Olio — Share More, Waste Less 2.167.8

Reviews

1 ★, on 2023-11-06
Utterly useless. No one in my area is posting, or at least I think that's what's going on; I can't tell because searching on a map (along with everything else!) is paywalled?? Plus you have to sign up before you can even see if your neighborhood has anything, which is a slimy policy. There are better apps out there for similar purposes.

3 ★, on 2021-10-11
Good concept and the app is well implemented for posting, discovery, and messaging. I'm glad that this app made it easy for me to give away things that I don't need anymore, but which other people would benefit from. The pop-ups to support the app are really really annoying though. I get that they need money to support the project, but it feels really frustrating to be harassed and interrupted by the ads several times a day while I'm giving away loads of stuff for free! It honestly made me want to stop using the app and just throw my stuff in the bin. I think if they just made it so that the ads to support only showed at most once every few days, this would be a big improvement. Also their bot is very annoying and there's no way to disable it as far as I can tell. This is detrimental since I want to treat messages from people as high priority and get a sound notification, but I don't want to be spammed by their bot, and there's no way for me to differentiate the two. They should use a separate notification channel for bot messages so I can make them lower priority notifications.

3 ★, on 2020-02-14
The app has some software issues however the purpose and vision of less food waste and more sharing make it a great app. I would give the idea five stars but the app itself gets 2 stars. The messaging system frequently doesn't send messages. I have now experience this multiple times over several months, leading to me waiting half an hour for the message to be read and twice having a pickup cancelled.

5 ★, on 2020-02-21
Absolutely LOVE this app! It's a great way to get rid of your unwanted food & non-food items by giving the stuff to others in need! When I first joined I posted quite a few food items & somebody requested them, then picked them up quickly! Also have experienced getting things from others. ALL of my experiences have been with great people. Its a fantastic app!

1 ★, on 2024-01-08
Horrible! I've been trying to add photos for the last few minutes but anytime I add them, I get kicked out the app and have to start again, and that's whether I add one or more at a time. It's infuriating. I've given it permission to access media files but nope, no luck. I thought it was a good idea to shift some stuff, but I can't even get started.

2 ★, on 2024-01-07
Great concept, but i find it a little unfair that once you use it a few times in a week, you don't get notified of new items for an hour after they been posted and on top of that you have to keep watching ads to message someone. It's not very helpful to the needy, and this is struggling in all honesty. Surely, it would make sense to see the items when listed and then watch an add to message. The message received says, "You've had items in 7 days, so posts are delayed for 1to give others a chance