Epson POS Printer Explorer vs PrintKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Epson POS Printer Explorer
Explore features of EPSON receipt printers and connect peripherals. Add items, process payments, and print receipts by manual selection or barcode scanning. Discover printers via beacon, QR codes, or IP input.
- Connect and control peripherals
- Add items to cart
- Process payments
- Print receipts
- Scan product barcodes
- Discover printers via beacon/QR/IP
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This app allows users to experience some of the features of EPSON OmniLink and EPSON TM receipt printers. This application also allows for peripherals to be attached to the printer and controlled by the Epson POS Printer Explorer app. This app includes common functions such as adding items to a shopping cart, check-out, payment and receipt printing. Items can be selected manually or by scanning product barcodes. Barcodes for scanning can be easily printed out using the application. The app allows the user to select printers using beacon feature, Epson Easy Connect QR codes, printer discovery or manual IP input. The Epson POS Printer Explorer application also allows the user to invoke Epson’s paper saving utility to show how much paper can be saved by simply turning this capability on. Note: The purpose of this app is to familiarize developers with the EPSON OmniLink technology and EPSON TM printers. Supported Printers (as device hub): - TM-T88VI-i - TM-T88V-i - TM-T70II-i - TM printer with UB-IU01 module - TM-T88VII Supported Printers (for receipt printing only): - TM-T88VI - TM-T88V - TM-T70II - TM-T20II - TM-H6000IV - TM-H6000V - TM-L90 - TM-U220 - TM-P80/TM-P80 Plus - TM-P60II - TM-P20 - TM-m10 - TM-m30 Supported Devices: - HID capable barcode scanners - HID capable magnetic stripe readers - Customer/pole display Epson DM-D110/D210/D30/D70 - Scale: - Detecto APS Series - CAS - PD-II-30 CAS-PD-2Z/30 - Mettler Toledo - Ariva S-13 POS Scale - Cash Drawer (compatible with Epson TM printers) / DK Buzzer
PrintKit
Create and print custom labels with text and barcodes for your mobile printers. This app simplifies label generation for consumers, allowing for on-the-fly design without custom development.
- Create custom labels
- Print 1D and 2D barcodes
- Add custom text to labels
- Direct printing from mobile printers
- On-the-fly label generation
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We want to make it easy for customers to use our mobile printers right out of the box. PrintKit is a solution for consumers to create and print labels using our printers, without developing custom apps. PrintKit provides the ability to generate labels with 1D or 2D barcodes and custom text. It is the ideal solution for creating the perfect label on the fly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Epson POS Printer Explorer at 100% against PrintKit's 0%. PrintKit's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
PrintKit holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Epson POS Printer Explorer's written reviews are positive against 0% of PrintKit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Epson POS Printer Explorer ships an update every 5 months, PrintKit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Epson POS Printer Explorer | PrintKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12 | 8.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Epson America, Inc. | Infinite Peripherals Inc. |
Customer experience
Epson POS Printer Explorer
PrintKit
In-app purchases
Epson POS Printer Explorer
No in-app purchases
PrintKit
No in-app purchases
Questions
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