Small daily habits can have a big impact on the planet, and these seven apps make sustainable living easier, more social, and even fun. These are our favorites for 2026.
Givore – Find and Donate
Givore is for donating and picking up secondhand things from people nearby. You set the radius, it shows you what’s around. There’s a chat, online events, and a feed where people post upcycling ideas, which is where I keep getting sucked in.
Too Good To Go
Too Good To Go sells you food that restaurants and supermarkets would otherwise toss, at a steep discount. Order, walk in, pick up your bag. You don’t fully know what’s in it until you open it. Some people love that part. Some people don’t.
Forest
Forest is a screen-time app shaped like a game. Plant a virtual tree, leave your phone alone, and if you cave before the timer ends, the tree dies. Stack up enough sessions and they plant a real one. Embarrassingly effective.
GoZeroWaste
GoZeroWaste is mostly a map of bulk stores and recycling points, plus tips for using less packaging. Useful when you’ve stood in a supermarket trying to figure out where to buy rice that isn’t wrapped in plastic.
Yuka
Yuka scans barcodes on food and cosmetics and grades the ingredients on health and sustainability. Fair warning: shopping takes twice as long once you start.
Ecosia
Ecosia is a sustainable search engine that spends its ad revenue on planting trees. You search, they plant. Over 200 million so far, by their count.
JouleBug
JouleBug turns small sustainable habits into a points game. Biked to work? Skipped the plastic bag? Log it, get badges, compete with friends if that’s the kind of thing that motivates you.
