Dorm Mom vs Speed Queen
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
Speed Queen
Easily pay for washers and dryers directly from your smartphone. Check machine availability, receive notifications when your laundry is almost done, and streamline your laundry day.
- Mobile payment for washers and dryers
- View machine availability
- Location-based machine finder
- Laundry completion notifications
- Contactless payment
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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 Dorm Mom's 3.4. Speed Queen also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 0%) and ratings volume (23K vs 5). Dorm Mom's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
Speed Queen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speed Queen has 23K 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 41% of Speed Queen's.
Dorm Mom ships an update every 9 days, Speed Queen fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dorm Mom | Speed Queen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (23K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 40.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 23K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dorm Mom LLC | Alliance Laundry Systems LLC |
Customer experience
Dorm Mom
Speed Queen
Bugs and requests
Dorm Mom
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
Dorm Mom
No in-app purchases
Speed Queen
No in-app purchases
