WashCard or MeetScarlet: a car wash app for members.
For an attended car wash that wants a member app with its own name at a published price, MeetScarlet is the better pick: $349 a month for one site with the app included, while WashCard quotes each wash for bay payment equipment plus UWashApp, and its pages don't say whether each wash gets its own App Store listing. MeetScarlet's setup is $999 on monthly billing and free on yearly. We make MeetScarlet; every WashCard fact here comes from WashCard's own pages.
Which should you pick?
Who wrote this: the team that makes MeetScarlet. We compare from each vendor's own public pages, read on November 1, 2026, not from a hands-on test of the rival. Where a vendor does not publish something, we say so rather than guess.
Pick MeetScarlet if someone is at the wash to check members and you want your own app at a price you can see before any sales call: $349 a month for one site, with setup free on yearly billing and no payment equipment to install in your bays. Our team submits the app under your own Apple and Google accounts, members buy unlimited plans and packs in it, your attendant checks their plate or pass, and when staff flag rain, members who washed in the last 24 hours get a free re-wash credit.
WashCard may suit you if you run unattended automatic, self-serve or vacuum bays and need payment readers in them.
Why car washes pick MeetScarlet over WashCard
- A published price with the app included: $349 a month for one site, or $3,490 a year with no setup fee; WashCard quotes each wash, and its FAQ mentions ongoing or annual fees
- An app with your wash's name, published under your own Apple and Google developer accounts; WashCard's pages don't say whether each wash gets its own App Store listing
- A clear member check: the attendant types the plate or scans the member's pass and gets a green or red answer; WashCard's pages don't say how members are checked
- Rain checks: when staff flag rain, members who washed in the last 24 hours get one free re-wash credit; WashCard lists a rain rewash customers pay extra for
- No payment equipment in your bays: members buy their plans in the app
Side by side
| WashCard | MeetScarlet | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | A custom quote for each wash, with ongoing or annual fees for maintenance upgrades and the payment processing it runs for you | $349 a month for one site and 5 staff logins, or $499 a month on MeetScarlet Pro for up to three sites and 20; $999 setup on monthly billing, free on yearly |
| Member app | UWashApp, which it calls branded to match your business and fully customizable; whether each wash gets its own App Store listing is not stated on the pages we read | An iPhone and Android app with your wash's name, plus a web app, under your own Apple and Google accounts |
| Payments at the wash | Its own readers and stations take tap, chip, swipe and mobile wallet payments in the bays; use its card processor or your own | No payment equipment; plans are sold in the app |
| Plans | Unlimited or monthly-limited memberships, wash packages, and business and fleet accounts | Unlimited wash plans and packs |
| Loyalty and promotions | Stars per wash, referral rewards, first wash free, a free vacuum above a set wash price, an anniversary wash, and a rain rewash customers pay extra for | Referral rewards, gift card redemption, and rain checks: when staff flag rain, members who washed in the last 24 hours get one free re-wash credit |
| Member check at the wash | Not stated on the pages we read | The attendant types the plate or scans the member's pass and gets a green or red answer |
| Sites | Ties all your locations together, even with different hardware | One site, or up to three on MeetScarlet Pro |
From washcard.com: its home, UWashApp, Tap&App bundle and FAQ pages, read November 1, 2026; in US dollars where shown.
Where WashCard may fit better
- Payment readers and stations for automatic, self-serve and vacuum bays, including unattended stations
- Integrates with many wash equipment brands, and lets you use its card processor or your own
- Loyalty stars, first-wash-free, free vacuum and anniversary rewards
- Business and fleet accounts that companies manage themselves
Questions to ask on a WashCard demo
WashCard's public pages leave these open, so ask before you sign:
- What do the reader and UWashApp cost for my wash, and what are the ongoing fees?
- Does my wash get its own app in the App Store and Google Play, or do customers join the UWash App under my wash?
- How do members prove their membership in the bay?
- Who owns the member list if I leave?
- If you leave, can you export your client list, and what comes with it?
Ask us the same questions about MeetScarlet; our prices are on the homepage.
Moving to MeetScarlet
We import your member list from a spreadsheet or CSV export, then set up your plans, packs and sites as part of setup. About 4 to 6 weeks for the store apps, most of it Apple's enrollment. Your web app's link is ready during setup, and members can book there as soon as you choose your MeetScarlet plan. They keep the same account when the store apps launch.
Questions
Straight answers. Anything else, ask us on a demo.
Is UWashApp a branded app for my car wash? #
WashCard calls UWashApp branded to match your business and fully customizable, and its pages also tell customers to download the UWash App and join it under your wash. They don't say whether each wash gets its own App Store listing, so ask (read November 1, 2026). MeetScarlet publishes a member app under your wash's name and your own Apple and Google accounts.
How much does WashCard cost? #
WashCard builds a custom quote for each wash, and its FAQ says there are ongoing or annual fees for maintenance upgrades and for the payment processing it handles. MeetScarlet's price is published: $349 a month for one site with the app included, plus $999 setup on monthly billing, or $3,490 a year with no setup fee.
Can MeetScarlet replace WashCard? #
At a wash with someone on site, yes for the member app: members buy plans in an app with the wash's name, and an attendant checks them by plate or pass. Not in unattended bays, since MeetScarlet has no payment readers.
Is this comparison independent? #
No. We make MeetScarlet, and we recommend it to attended car washes that want a member app with their own name at a published price. Every WashCard fact comes from WashCard's own pages, dated, and we say where WashCard may fit better.
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