.
In the new setup, each Coin has real value, and you can redeem them without the restrictions that limited the old system. As you mentioned, you can now claim multiple vouchers per month, which hopefully helps balance things out. With missions, you’ll earn Coins for completing different recycling goals throughout the month. We’ve designed missions to give regular opportunities for Coins, but we know it feels different from per-item rewards and hope to be able to increase those rewards as we grow with new partnerships. I understand your concern about having a pause between missions. The idea is to encourage consistency and new recycling habits, but I completely get how it can feel limiting in those gaps.
Your feedback is really valuable to us, and we’re constantly working to improve the app. I hope the new system grows on you over time, but please feel free to reach out with any other concerns. We’re here to help!
All the best,
Marija at Bower
No further encouragement to recycle!!
The latest update has zapped the fun!!! I lost my points … I no longer see them increasing which was an incentive to continue with the app now with every scan it tells you you’ve earned ‘x’ points but your balance doesn’t change then you suddenly see a few points added when you acheive a challenge - which I add are lengthier to complete for regular household user!! THEN thin cardboard packaging from fruit/veg now randomly shows as needs to be recycled at a ‘recycling point’ yet a cereal packet is accepted - same thickness so whats the difference?!?!? Not only that but the app no longer works on my phone advises to reset my password - which i did .. still doesn’t work so can now only use on a tablet - lining up the camera to scan is fiddlier than zapping with your phone. Overall the update hasn’t encouraged me to keep using!!
Developer Response ,
We're so sorry to hear that you're experiencing issues in the app, please reach out to us in the help center in the app or via mail hello@getbower.com, we can then help you sort this out.
Regarding the points, we've had to make a shift recently. We completely understand that rewards per challenge/mission/etc. feels different from per-scan reward. We hope to be able to increase the amount of packages you get coins directly from scanning as we grow and get more brands to join our journey!
App Privacy
The developer, Sugi Group AB, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Financial Info
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Sugi Group AB
- Size
- 96.2 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © Sugi Group AB
- Price
- Free