DYMO Connect vs SM Keyboard by Socket Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DYMO Connect
Create, save, and print custom labels directly from your smartphone or tablet. Features like spellcheck, voice-to-text, and a variety of fonts and images simplify label design. Easily generate address and barcode labels.
- Create, save, and print labels from mobile
- Spellcheck and voice-to-text for easy creation
- Customize with fonts, borders, and images
- Pre-formatted label types and templates
- Create address labels from contacts
- Generate barcode and QR code labels
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Now you can create, save, and print labels from your smartphone or tablet with DYMO Connect. Intuitive design and features like spellcheck and voice-to-text make creating labels a breeze. Quickly customize labels with a wide variety of fonts and images. With DYMO Connect, labelling with your mobile device has never been easier. • Works with iOS® smartphones and tablets for an intuitive labelling experience • Design labels using borders, styles, and popular Apple® fonts • Reduce errors with spellcheck and save time with voice-to-text • Customize labels with pictures from the Image Gallery on your smartphone or tablet • Print labels faster and more easily with pre-formatted label types and templates • Quickly create address labels from your contacts using the new Address object • Easily create barcode labels using the new Barcode and QR Code objects
SM Keyboard by Socket Mobile
This app allows you to scan various barcode types directly into any application on your device. Utilize your phone's camera or a dedicated Socket Mobile reader for seamless data capture wherever you can type.
- Scan barcodes into any app
- Use phone camera for scanning
- Support for Socket Mobile readers
- Reads various barcode types
- Data capture anywhere you can type
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Scan barcodes into any app. Anywhere you can type, SM Keyboard can scan. Using your phone's camera or a Socket Mobile reader, SM Keyboard reads a variety of different barcodes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SM Keyboard by Socket Mobile at 3.0 against DYMO Connect's 1.5. DYMO Connect's advantage is ratings volume (246 vs 7) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
SM Keyboard by Socket Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DYMO Connect has 246 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 5% of DYMO Connect's written reviews are positive against 0% of SM Keyboard by Socket Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
DYMO Connect ships an update every 2 months, SM Keyboard by Socket Mobile every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DYMO Connect | SM Keyboard by Socket Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (246 ratings) | 3.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 246 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DYMO | Socket Mobile Limited |
Customer experience
DYMO Connect
SM Keyboard by Socket Mobile
Bugs and requests
DYMO Connect
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when opening saved labels
- Unable to find or connect to printers
- Text entry issues (invisible text, misalignment)
- Print button inaccessible on newer iPhones
Requested features
4 requests- Landscape mode support
- Ability to import/sync label templates
- Barcode generation
- Integration with address books
SM Keyboard by Socket Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DYMO Connect
No in-app purchases
SM Keyboard by Socket Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is DYMO Connect free?
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