Speed Queen vs ULM Safe
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.
ULM Safe
This app allows users to quickly contact university safety forces and report suspicious activity with messages, photos, and videos. It also offers safety escorts and a peer-to-peer location tracking feature for added security.
- Contact university safety forces
- Send crime tips with media
- Request safety escorts
- FriendWatch location tracking
- Peer-to-peer safety network
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Use the ULM Safe application to quickly and easily contact university safety forces. ULM Safe also allows you to: -Send messages, photos and videos of crime tips and suspicious behavior directly to university safety forces. -Request a safety escort to walk you though campus. -Use the FriendWatch feature to create a peer-to-peer safety network. Walking to class alone and want some additional safety? Use Friend Watch to allow your friends and family to track your location during that activity. -And more. GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Speed Queen at fortnightly against ULM Safe's every 4 months. Speed Queen also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (23K vs 31). ULM Safe's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Queen has 23K ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Speed Queen's written reviews are positive against 33% of ULM Safe's.
Speed Queen ships an update fortnightly, ULM Safe every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Queen | ULM Safe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (23K ratings) — better | 4.4 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — 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 | The University of Louisiana at Monroe |
Customer experience
Speed Queen
ULM Safe
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
ULM Safe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speed Queen
No in-app purchases
ULM Safe
No in-app purchases
