Speed Queen vs G 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.
G Safe
Enhance campus safety with tools like a panic button, tip submission, and a safety timer. This app provides an extra layer of security for your university experience.
- Panic Slider
- Submit Tips
- Safety Timer
- Campus Protection
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Use G Safe to add an additional layer of protection to your campus experience by utilizing tools such as: Panic Slider, Submit Tips and Safety Timer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Speed Queen at every 2 weeks against G Safe's every 11 months. Speed Queen also leads on ratings volume (21K vs 19) and chart position (#147 vs unranked). G Safe's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Speed Queen against 4.8 for G Safe. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Queen has 21K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Speed Queen ships an update every 2 weeks, G Safe every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Queen | G Safe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (21K ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #147 — 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 | Grambling State University |
Customer experience
Speed Queen
G 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
G Safe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speed Queen
No in-app purchases
G Safe
No in-app purchases
