PurpleTie vs Peninsula Library System
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PurpleTie
This app simplifies dry cleaning, wash & fold laundry, and alterations with convenient doorstep pickup and delivery. It offers touchless service for home customers and designated drop-off locations for workplace clients, ensuring professional cleaning and timely returns.
- Doorstep pickup and delivery
- Same-day order option
- Order status tracking
- Account and payment management
- Eco-friendly cleaning
- Professional alterations
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Hi, we want to do your dry cleaning and laundry. Is today good? PurpleTie makes dry cleaning, wash & fold laundry, and professional alterations simple, reliable, and hassle-free, whether you’re at home or at work. For @Home customers: Touchless doorstep pickup with standard next day delivery! Place a same-day order in just a few taps. Easily check the status of or cancel pending orders, view past receipts, manage your account and payment method, and get text notifications when we pick up and deliver right to your doorstep. For @Work customers: Sign up for service at any of our 900+ @Work delivery locations across the Bay Area. Manage your account, view invoice history, update payment info, and receive real-time email notifications when your order is delivered to your workplace. No matter how you use PurpleTie, you get: Value: Door-to-door service. Professional, eco-friendly dry cleaning and laundry delivery. And you don’t pay more. One low price for full service. No subscriptions, no hidden fees. Clean clothes, done right, in one day. Responsibility: Your clothes never leave our care. We own and operate our own cleaning plant in Hayward, and it’s the only place your garments go. We also operate our own fleet of electric delivery vans for cleaner, more responsible service. Reliability: Proudly serving the San Francisco Bay Area since 1999. We’re cleaners and good at it too. Questions or feedback? We’re easy to reach. Call our friendly customer support team at 1-855-PURPLETIE (1-855-787-7538), Monday through Friday, 10am–5pm, or email us at info@purpletie.com
Peninsula Library System
Access multiple public libraries in San Mateo County from your mobile device. Manage holds, renew items, search the catalog, and use your digital library card for convenient access to resources.
- Access multiple county libraries
- Place and manage holds
- Renew checked out materials
- Search library catalog
- Digital library card
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Access the public libraries in San Mateo County (Burlingame Public Library, Daly City Public Library, Menlo Park Library, Redwood City Library, San Bruno Public Library, San Mateo County Libraries, San Mateo Public Library and South San Francisco Library) from your mobile device. Place and manage holds, renew checked out materials, search the catalog, and use your digital library card.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PurpleTie at 4.8 against Peninsula Library System's 4.0. PurpleTie also leads on ratings volume (384 vs 3). Peninsula Library System's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). 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.
PurpleTie holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PurpleTie has 384 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PurpleTie ships an update every 2 months, Peninsula Library System every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PurpleTie | Peninsula Library System |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (384 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 384 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PurpleTie | Peninsula Library System |
Customer experience
PurpleTie
Peninsula Library System
Bugs and requests
PurpleTie
Reported bugs
2 issues- App layout incompatible with iOS rounded corners
- Login requires remembering password (no Keychain support)
Requested features
2 requests- Fix app layout for iOS rounded corners
- Support Apple's Keychain for login
Peninsula Library System
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PurpleTie
No in-app purchases
Peninsula Library System
No in-app purchases
Questions
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