Bold Type Tickets Scanner vs Speed Queen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bold Type Tickets Scanner
Easily scan event tickets using your device's camera or by searching for ticket details. Sync scans with servers to prevent duplicate entries and ensure ticket validity. Requires an event producer account on BoldTypeTickets.com.
- Scan ticket barcodes with camera
- Look up tickets by name or code
- Sync scans with servers
- Prevent copied tickets
- Real-time ticket validity check
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Scan your event tickets with the greatest of ease! Just point your iPhone or iPod Touch at the ticket barcode and immediately know if the ticket is valid. You can also look up tickets by name, confirmation code, or serial number. The app syncs your scans with our servers so you can have several scanners at different entrances and never worry about copied tickets! Wa-pow! An event producer account on BoldTypeTickets.com is required to use the app.
Speed Queen
Easily pay for laundry machines directly from your smartphone. Check machine availability, receive notifications when your laundry is almost done, and streamline your entire laundry process.
- Mobile payment for washers and dryers
- Check machine availability
- Laundry completion alerts
- Location-based services
- Streamlined laundry process
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The Speed Queen app makes it easy to pay for a washer or dryer right from your phone. No more last-minute searching for quarters or wondering if machines are available. Enter a location, view machine availability, pay from your phone and you are ready to go. We’ll even let you know when your laundry is almost finished. Your best laundry day starts now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speed Queen at 4.8 against Bold Type Tickets Scanner's 2.5. Speed Queen also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (24K vs 2). Bold Type Tickets Scanner's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 42%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Speed Queen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Queen has 24K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Bold Type Tickets Scanner's written reviews are positive against 42% of Speed Queen's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bold Type Tickets Scanner ships an update every 7 months, Speed Queen fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bold Type Tickets Scanner | Speed Queen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (24K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 41.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 24K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Noisy Creek, Inc. | Alliance Laundry Systems LLC |
Customer experience
Bold Type Tickets Scanner
Speed Queen
Bugs and requests
Bold Type Tickets Scanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Speed Queen
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes, freezes, or fails to connect to machines
- Incorrect machine availability status
- Unexpected charges or lost funds
- Issues with email verification and account login
Requested features
4 requests- Allow users to pay per cycle instead of pre-loading funds
- Implement a way to notify others when machines are available
- Add a directory to find laundromats that support the app
- Improve the app's stability and reliability
In-app purchases
Bold Type Tickets Scanner
No in-app purchases
Speed Queen
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bold Type Tickets Scanner free?
Is Speed Queen free?
Which has better reviews, Bold Type Tickets Scanner or Speed Queen?
Do Bold Type Tickets Scanner or Speed Queen have ads?
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