Speed Queen vs FrogShield
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speed Queen
Easily pay for washers and dryers directly from your smartphone. Check machine availability, receive notifications when your laundry is almost done, and streamline your laundry day.
- Mobile payment for washers and dryers
- View machine availability
- Location-based machine finder
- Laundry completion notifications
- Contactless payment
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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.
FrogShield
This app allows users to make emergency calls and submit tips to law enforcement. It also provides a feature to monitor the safety of friends.
- Emergency call functionality
- Submit tips to police
- Friend safety monitoring
- Cross-device compatibility
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Make emergency calls, submit important tips to police, keep an eye out for your friends, all here in the FrogShield mobile app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Speed Queen at every 2 weeks against FrogShield's every 4 months. Speed Queen also leads on ratings volume (21K vs 18) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). FrogShield's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, 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.
Speed Queen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Queen has 21K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Speed Queen ships an update every 2 weeks, FrogShield every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Queen | FrogShield |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (21K ratings) — better | 4.6 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #173 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alliance Laundry Systems LLC | Texas Christian University |
Customer experience
Speed Queen
FrogShield
Bugs and 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
FrogShield
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speed Queen
No in-app purchases
FrogShield
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Speed Queen free?
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