GCTools vs Speed Queen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GCTools
This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for geocaching enthusiasts. It offers coordinate manipulation, a wide range of cipher decoding and encoding options, interactive data tables, and various unit converters to assist with multi and mystery caches.
- Coordinate projection and distance calculation
- Extensive cipher decoding and encoding
- Interactive data tables
- Multiple unit converters
- Mapview integration with popular services
- Coordinate saving and loading
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GCTools - the geocaching tool collection! Here you find the tools to get your next multi and mystery caches done easily. Coordinates: - Target guidance - Projection of coordinates - Distance between coordinates - Intersection of lines - Intersection of circles - Intersection of line/circle - Center of circle - Coordinate conversion (DMS, DM, D, Lat/Lon, UTM, MGRS, Swiss Grid, Quadtree) - Saving/loading coordinates (inApp) - Mapview - Interface to GoogleMaps, GoogleEarth, OpenMaps, OffMaps, Navigon, TomTom, Pocket Earth and Waze Ciphers De-/Encoding: - Affine Cipher - Alpha Cipher - Bacon Code - Baudot Code (CCITT-2) - Braille Alphabet - Caesar Cipher (ROT-N), ROT-5, -13, -18, -47 - Finger Alphabet - Flag Alphabet - Pigpen/Freemason's Cipher - Hexahue Code - Mobile Cipher - Morse Code - Puzzle-Code - Semaphore Alphabet - Shutter Telegraph - Tomtom Code - Vigenere Cipher/One Time Pad - Custom alphabets - Saving/loading alphabets (inApp) Interactive data tables: - Cross Sum - Latin/Arabic Numbers - Maya Numbers - Resistors - Periodic system - Color Alphabet - Prime Numbers - PI Digits - ASCII Code - Binary Code - German Police Codes Converters: - Coordinates - ASCII/Number Systems - Lengths - Areas - Volumes - Masses - Angles - Speeds - Times - Pressures - Temperatures - Angles - Number systems - Data sizes - Flashlight - Menu favorites and search If you find something missing let us know! If you encounter problems with the app please mail to gctools@onedollarapp.com instead of writing a review here. We cannot contact you that way to find a solution.
Speed Queen
Easily pay for laundry machines directly from your smartphone. Check machine availability, receive notifications when your cycle is almost done, and simplify your laundry routine.
- Mobile payment for washers and dryers
- Real-time machine availability
- Laundry cycle completion alerts
- Location-based machine search
- Simplified laundry day experience
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The Speed Queen app makes it easy to pay for a washer or dryer right from your phone. No more last-minute searching for quarters or wondering if machines are available. Enter a location, view machine availability, pay from your phone and you are ready to go. We’ll even let you know when your laundry is almost finished. Your best laundry day starts now.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speed Queen at 4.8 against GCTools's 3.1. Speed Queen also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ratings volume (24K vs 13). GCTools's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 42%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. GCTools sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Speed Queen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Speed Queen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Queen has 24K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of GCTools's written reviews are positive against 42% of Speed Queen's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GCTools ships an update monthly, Speed Queen fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GCTools | Speed Queen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (13 ratings) | 4.8 (24K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.0% of reviews — better | 41.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 24K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Achim Heynen | Alliance Laundry Systems LLC |
Customer experience
GCTools
Speed Queen
Bugs and requests
GCTools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Speed Queen
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes, freezes, or fails to connect to machines
- Incorrect machine availability status
- Unexpected charges or lost funds
- Issues with email verification and account login
Requested features
4 requests- Allow users to pay per cycle instead of pre-loading funds
- Implement a way to notify others when machines are available
- Add a directory to find laundromats that support the app
- Improve the app's stability and reliability
In-app purchases
GCTools
- Coordinate Storage$0.99
- Circle Tools$0.99
- Advanced Alphabets$0.99
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- Vigenere/One Time Pad Cipher$0.99
- Coordinate Types$0.99
- 1 Year Full Version$1.99
- Full Version$2.99
Speed Queen
No in-app purchases
