Comparison

i vs Connected Cleaning

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

i

Monitor ICE machine performance and status in real-time. Submit service requests directly through the app when malfunctions occur. Access cleaning scores and reports for efficient operations.

Highlights
  • Real-time data viewing
  • Clean score tracking
  • Cleaning report access
  • Service request submission
  • Machine malfunction alerts
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The application support users to view real-time data, clean score, and clean report of ICE machines, and support users to submit service requests when the machine malfunction.

About

Connected Cleaning

Streamline cleaning operations with this comprehensive mobile tool. It centralizes communication, manages schedules, and digitizes time tracking for efficient workforce coordination. Stay informed with real-time updates and paperless reporting.

Highlights
  • All-in-one messenger integration
  • Intelligent check-in and check-out
  • Shift planning
  • Digital absence communication
  • Paperless timesheets
  • Ticket management
Features
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The intelligent way to organize cleaning work on the move: The Connected Cleaning app from Kärcher, the leading expert in digital cleaning. Multilingual, for smoothly-synchronized cleaning jobs in any language and developed to save you precious time and effort. Learn more about the key features and how you can make our app's smart benefits yours: – All-in-one messenger integration: Thanks to the crew app, all communication processes between cleaners and management run on a centralized, digital platform. Whether in form of a text message, call or by sharing photos and documents: The crew app lets you exchange information in real time and thus improves your time management. Even in group communication and when the Internet is temporarily not working. – Intelligent check-in and check-out: Manage your cleaning work easily via smartphone. The crew app allows cleaners to check in and out remotely at assigned locations and in defined time slots. For transparent tracking of working hours and optimized cleaning protocols. 100 % digital and without the hassle of paperwork. – Shift planning 2.0: The calendar feature of the crew app enables the cleaning management to see when cleaning has already taken place, who is currently cleaning and which shifts are scheduled for the future. Enabling a quick overview at management level and smooth shift planning among cleaning staff. – Communicate absences digitally: Thanks to the absence feature, cleaners can easily inform management about their absences. For this purpose, the crew app enables users to create tickets and send them to management in a few, simple steps. The ticket status and summary of tickets already created an be viewed at any time. – The new, digital standard in time recording. With the crew app, cleaning staff gets a feature that is far ahead of its time: detailed, traceable time recording via digital documentation. – Paperless and transparent: Thanks to the Timesheets feature, cleaners benefit from a bundled overview of their timesheets, receive detailed information about start and end times for cleaning and can view how long cleaning work and breaks have taken in total. Depending on needs and requirements, shifts can also be given their own names or enriched with personal notes. – Ticket management: The crew-app ticket feature allows all cleaners to report problems during their shifts in real time or to request cleaning supplies on the go. In this way, your organization stays fully up-to-date at all times. – Know when and where to clean: Thanks to the detailed shift planning feature, cleaners can call up information about who their contact person is for the respective shift and what needs to be done on sight. The Connected cleaning app is an integral part of Kärcher Connected Cleaning platform: The first, fully developed software solution for cleaning and the cleaning industry's new digital standard. Made by the leading experts in digital cleaning: Kärcher.. Discover how Connected Cleaning helps you to solve the most complex cleaning challenges and optimize your organization with the All-In-1 cleaning platform.

Screenshots

i3 screens
Connected Cleaning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Connected Cleaning at 100% against i's 50%. Connected Cleaning also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). i's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Connected Cleaning holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: i has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of i's written reviews are positive against 100% of Connected Cleaning's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

i ships an update every 2 months, Connected Cleaning every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
i versus Connected Cleaning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriConnected Cleaning
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperICE Cobotics (Guangdong) Company LimitedAlfred Kaercher SE & Co. KG

Customer experience

i

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Connected Cleaning

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

i

No in-app purchases

None

Connected Cleaning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is i free?
i is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Connected Cleaning free?
Connected Cleaning is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, i or Connected Cleaning?
Connected Cleaning is rated higher. i averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Connected Cleaning averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do i or Connected Cleaning have ads?
Neither i nor Connected Cleaning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, i or Connected Cleaning?
i ships an update every 2 months, and Connected Cleaning every 5 weeks. Most recently, i was updated on November 1, 2026 and Connected Cleaning on November 3, 2026.

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