Dorm Mom vs Transparency
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dorm Mom
This app connects college students with convenient laundry pickup and delivery, apartment cleaning, and grocery delivery services across the US. Users can view service offerings, place orders, manage their accounts, and track their usage.
- Laundry pickup and delivery
- Apartment cleaning services
- Grocery delivery
- View service offerings
- Order services
- Account management
- Usage tracking
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Dorm Mom provides Laundry Pick Up and Delivery, Apartment Cleaning and Grocery Delivery to College Students Across the United States. With this app, you can - View Service Offerings - Order Services - View Account Information and Pay Bills - Track Your Usage - Sign Up to Become a Provider - etc. If you have any questions, please call us at 1-877-478-5332
Transparency
Scan enrolled products to confirm their authenticity. Access additional details like videos, promotions, manufacturing dates, or locations for participating items.
- Scan products for authenticity
- Verify product authenticity
- View product videos
- Access promotions
- Check manufacturing date
- See product location
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The Transparency app allows you to scan enrolled products to verify their authenticity. Some participating products may also display additional information such as videos, promotions, or the product’s manufacturing date or location.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dorm Mom at 3.4 against Transparency's 2.2. Dorm Mom also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). Transparency's advantage is review sentiment (14% vs 0%) and ratings volume (26 vs 5). 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.
Dorm Mom holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transparency has 26 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Dorm Mom's written reviews are positive against 14% of Transparency's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dorm Mom ships an update every 9 days, Transparency every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dorm Mom | Transparency |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better | 2.2 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 14.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dorm Mom LLC | AMZN Mobile LLC |
Customer experience
Dorm Mom
Transparency
Bugs and requests
Dorm Mom
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Transparency
Reported bugs
2 issues- Scanning issues (unable to read QR codes)
- Compatibility problems with newer devices
Requested features
3 requests- More detailed product information (manufacturing date, origin, certifications, etc.)
- Ability to save/view scanned product history
- Improved camera functionality and controls
In-app purchases
Dorm Mom
No in-app purchases
Transparency
No in-app purchases
