Speed Queen vs UL Shield
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.
UL Shield
Enhance organizational security with tools like a panic button, tip submission, and a safety timer. This application provides an extra layer of protection for your organization.
- Panic Slider
- Submit Tips
- Safety Timer
- Organizational Protection
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Use UL Shield to add an additional layer of protection to your organization 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 fortnightly against UL Shield's every 3 months. Speed Queen also leads on ratings volume (23K vs 2). UL Shield's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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.
UL Shield holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Queen has 23K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Speed Queen ships an update fortnightly, UL Shield every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Queen | UL Shield |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (23K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 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 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
Customer experience
Speed Queen
UL Shield
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
UL Shield
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speed Queen
No in-app purchases
UL Shield
No in-app purchases
