Brilliant app! We had a lot of food leftover from a sports event; the local food bank took a large amount and we offered the items they couldn't take on Olio. Had a great response and it made our day to see dozens of baked potatoes and fresh sausages go to a good home instead of landfill.
This is a great idea and I use it a lot to collect and giveaway. But..... I find it impossible to contact admin with a query. For instance; What to do if someone constantly ignores messages (even when they've been read)? How to ask a question to the community? Why so many inappropriate adverts that go on and on? (I'm happy to get adverts but not so lengthy). EDIT: Having read some of the reviews, it seems I'm not the only one to have issues so, please, admin look into this.
it would be better if the app provide the giver location as the map only show Singapore general map hard to tell where the location is. if can provide map with town and HDB block number, it would be good. as I mostly walk to collect.
only downloaded 2days ago but so far loving it no issues with glitches or slowness ect that seem to be in the reviews. I found it easy to list and someone came to collect 2 hours later. pretty easy to navigate and excited to share and collect more items would recommend giving it a go.
absolutely fantastic app and the concept of it is amazing, so simple and easy to use. my household is obsessed with Olio,completely and utterly free food and household items! you can place wanted ads for household items and even sell and buy items. saving money,helping the planet and connecting with the local community, it's a amazing app.
few greedy people that collect and don't share, ignore your request, or list at 2145 and say must collect by 2200, meaning they keep everything they collect. but there are a few that are genuine, kind, and share. depends on your area. The ethos of the site is to stop waste. The collector is only meant to collect 10%, but some think it's their shopping trip. They run multiple accounts in different names at the same address it's so they can do around 8 collections where the max is 3. Be Kind 😇
Absolute RUBBISH. Poor app layout used by unclear. ignorant, obnoxious, stupid users. This app has really gone downhill over the years. many errors and crashes. Difficult to use. too many notifications drain your battery. some advertised features aren't there at all. I'm only giving one star because I can't give zero.
I love it but by god please edit the notifications for messages! Consistently I will get a single notification when I actually have multiple individual messages from different users. This is a nightmare for food heroes! Please just use a normal notification system where each message = a different banner notification. edited: the app is somehow even more buggy than it was. Even the forgot password link doesn't work.
Shame to see how it's changed. It used to be focused on collecting local food for free that would go to waste. Now so much of it is reduced food to buy from supermarkets. Also monetised their "supporters" plan to give priority to those on their subscription...
What an amazing app with multi - faceted use. Whether you are buying, selling, need help in tough times, or would like to help others this app is a must. There is even a section for lending or borrowing various tools and equipment. It also has filters such as distance adjusting and much much more!
