Laundry Connect Pay vs CALECO Campus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Laundry Connect Pay
Operate your community or campus laundry machines using your smartphone. Start washers and dryers, track laundry history, receive notifications when cycles are complete, and access helpful guides. This app eliminates the need for quarters and physical laundry cards, making laundry day more convenient.
- Start washers and dryers remotely
- Track laundry history
- Receive cycle completion notifications
- Access laundry tutorials and stain guides
- Request service
- Get instant refunds
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LaundryConnectPay from Automatic Laundry is a feature rich app that allows you to operate the washers and dryers in your community or campus laundry room with your smart phone. Easy to set up and add value, start machines, track history, contact us, request service, access laundry tutorials and stain removal guides, live status of your washer or dryer, text or e-mail notifications when your laundry machine is done and more! Makes doing laundry easier and much more convenient than having to get quarters and having to carry around a laundry card – everything is right on your phone! The app also allows us to give you instant refunds. This app only works at communities and schools that have laundry rooms managed by Automatic Laundry with our LaundryConnectPay system installed. Check your laundry room signage for information and availability of LaundryConnectPay. Bluetooth is required to be on to recognize and start machines.
CALECO Campus
This app offers a convenient way to manage laundry cycles at participating locations. Users can purchase credit, pay for machines using Bluetooth, and view transaction history. It also provides machine availability and cycle completion alerts.
- Pay for laundry cycles via Bluetooth
- Purchase credit within the app
- View transaction history
- Scan QR codes for room and machine access
- Check account balance
- Receive cycle completion alerts
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ATTENTION: Only for use in participating laundry locations. CleanPay Mobile 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 CleanPay Mobile 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 rating: Laundry Connect Pay at 4.6 against CALECO Campus's 3.0. Laundry Connect Pay also leads on ratings volume (6.3K vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Laundry Connect Pay holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Laundry Connect Pay has 6.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Laundry Connect Pay ships an update every 3 months, CALECO Campus every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Laundry Connect Pay | CALECO Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (6.3K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6.3K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Automatic Laundry Services Co., Inc. | KioSoft Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
Laundry Connect Pay
CALECO Campus
Bugs and requests
Laundry Connect Pay
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and inability to recover account
- Inconsistent sync between app and machines
- Inability to get refunds for failed cycles
Requested features
3 requests- Allow multiple users on the same account
- Add option to enter custom dry time amount
- Provide real-time machine availability status
CALECO Campus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Laundry Connect Pay
No in-app purchases
CALECO Campus
No in-app purchases
Questions
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