Speed Queen vs Hour
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.
Hour
This app facilitates rapid texting of notifications to contacts for fundraising campaigns. It allows users to efficiently manage and track responses from their phone's contact list.
- Send quick text notifications
- Target specific contacts
- Track responses
- Fundraising campaign support
- Phone contact integration
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The Hour-A-Thon Quicktext app is designed for users of Hour-A-Thon fundraising campaigns to quickly text notifications to specified contacts in their phone and track responses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speed Queen at 4.8 against Hour's 3.1. Speed Queen also leads on ratings volume (21K vs 143) and chart position (#136 vs unranked). Hour's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Queen has 21K ratings behind it against 143, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Speed Queen's written reviews are positive against 48% of Hour's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Speed Queen ships an update every 2 weeks, Hour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Queen | Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (21K ratings) — better | 3.1 (143 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.3% of reviews | 48.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21K — better | 143 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #136 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alliance Laundry Systems LLC | Buynow AF, LLC |
Customer experience
Speed Queen
Hour
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
Hour
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speed Queen
No in-app purchases
Hour
No in-app purchases
