Dorm Mom vs CleanPay Mobile
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
CleanPay Mobile
This app simplifies laundry payments at participating locations. Use Bluetooth to connect to machines, purchase credit within the app, and manage your laundry cycles. View transaction history and receive completion alerts.
- Bluetooth machine activation
- In-app credit purchase
- Account balance tracking
- Transaction history
- Laundry cycle completion alerts
- QR code scanning
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ATTENTION: Only for use in participating laundry locations. CleanPay Mobile is an iPhone application providing 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 CleanPay Mobile to purchase credit right from the app, then use that credit for your laundry. A full accounting is available to see your transaction purchase history. • Scan the QR code of your laundry room (one time process) • Start laundry machines via Bluetooth by scanning QR code 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
The clearest difference is rating: CleanPay Mobile at 4.4 against Dorm Mom's 3.4. CleanPay Mobile also leads on review sentiment (31% vs 0%) and ratings volume (12K vs 5). Dorm Mom's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
CleanPay Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CleanPay Mobile has 12K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Dorm Mom's written reviews are positive against 31% of CleanPay Mobile's.
Dorm Mom ships an update every 9 days, CleanPay Mobile monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dorm Mom | CleanPay Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 4.4 (12K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 31.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 12K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dorm Mom LLC | KioSoft Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
Dorm Mom
CleanPay Mobile
Bugs and requests
Dorm Mom
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CleanPay Mobile
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Issues with loading funds and verifying accounts
- Inconsistent machine connectivity
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to add custom deposit amounts
- Option to set dryer time upfront
- Family account sharing
- Improved machine availability indicators
In-app purchases
Dorm Mom
No in-app purchases
CleanPay Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Dorm Mom free?
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