LaundryPay vs Vive LA Resident
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LaundryPay
Pay for laundry services directly from your smartphone at participating laundromats. Check machine availability and get notified when your cycle is complete, simplifying your laundry routine.
- Smartphone payment for laundry
- Check washer/dryer availability
- Laundry completion notifications
- Hassle-free payment experience
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Sign up today and use your smart phone to pay at your laundromat. With LaundryPay, you can pay for your laundry, check washer and dryer availability, and receive notifications when your laundry is done! LaundryPay makes laundry day easy. It's the ultimate, hassle-free payment experience.
Vive LA Resident
Manage your residency with ease. Update your profile, view financial balances, and make secure online payments. Submit maintenance requests and connect with your community effortlessly.
- Update resident profiles
- View account balances
- Make online payments
- Submit maintenance requests
- Engage with community
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The Vive LA Resident App provides instant access to the resident on the go. Residents can easily, securely, and instantly update their profiles, view balances, make online payments, submit maintenance requests, and engage with their communities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vive LA Resident at 4.3 against LaundryPay's 2.4. Vive LA Resident also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 21%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). LaundryPay's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Vive LA Resident holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 107 and 84 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of LaundryPay's written reviews are positive against 61% of Vive LA Resident's.
LaundryPay ships an update every 2 months, Vive LA Resident every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LaundryPay | Vive LA Resident |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (107 ratings) | 4.3 (84 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.0% of reviews | 61.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 107 — better | 84 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Laundrylux Inc. | Yardi Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
LaundryPay
Vive LA Resident
Bugs and requests
LaundryPay
Reported bugs
12 issues- Pay card not found error
- App glitches when adding time
- Double charges for added time
- Cannot log in after initial use
- App crashes or freezes
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- QR codes not working
- Account disappears after reinstall
- Cannot update payment information
- App requires re-setup every time
- Errors when trying to reload money
- Unknown errors during transactions
- App doesn't work after first use
Requested features
8 requests- Allow loading funds with credit/debit cards directly
- Implement refunds for remaining balances
- Remove minimum load amounts
- Allow app usage outside laundromat WiFi
- Improve customer support accessibility
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- Add option to update email/account details
- Provide a dark mode option
- Allow direct payment without pre-loading funds
Vive LA Resident
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LaundryPay
No in-app purchases
Vive LA Resident
No in-app purchases
