MLGW vs Central Pay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MLGW
Manage your utility services with ease. Pay bills, arrange service transfers, set up payment plans, and opt for paperless billing. All your essential account management tools are just a click away.
- Pay bills online
- Stop/transfer utility service
- Make payment arrangements
- Go paperless
- Access account information
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With the updated My Account feature, customers are a click away from paying their bills, stopping and transferring utility service, making payment arrangements or going paperless. To sign up, customers need a valid email address, and their 16-digit MLGW account number and access code, which can be found on the MLGW bill.
Central Pay
This app offers a convenient way to manage laundry payments at participating locations. Users can purchase credit, start machines via Bluetooth, and check their account balance. It also provides real-time machine availability and completion alerts.
- Pay for laundry cycles
- Purchase credit via app
- Start machines via Bluetooth
- Check account balance
- View machine availability
- Receive cycle completion alerts
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ATTENTION: Only for use in participating laundry locations. Central Pay by Central Laundry Equipment provides 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 Central Pay to purchase credit right from the app, then use that credit for your laundry. Start laundry machines via Bluetooth by scanning QR code or entering the machine number 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
MLGW and Central Pay both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Central Pay's written reviews are positive against 34% of MLGW's. Central Pay also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). MLGW's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (7.3K vs 64). On price, rating, 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.
Central Pay holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MLGW has 7.3K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of MLGW's written reviews are positive against 100% of Central Pay's.
MLGW ships an update every 2 months, Central Pay every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MLGW | Central Pay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.3K ratings) | 4.8 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.3K — better | 64 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Memphis Light, Gas & Water | KioSoft Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
MLGW
Central Pay
Bugs and requests
MLGW
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes or gets stuck loading
- Login credentials not working
- Outage information not accurate
- Billing issues and inconsistencies
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to view and print bills
- Improve outage map usability
- Implement push notifications for outages
- Allow deleting/editing payment methods
- Provide more detailed usage data
Central Pay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MLGW
No in-app purchases
Central Pay
No in-app purchases
