SHU Safe vs Laundry Connect Pay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SHU Safe
This application allows users to quickly contact their university's public safety department in emergencies. It supports sending text messages, photos, and videos, along with location data, for faster assistance.
- Emergency contact with public safety
- Send text messages
- Share photos and videos
- Location sharing
- Quick access in dangerous situations
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If you're in a dangerous situation, use the SHU Safe application to quickly and easily make contact with the University's public safety department. You can also use the app to send text messages, along with photos and videos, to the public safety department. GPS disclaimer: "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SHU Safe at 100% against Laundry Connect Pay's 73%. SHU Safe also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Laundry Connect Pay's advantage is ratings volume (6.3K vs 6) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, update cadence, 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.
Laundry Connect Pay holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Laundry Connect Pay has 6.3K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of SHU Safe's written reviews are positive against 73% of Laundry Connect Pay's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SHU Safe ships an update every 5 months, Laundry Connect Pay every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SHU Safe | Laundry Connect Pay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.6 (6.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 72.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sacred Heart University, Inc. | Automatic Laundry Services Co., Inc. |
Customer experience
SHU Safe
Laundry Connect Pay
Bugs and requests
SHU Safe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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
In-app purchases
SHU Safe
No in-app purchases
Laundry Connect Pay
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SHU Safe free?
Is Laundry Connect Pay free?
Which has better reviews, SHU Safe or Laundry Connect Pay?
Do SHU Safe or Laundry Connect Pay have ads?
Which is updated more often, SHU Safe or Laundry Connect Pay?
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