Report updated Jun 22, 2026
My WM
For existing residential and commercial Waste Management customers requiring account, billing, and pickup schedule management.
My WM is a struggling utilities app that is completely free. With a 4.5/5 rating from 87.2K reviews, it struggles with user retention. Users particularly appreciate reliable and professional waste collection service provided by local drivers, though automated customer service systems prevent users from reaching human support agents remains a common concern.
What is My WM?
My WM is a utility app for residential and commercial waste management customers to track pickups and manage billing on iOS and Android.
Users hire the app to avoid phone-based support for routine tasks, but the current failure to resolve billing disputes in-app forces them back into the very support loops they seek to escape.
Current Momentum
v7.5 · 1mo ago
Maintenance- Implemented general bug fixes recently.
- Maintains stable release cadence.
Active Nemesis
Republic Services
By Republic Services
Other Rivals
7-Day Rank Pulse 🇺🇸
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Recent User Mood
What makes this app unique?
What Does It Look Like?
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What Are The Key Features?
Real-time view of pickup schedules and weather-related service alerts.
Dedicated interface for commercial customers to manage container logistics.
Enrollment in autopay and paperless billing cycles.
How much does it cost?
- Free utility app for existing Waste Management customers
The app functions as a free service utility to support existing customer accounts and reduce operational overhead.
Who Built It?
Waste Management
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Publisher profile available very soon
What other apps does Waste Management make?
What do users think recently?
High confidence · Latest 120 of 176 total reviews analyzed · Based on 176 reviews. Signal may be noisy.
How did the latest release land?
What is the recent mood?
Recent user voice shows a upset sentiment. Users appreciate reliable and professional waste collection service provided by local drivers, but report automated customer service systems prevent users from reaching human support agents and inconsistent billing practices and unexplained fees erode trust in the service.
What Users Love
What Frustrates Users
What Users Want
View the full user-sentiment analysis
Mood gauge, ratings & review-volume history, every praise / complaint / request, and sentiment over time.
What is the competitive landscape for My WM?
Where is it available?
Localized markets (1)
How's The Utilities Market?
How does it evolve in the Utilities market?
My WM holds the #193 Business rank in the US, but the gap between its national utility scale and low app store visibility signals that the digital experience is failing to engage the user base. The current sentiment trend is declining, which threatens the app's utility as a primary service hub.
Rank progression
1 active ranking tracked — 30-day window
Which niche is My WM in?
to manage waste collection and utility billing
Explore the full Waste Management Dashboards niche
Every app in this space — 3 tracked, the niche's live rankings, and Marlvel's editorial take on the job-to-be-done.
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
Republic Services is a direct market competitor offering a near-identical suite of utility management tools, including billing, service alerts, and pickup scheduling for residential waste customers.
Differentiators
- Provides dedicated missed pickup reporting, a high-friction pain point that drives significant customer support volume.
- Offers proactive service alerts that keep users informed about schedule changes due to weather or holidays.
Head to head
The target should prioritize integrating a direct 'report missed pickup' feature to neutralize the nemesis's primary advantage in customer support deflection.
Contenders(1)
This app competes by providing a streamlined, business-focused interface for waste collection management and payment processing.
Differentiators
- Features a highly specialized collection notification system tailored for business-to-business waste management requirements.
- Maintains a significantly higher user rating, suggesting a more polished or responsive UX for its niche audience.
Same space(5)
This municipal utility app mirrors the target's core functionality of collection scheduling and service notifications.
Differentiators
- Integrates a 'Waste Wizard' search function to help residents categorize items for correct bin placement.
- Provides a clean, reference-first UX that prioritizes immediate access to collection dates over account management.
Clean City targets the specialized waste management sector, focusing on hazardous and e-waste disposal tracking.
Differentiators
- Provides real-time tracking for specialized pickups like hazardous waste, which is absent from the target app.
- Focuses on e-waste management, capturing a specific sustainability-minded user segment that the target currently ignores.
This app provides localized utility management for municipal waste services, overlapping with the target's scheduling and notification features.
Differentiators
- Hyper-localized focus provides superior accuracy for specific municipal collection schedules compared to national generic apps.
- Simplified, reference-based interface reduces cognitive load for users only interested in checking their pickup day.
WasteConnect serves the same utility management demographic by providing collection reminders and service request tools.
Differentiators
- Includes a 'Waste Wizard' tool that educates users on proper disposal, reducing contamination in recycling streams.
- Offers robust service request tools that allow users to manage complex waste needs beyond simple billing.
Competes by providing specialized waste education and event calendars that overlap with the informational needs of waste management customers.
New entrants(1)
This app competes for the user's mobile utility management time by providing vehicle telemetry and remote control features.
Differentiators
- Utilizes a privacy-first architecture that appeals to power users who are wary of large corporate data collection.
Compare My WM against every rival
All rivals in one side-by-side table — identity, store metrics, ratings & sentiment, and strategic intel — plus a head-to-head page for each.
The outtake for My WM
Strengths to defend, gaps to attack
Core Strengths
- National brand scale provides instant utility recognition
- Integrated B2B roll-off logistics increases enterprise switching costs
- Centralized account management reduces administrative support overhead
Critical Frictions
- Total absence of human support channels in-app
- Frequent unexplained billing rate hikes erode trust
- Persistent login and payment failures on mobile
Growth Levers
- Integrate 'Waste Wizard' educational tools to reduce contamination
- Add direct in-app chat for support deflection
- Implement proactive billing alerts to explain rate changes
Market Threats
- Republic Services' specialized missed-pickup reporting
- Declining sentiment driving high churn intent
- Municipal apps providing hyper-localized scheduling accuracy
What are the next best moves?
Ship 'Report Missed Pickup' feature because Republic Services uses it to deflect support volume → reduce inbound call pressure.
Republic Services' missed-pickup reporting is a primary competitive advantage that directly addresses the top user frustration.
Trade-off: Pause the roll-off history UI refresh — missed-pickup deflection has 3x the potential to reduce support costs.
Audit automated support logic because users report being trapped in phone loops → reduce churn intent.
The inability to reach human support is the #1 complaint theme in sentiment analysis.
Trade-off: Same-quarter capacity available — no major lever displaced.
A counter-intuitive read
The app's biggest risk is not its technical bugs, but its success in automating support: by forcing users into broken phone loops, the app is actively destroying the brand trust it was built to maintain.
Feature Gaps vs Competitors
- Missed pickup reporting (available in Republic Services but missing here)
- Waste disposal education tool (available in WasteConnect but missing here)
Key Takeaways
My WM succeeds as a utility for basic account management, but the total lack of human support channels and opaque billing practices are driving high churn, so the PM must prioritize support-deflection features to stabilize the user base.
Where Is It Heading?
Declining
The waste management utility market is consolidating around apps that provide proactive service transparency, and My WM is currently exposed due to its reliance on opaque automated support. Unless the team pivots to integrate direct support channels, the app will continue to function as a source of user frustration rather than a service hub, leading to further rank erosion.
Persistent login and payment failures in the latest release erode the daily active habit, compounding the rating drag already visible on Android.
Republic Services' specialized missed-pickup reporting pulls support-seeking users away from the target, accelerating churn pressure on the residential base into Q2.