ctcLink vs Clean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ctcLink
Manage your college experience on the go. Enroll in classes, track your academic progress, and stay updated with important messages from your institution. Access grades, financial aid information, and to-do lists directly from your mobile device.
- Class enrollment
- Wait list management
- Grade checking
- Financial aid status
- College messages
- Degree progress tracking
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The ctcLink mobile app is for students enrolled in Washington Community and Technical Colleges who are currently using the Student Self-Service Center. Now you can enroll in classes, view wait list, drop and swap classes, check grades, check financial aid, get messages from your colleges, see to-do lists, check degree progress and more on your mobile device.
Clean
This app offers a convenient way to manage laundry cycles at participating locations. Users can pay for machines, add credit to their accounts, and track transaction history. It also provides machine availability and completion alerts.
- Pay for laundry cycles via Bluetooth
- Add credit to account
- View transaction history
- Scan machine QR codes to start
- Check machine availability
- Receive cycle completion alerts
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ATTENTION: Only for use in participating laundry locations. Clean-zer is an iPhone application providing the easiest and smartest complete laundry solution. This app allows you to pay for laundry cycles from your account by using Bluetooth to communicate with the washer or dryer. Simply use Clean-zer to purchase credit right from the app, then use that credit for your laundry. A full accounting is available to see your transaction purchase history. • Scan the QR code of your laundry room (one time process) • Start laundry machines via Bluetooth by scanning QR code on the machine • Check your card/account balance, and add value to your account for laundry. For participating laundry rooms, you can view machine availability as well as receive alerts when your laundry cycle is complete.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Clean at every 6 months against ctcLink's every 22 months. ctcLink's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 19). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.6 for ctcLink against 1.6 for Clean. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 19 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 3% of ctcLink's written reviews are positive against 10% of Clean's.
ctcLink ships an update every 22 months, Clean every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ctcLink | Clean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (77 ratings) — better | 1.6 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 3.3% of reviews | 10.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges | KioSoft Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
ctcLink
Clean
In-app purchases
ctcLink
No in-app purchases
Clean
No in-app purchases
