Notify NYC vs ACE Laundry Pay App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notify NYC
Receive official emergency alerts and information about important City services directly from New York City. This app provides location-based updates to keep you informed about emergency events.
- Official emergency communications
- Location-based alerts
- Information on emergency events
- Updates on City services
- Privacy-focused location tracking
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Notify NYC is New York City's official emergency communications program. Get the Notify NYC app to get information about emergency events and important City services, based on your location. New York City will never track or share your precise location with anyone.
ACE Laundry Pay App
This application offers a convenient way to manage laundry services at participating locations. Users can purchase credit within the app and use it to pay for washer and dryer cycles via Bluetooth. It also provides transaction history and machine availability updates.
- Bluetooth machine payment
- In-app credit purchase
- Transaction history
- Machine availability view
- Laundry cycle completion alerts
- QR code scanning for setup
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ATTENTION: Only for use in participating laundry locations. ACE Laundry Pay App is an iPhone application providing the easiest and smartest complete laundry solution. This app allows you to pay for laundry cycles from your account by using Bluetooth to communicate with the washer or dryer. Simply use ACE Laundry Pay App to purchase credit right from the app, then use that credit for your laundry. A full accounting is available to see your transaction purchase history. • Scan the QR code of your laundry room (one time process) • Start laundry machines via Bluetooth by scanning QR code on the machine • Check your card/account balance, and add value to your account for laundry. For participating laundry rooms, you can view machine availability as well as receive alerts when your laundry cycle is complete.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Notify NYC at 3.3 against ACE Laundry Pay App's 1.8. Notify NYC also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). ACE Laundry Pay App's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13). 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.
Notify NYC holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notify NYC has 99 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Notify NYC's written reviews are positive against 0% of ACE Laundry Pay App's.
Notify NYC ships an update every 2 months, ACE Laundry Pay App every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notify NYC | ACE Laundry Pay App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (99 ratings) — better | 1.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Department of Information Technology And Telecomm | KioSoft Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
Notify NYC
ACE Laundry Pay App
Bugs and requests
Notify NYC
Reported bugs
13 issues- Pop-up notifications repeat endlessly and cannot be dismissed
- Notification preferences cannot be saved
- App randomly closes when in use
- Cannot get past the Terms of Use agreement
- No accept button to press on terms of service
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- Repeatedly popping up old notifications
- Alerts keep popping up incessantly
- Parking reform pop up won’t stop popping up
- Old notifications upon opening app
- Ignores notification settings on iPhone
- Cannot navigate app when open
- Required missing person alerts cannot be deactivated
- Missing pictures in missing person alerts
Requested features
13 requests- Allow deactivation of missing person alerts
- Include pictures in missing person alerts
- Add a share button for alerts
- Allow users to choose which alerts they receive (without mandatory ones)
- More granular alert controls
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- Option to receive amber/grey alerts
- Ability to set neighborhood for localized alerts
- Dismiss All button for pop-up notifications
- Eliminate pop-ups and rely on banner notifications
- Fix inability to navigate app when open
- Update the app regularly
- Improve alert detail and specificity
- Allow users to toggle off ALL categories of alerts
ACE Laundry Pay App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Notify NYC
No in-app purchases
ACE Laundry Pay App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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