Speed Queen vs ASU Change
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.
ASU Change
This app facilitates charitable donations to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by rounding up purchases and donating the change. It offers an easy, automated way to contribute to HBCU foundations without significant financial commitment.
- Automated change donations
- Support for HBCUs
- Interactive philanthropic experience
- Easy card swipe giving
- Non-profit organization support
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This app is for Alabama State University Foundation, Inc. (ASUF) . Alabama. State University Foundation, Inc is an approved non profit organization. HBCUChange is an interactive philanthropic experience, with the mission of raising $1 billion dollars for HBCU’s over the next five years. HBCUChange allows you to give back all day, every day, and without breaking the bank. How you might ask? Just swipe your card. HBCUChange takes the change from every purchase you make and automatically donates it to the HBCU of your choice so you can support historically black colleges and universities without even thinking about it. Just sign up and swipe. Giving back has never been this easy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ASU Change at 100% against Speed Queen's 41%. ASU Change also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Speed Queen's advantage is ratings volume (23K vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
ASU Change 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. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Speed Queen's written reviews are positive against 100% of ASU Change's.
Speed Queen ships an update fortnightly, ASU Change every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Queen | ASU Change |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (23K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alliance Laundry Systems LLC | HBCU Change, LLC |
Customer experience
Speed Queen
ASU Change
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
ASU Change
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speed Queen
No in-app purchases
ASU Change
No in-app purchases
