Laundry Connect Pay vs Industry Card
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Laundry Connect Pay
Operate laundry machines in your community or campus with your smartphone. Start washers and dryers, track history, receive notifications, and access helpful guides. Eliminates the need for quarters or physical laundry cards.
- Smartphone laundry machine operation
- Machine status tracking
- Laundry completion notifications
- Transaction history
- Access to laundry tutorials
- 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.
Industry Card
This app offers exclusive discounts at local businesses for hospitality professionals. Verify your employment to unlock savings at coffee shops, restaurants, bars, and gyms. Discover new spots and connect with industry peers.
- Exclusive membership for hospitality pros
- Verified discounts at local businesses
- Automatic discount unlocking
- Live map to discover new spots
- Connect with industry peers
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Your hospitality career just got better perks. Industry Card is the exclusive membership for hospitality professionals. Get verified discounts at local coffee shops, restaurants, bars, gyms, yoga studios, and more - places where you already spend your money. How it works: Download the app and verify your hospitality employment Check in at participating local businesses Unlock exclusive discounts automatically Discover new spots on our live map Built for the people who make hospitality work: Whether you're a bartender, server, barista, chef, or anywhere in between - Industry Card connects you with local businesses that value what you do. Real savings, real places: From your morning coffee to post-shift drinks, Industry Card works at the spots that matter to you. Every discount is exclusive to verified hospitality professionals. Join the network: Connect with other hospitality pros in your city. Discover where industry people hang out, eat, and unwind.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Industry Card at every 10 days against Laundry Connect Pay's every 3 months. Industry Card also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). Laundry Connect Pay's advantage is ratings volume (6.3K vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). 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.
Industry Card holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Laundry Connect Pay has 6.3K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Laundry Connect Pay's written reviews are positive against 100% of Industry Card's.
Laundry Connect Pay ships an update every 3 months, Industry Card every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Laundry Connect Pay | Industry Card |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (6.3K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.3K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Automatic Laundry Services Co., Inc. | Drip Payments Inc. |
Customer experience
Laundry Connect Pay
Industry Card
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
Industry Card
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Laundry Connect Pay
No in-app purchases
Industry Card
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Laundry Connect Pay free?
Is Industry Card free?
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Do Laundry Connect Pay or Industry Card have ads?
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