8 Apps to Download If You Want to Live More Sustainably in 2024

We all deserve a little treat sometimes, and with Too Good to Go, your little treats can double as your 2024 efforts reduce food waste. Too Good to Go, available in select cities, allows users to purchase discounted meals, treats and drinks from local restaurants that would otherwise be sent to landfill. According to the company’s Impact Report, users around the world saved 78,873,299 meals in 2022. Good for your wallet, good for your tummy and good for local restaurants: a win-win-win!

You get home from the grocery store, only to find you’re short on the ingredients you need to make that new dinner recipe you wanted to try tonight. Or, perhaps you’re organizing the kitchen and realize you have far more coffee makers than you really need. Enter Olio, an app that lets you share items with neighbors in your community. From books to bread to baking dishes, you can offer up excess items or ask for the things you need, all while 1) avoiding buying new products and 2) preventing perfectly good products from being thrown in the trash.

Don’t you hate when you walk past a fruit tree in your neighborhood, and it’s filled with fruit that no one seems to be claiming? Falling Fruit is an app that is aiming to make better use of local produce. The app consists of a map that users help generate with information on local food sources, such as fruit and nut trees on public land to blackberry bushes along forest trails. It also points out food sources on private property with fruit hanging over into public spaces, but always ask for permission to pick before proceeding. No matter what food sources are available near you, you can start growing your foraging skillset with this handy app.

You might want to reduce your carbon footprint by driving a car less this year, or maybe you just want to take in more fresh air and get more exercise by riding your bike more often. Either way, you can find the best bike routes wherever you go with Bikemap. The app helps you find safe biking routes, big or small, and even tracks your biking stats (like speed and elevation) in real time. The map also shows where riders can find important stops, like restrooms, water stops, restaurants or repair shops along or near the route. Ride on!

Maybe 2024 is the year you switch to a plug-in hybrid or fully electric vehicle. One thing that keeps some drivers from switching to an EV, though, is a fear known as “range anxiety”, or not knowing how far it will be until you can find a charging station. Worry no more thanks to PlugShare, an app that will help you locate EV chargers. More emissions-free roadtrips in the new year? Yes, please!

New year, new you — or at least, maybe, a new-to-you wardrobe. With Good On You, you can give your closet a refresh, the sustainable way. Ditch fast fashion, skip synthetic fabrics or support more ethical fashion brands by finding sustainable brands through the Good On You app. The app ranks brands based on three key pillars: people, planet and animals. Once you find a brand that matches your values, you may even score deals through the app.

By now, you probably already know the benefits of skipping plastic, single-use water bottles. Maybe you even have a favorite water bottle that you bring everywhere. But it’s not always easy to determine when and where you’ll be able to fill up, but Tap helps you find water refill stations wherever you are. In addition to locating nearby water stations, it provides directions and even helps you track your daily water consumption. Make 2024 the year you reduce your plastic waste … and drink more water!

Maybe you weren’t able to nail down one or two specific sustainability changes you wanted to make this year, instead hoping to overall live more sustainably. Thanks to Ailuna, you can make meaningful impacts in a range of different actions with various challenges. You can choose actions that take just a day or up to a week to complete, challenge friends in the app and encourage others or receive encouragement. Work toward habits like eating less meat, driving less or saving more energy at home.