Bin Day Alert7.6 - App Store

Never forget when to put your bins out for collection. Is this week recycling or is that next week? Configure your different bin schedules in the app and then forget about it! Notifications will remind you when it is time to put out each type. Use the Apple Watch App or Widgets to quickly see your next collection.

Use Siri shortcuts to ask when the next collection dates are for all bin schedules, which bin schedules are due on the next collection date, or when the next collection date is for an individual schedule. Manage shortcuts in Bin Day Alert's settings screen, the Shortcuts app, or in the Siri & Search section of Apple's Settings app.

The app supports a wide range of collection schedules, making it suitable for use at home or business premises: a specific day each week; multiple days each week; a specific day every 2, 3, 4 or 5 weeks; or a specific day on one or more weeks of the month.

Each schedule can have up to two alerts. Each alert can either be for the day before or the day of the bin collection. Snooze an alert notification by 15 minutes if you're busy right now, or by 1 day/week if a public holiday has temporarily changed the bin schedule.

Going on vacation? There's a single setting to quickly disable all alerts.

Back up your bin schedules to iCloud Drive, Dropbox etc. for safekeeping. Easily share your bin schedules with neighbors so they don't have to configure the app themselves.

Version History This app has been updated by Apple to prepare for watchOS 27 compatibility. No new features are included.

• Added support for schedules that repeat every 6-8 weeks.

If you find Bin Day Alert useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 7.6 01/16/2023 • iOS Lock Screen widgets to view the next collection date for a single bin schedule and view all bin schedules for the next collection date.
• Calendar view to visualise all collections for the months ahead (requires iOS 16).
• Inactive bin schedules are now shown in the main view.

If you find Bin Day Alert useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 7.5 09/19/2022 • The small Next Collection Date widget now shows schedule names if space is available.
• The Next Collection Dates widget is now available at the small size.

In version 7.3:
• If a schedule is only collected at certain times of the year, it can be marked inactive when it is not being collected. This disables the schedule and prevents its alerts from occurring. Re-active the schedule when the collection restarts.
If you find Bin Day Alert useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbors and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 7.4 01/25/2022 • If a schedule is only collected at certain times of the year, it can be marked inactive when it is not being collected. This disables the schedule and prevents its alerts from occurring. Re-active the schedule when the collection restarts.

If you find Bin Day Alert useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbors and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 7.3 01/21/2022 • Minor user interface improvements.

If you find Bin Day Alert useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 7.2 12/12/2021 • Notifications are marked as Time Sensitive to allow them to break through a Focus.

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Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 7.1 09/19/2021 NEW STYLE WIDGETS
• Added iOS/iPadOS 14 widgets. There are three different widgets available, each in two sizes, making six in total:
• View the next collection date for a single bin schedule.
• View all bin schedules for the next collection date.
• View the next collection date for multiple bin schedules.
• The old-style widget can still be used on iOS/iPadOS 14.

If you find Bin Day Alert useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 7.0 04/15/2021 • Minor user interface improvements.

If you find Bin Day Alert useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 6.4 01/02/2021 • Support for new iPhone devices.

If you find Bin Day Alert useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 6.3 10/20/2020 • Minor user interface improvements on iOS/iPadOS 14.

If you find Bin Day Alert useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 6.2 09/18/2020 • Improvements to mouse/trackpad support for iPadOS 13.4 and later.

Bin Day Alert does not prompt you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 6.1 05/30/2020 == iOS 13 Support ==
• Light/Dark appearance (follows the system configuration).
• Visual design refresh (some new button icons, rounded corners etc.)
• Long press a Bin Schedule to preview its configuration.

== Miscellaneous ==
• Improvements for accessibility Dynamic Type text sizes.
• Added "Delete Bin Schedule" button to Edit Bin Schedule screen.
• Minor user interface changes (e.g. "Done" is now "Save" when editing a Bin Schedule).
Bin Day Alert does not prompt you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 6.0.1 09/28/2019 == iOS 13 Support ==
• Light/Dark appearance (follows the system configuration).
• Visual design refresh (some new button icons, rounded corners etc.)
• Long press a Bin Schedule to preview its configuration.

