Plovie: Recycle & get rewarded

Name: Plovie: Recycle & get rewarded
Rating: 4.5 (501 reviews)
Author: Sugi Group AB

Points, cash, coupon & climate

Only for iPhone

Free

501 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Lifestyle
Developer

Sugi Group AB
Language

EN
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Size

102.7
MB

iPhone

Bower becomes Plovie! Same app, same mission to help you sort and recycle your household waste. Rewarding you for every action to make this planet better. Scan it. Bin it. Get rewarded with Bower. Get Rewards for Sorting and Recycling with Bower Earn coins when sorting and recycling your waste! With Bower, your efforts are rewarded—you can convert collected coins to cash, redeem discount coupons, or donate to charitable causes. Feeling lucky? You might even win prizes! Join over 700,000 users who are turning waste disposal into a rewarding experience while contributing to a cleaner, more sustainable world. Why Bower? - Earn rewards for recycling: Collect coins for your sorting and recycling efforts. Turn them into cash, discounts, or donations, and win big prizes. - Be part of the solution: Help increase the circularity of single-use packaging and reduce littering by ensuring waste ends up in the right place. - Learn and improve: Bower makes sorting easy by teaching you the proper way to dispose of every item, helping you become a recycling expert. - See your impact: Track your CO2 savings and see the difference you’re making for the planet. - Globally recognized: Award-winning app, named one of Europe’s top sustainability apps by Apple, and winner of the Edie Awards 2024 and Global Startup Awards 2023. How It Works: - Scan: Use the app to identify items with barcodes or photo recognition and learn how to dispose of them correctly. - Recycle: Locate nearby recycling or waste bins through the app or register your own. - Get rewarded: Earn coins, track your impact, and win prizes for every item you sort and recycle. Join the global movement and turn waste disposal into a rewarding experience. Download Bower today and start earning rewards for making a positive impact on the planet. Terms of Use: https://getbower.com/en/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://getbower.com/en/private-policy

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

501 Ratings

Terrible update
01/05/2025

Dragonsnap2
UPDATEBower contacted me very quickly following this review and the situation was resolved very quickly once my account was back in the UK. All great again.The app was working great until this morning and now it’s like I’m a new user. So far I’ve been asked what language I use, there are no product details on anything I frequently recycle and now I’ve got to start again with adding bins and can’t recycle anything until I do - even my own bins. I’ve been using this app for over 2 years now but I’m seriously thinking of stopping using it. Please reinstate all the details that were there yesterday. It’s too time consuming for me to have to add every detail regarding material, name etc.

Developer Response
Update-We're so pleased to hear that this is now fixed! Thank you for updating your review and for your patience with the issue.We are truly sorry about this! In a recent update we've experienced issues with the app moving you to a different country causing the missing info. You can easily fix this yourself, just follow these steps: 1. Go to your profile page in the app 2. Tap the Settings in the top right corner 3. Scroll down and hit Logout 4. On the very first screen, make sure you select United Kingdom as your country on the top center of the screen 5. Log in with the same email and password as previously, and then everything should be back to normal! If you still experience these issues, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team to solve this issue! Thank you for your patience 💚
Terrible update
01/05/2025

Dragonsnap2

UPDATEBower contacted me very quickly following this review and the situation was resolved very quickly once my account was back in the UK. All great again.The app was working great until this morning and now it’s like I’m a new user. So far I’ve been asked what language I use, there are no product details on anything I frequently recycle and now I’ve got to start again with adding bins and can’t recycle anything until I do - even my own bins. I’ve been using this app for over 2 years now but I’m seriously thinking of stopping using it. Please reinstate all the details that were there yesterday. It’s too time consuming for me to have to add every detail regarding material, name etc.
Developer Response 08/05/2025
Update-We're so pleased to hear that this is now fixed! Thank you for updating your review and for your patience with the issue.We are truly sorry about this! In a recent update we've experienced issues with the app moving you to a different country causing the missing info. You can easily fix this yourself, just follow these steps: 1. Go to your profile page in the app 2. Tap the Settings in the top right corner 3. Scroll down and hit Logout 4. On the very first screen, make sure you select United Kingdom as your country on the top center of the screen 5. Log in with the same email and password as previously, and then everything should be back to normal! If you still experience these issues, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team to solve this issue! Thank you for your patience 💚
Mixed bag after update
05/10/2024

Jymoz-bob
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
Mixed bag after update
05/10/2024

Jymoz-bob

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 04/10/2024
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
Addicting & Beneficial
28/01/2025

K.O.H95
Always done the bulk of recycling at home and at work, so this has always show that what I’m doing is worth it. Very easy to use and full in certain products that haven’t been registered yet. Only thing I will say is that I wish there was an update feature on bin drop-off locations. Sometimes if a user has forgotten a certain category of trash that can be disposed of at their drop-off it stays that way. Really good app!

Developer Response
Thank you for your review, we are so happy to hear that you enjoy the app! You can actually report the bin drop-off locations so we can update them in the app. If you are at a station that is missing information, click on it in the app and "Report a problem"!
Addicting & Beneficial
28/01/2025

K.O.H95

Always done the bulk of recycling at home and at work, so this has always show that what I’m doing is worth it. Very easy to use and full in certain products that haven’t been registered yet. Only thing I will say is that I wish there was an update feature on bin drop-off locations. Sometimes if a user has forgotten a certain category of trash that can be disposed of at their drop-off it stays that way. Really good app!
Developer Response 30/01/2025
Thank you for your review, we are so happy to hear that you enjoy the app! You can actually report the bin drop-off locations so we can update them in the app. If you are at a station that is missing information, click on it in the app and "Report a problem"!
No further encouragement to recycle!!
07/11/2024

Kkmoments
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!
No further encouragement to recycle!!
07/11/2024

Kkmoments

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 13/11/2024
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!

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