MapSwipe vs H Wash Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MapSwipe
Contribute to humanitarian projects by reviewing satellite imagery and identifying features from your phone. No experience is needed to help validate map data for disaster response, public health, and development.
- Identify buildings, roads, and waterways
- Compare before-and-after satellite imagery
- Validate building footprints
- Check map data completeness
- Assess photographs for feature confirmation
- Locate objects for machine learning training
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Make a meaningful impact from your phone, one swipe at a time. MapSwipe is part of the Missing Maps project. It is a free, open-source app that lets anyone contribute to humanitarian and development projects in just minutes a day. No mapping experience needed: review satellite imagery, identify features like buildings, roads, and waterways, and help validate map data used by organizations around the world. The data you generate supports humanitarian organizations, researchers, and local communities, making OpenStreetMap data more accessible for disaster response, public health, climate resilience, and sustainable development. How you can contribute: * Find Features: Swipe through satellite imagery to spot buildings, roadways, waterways, and more * Compare Dates: Review before-and-after imagery to detect environmental changes and assess damage * Validate Footprints: Check building footprints and flag areas that need remapping * Check Completeness: Compare mapped data against aerial imagery to find gaps * Assess Images: Review photographs to confirm features and improve machine learning tools * Locate Objects: Mark rooftops, solar panels, trees, and other features to help train machine learning models Your swipes have real impact. MapSwipe is managed by a volunteer-led team with support from the American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross, HeiGIT, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Médecins Sans Frontières, and Togglecorp. Download MapSwipe and join a global community putting the world's most vulnerable places on the map.
H Wash Mobile
This app offers a convenient way to manage laundry at participating locations. Pay for cycles using your phone via Bluetooth, track your balance, and receive completion alerts. It simplifies the entire laundry process.
- Bluetooth machine activation
- In-app credit purchase
- Transaction history
- Machine availability view
- Laundry cycle completion alerts
- QR code scanning
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ATTENTION: Only for use in participating laundry locations. H Wash Mobile 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 H Wash Mobile 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 review sentiment: MapSwipe at 76% against H Wash Mobile's 48%. MapSwipe also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2). H Wash Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (697 vs 27) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MapSwipe holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: H Wash Mobile has 697 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of MapSwipe's written reviews are positive against 48% of H Wash Mobile's.
MapSwipe ships an update every 6 weeks, H Wash Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapSwipe | H Wash Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (27 ratings) — better | 4.2 (697 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews — better | 48.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 697 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | British Red Cross | KioSoft Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
MapSwipe
H Wash Mobile
Bugs and requests
MapSwipe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
H Wash Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Machines not found by app
- Inaccurate cycle timers
- Payment issues and lost funds
- Frequent app crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Allow adding less than $10 balance
- Improve machine availability status
- Add option to customize settings
- Provide better customer support
In-app purchases
MapSwipe
No in-app purchases
H Wash Mobile
No in-app purchases
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