BDS Laundry Start vs Hour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BDS Laundry Start
Easily pay for laundry cycles at participating locations using your phone. Purchase credit, start machines via Bluetooth, and track your transaction history. View machine availability and receive completion alerts.
- Pay for laundry cycles via app
- Bluetooth machine control
- Purchase credit and manage account
- View transaction history
- Check machine availability
- Receive cycle completion alerts
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ATTENTION: Only for use in participating BDS Laundry locations. BDS Laundr Start 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 BDS Laundry Start 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.
Hour
This app facilitates rapid texting of notifications to contacts for fundraising campaigns. It allows users to efficiently manage and track responses from their phone's contact list.
- Send quick text notifications
- Target specific contacts
- Track responses
- Fundraising campaign support
- Phone contact integration
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The Hour-A-Thon Quicktext app is designed for users of Hour-A-Thon fundraising campaigns to quickly text notifications to specified contacts in their phone and track responses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BDS Laundry Start at 4.7 against Hour's 3.1. BDS Laundry Start also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 48%) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 143). Hour's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 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.
BDS Laundry Start holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BDS Laundry Start has 1.3K ratings behind it against 143, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of BDS Laundry Start's written reviews are positive against 48% of Hour's.
BDS Laundry Start ships an update every 4 months, Hour every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | BDS Laundry Start | Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.3K ratings) — better | 3.1 (143 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.9% of reviews — better | 48.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 143 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KioSoft Technologies LLC | Buynow AF, LLC |
Customer experience
BDS Laundry Start
Hour
Bugs and requests
BDS Laundry Start
Reported bugs
3 issues- App frequently logs users out
- Payment errors and failures
- Inconsistent machine status updates
Requested features
3 requests- Allow custom payment amounts
- Improve machine availability tracking
- Add option to extend dryer time
Hour
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BDS Laundry Start
No in-app purchases
Hour
No in-app purchases