== Miscellaneous ==
• Improvements for accessibility Dynamic Type text sizes.
• Added "Delete Bin Schedule" button to Edit Bin Schedule screen.
• Minor user interface changes (e.g. "Done" is now "Save" when editing a Bin Schedule).
Bin Day Alert does not prompt you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 6.0 09/14/2019 • Behind the scenes changes to improve compatibility with the future.

Bin Day Alert does not prompt you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 5.1.1 07/19/2019 • Improved support for larger Dynamic Type text sizes.

Bin Day Alert does not prompt you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 5.1 07/10/2019 • The 'Share it with other People' feature in the Settings screen for recommending the app now includes a 'QR Code' option. Another person can scan the code with their camera app and tap the notification that appears to be taken directly to the App Store page for Bin Day Alert.
• A new Share button in the Bin Schedules setting screen allows the bin schedule configuration to be shared using AirDrop, a special link or QR Code. Open that link or scan the code on another device that has the app installed and the app will start the process of importing the schedules. This is a great way to share your configuration with neigbors so that they won't have to configure the app themselves (unless they want different alert times).
• New Share button in the main screen allows quick sharing of a link to the App Store page for the app, or sharing your bin schedule configuration.
• Improved support for Smart Invert accessibility feature: bin colours are no longer inverted (except black, which becomes white).
• Fixed minor layout problems on iPhone Plus, XS Max and XR.

Bin Day Alert does not prompt you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbors and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 5.0 06/18/2019 ・Upcoming alerts for bin collections can appear in the Siri Watch face.

Bin Day Alert does not prompt you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 4.7 02/13/2019 ・Siri shortcut to view the next collection date for all bin schedules.
・Siri shortcut to view the bin schedules for the next collection date.
・Siri shortcuts to view the next collection date for each individual bin schedule.
・Shortcuts run in the background without opening the app.
・On iOS, a Widget-like custom response view also shows the results.
・Manage shortcuts in Bin Day Alert's settings screen or in the Siri & Search section of Apple's Settings app.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have created a backup of your bin schedules, please make a new one after updating the app. If you use the app with the same configuration on other devices, restore from the new backup. This ensures that Siri shortcuts will correctly reference the bin schedules if you need to restore from a backup in the future.

Bin Day Alert does not prompt you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbors and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 4.6 01/31/2019 ・Changes to the Settings screen to try and increase the number of app reviews without having to prompt for them.

Bin Day Alert does not prompt you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store, or recommend it to family, friends, neighbors and colleagues. This makes a huge difference to me and the future of the app.

Thanks in advance,
Geoff. 4.5 01/15/2019 ・Support for new iPad devices.

Bin Day Alert never prompts you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. Thanks in advance. 4.4 11/03/2018 ・Improved iOS 12 compatibility.

In version 4.3:
・Support for new iPhone and Watch devices.

Bin Day Alert never prompts you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. Thanks in advance. 4.3.1 09/20/2018 ・iOS 12 compatibility.
・Support for new iPhone and Watch devices.

Bin Day Alert never prompts you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. Thanks in advance. 4.3 09/19/2018 ・Backups can now optionally be password-protected.
・User interface improvements.
・Improved VoiceOver support.

Bin Day Alert never prompts you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. Thanks in advance. 4.2 08/23/2018 ・Fixed issue where Today Widget contents were sometimes cropped.
・Added Privacy Policy to Settings-> About screen.

Bin Day Alert never prompts you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store or recommend it to family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. Thanks in advance. 4.1 06/27/2018 ・Use "Today" or "Tomorrow" instead of a full date if the next collection date is today or tomorrow.
・Back up your bin schedules to iCloud, Dropbox etc. for safekeeping, to copy between your devices, or to share with neighbors.

Bin Day Alert never prompts you for a review. If you find the app useful, please rate or review it in the App Store or recommend it to family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues. Thanks in advance. 4.0 06/01/2018