DYMO Connect vs Brady Express Labels
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
Brady Express Labels
Design, view, and print labels directly from your smartphone. Offers extensive design options, including multiple guides, barcode types, fonts, languages, and symbols. Streamline labeling with data import, sequence creation, barcode scanning, and text recognition features.
- Label design and printing from phone
- 11 label design guides
- 34 barcode symbologies
- 85 fonts and 34 languages
- Over 1,500 symbols
- Import data from spreadsheets
- Voice-to-text and photo-to-text
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Simple. Easy. Intuitive. Design, view, and print labels right from your phone. Overflowing with label design options, including 11 unique label design guides, 35 barcode symbologies, 85 fonts, 34 languages, and over 1,600 symbols. Improve labeling efficiency by importing data from spreadsheets, creating sequences, scanning data from barcodes, and with voice-to-text and photo-to-text features. Express Labels works with the Brady M211, BMP51, M511, BMP61, M610, M611, M710, i3311, i4311, i5300, i5311, i7500, and S3700 label printers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brady Express Labels at 63% against DYMO Connect's 5%. Brady Express Labels also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.5). DYMO Connect's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Brady Express Labels holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 247 and 424 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of DYMO Connect's written reviews are positive against 63% of Brady Express Labels's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DYMO Connect | Brady Express Labels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (247 ratings) | 4.3 (424 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.0% of reviews | 62.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 247 | 424 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 313 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DYMO | Brady Corporation |
Customer experience
DYMO Connect
Brady Express Labels
User reviews
DYMO Connect
From 247 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Wireless printing
- 🔋 Works with existing DYMO printers
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent connectivity issues
- 🤯 Confusing and unintuitive interface
- ⚠️ Lacks basic functionality
- 🔒 DRM on labels
- 🤖 Poor app quality for an established brand
Brady Express Labels
From 424 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Awesome printer
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🔋 Long-lasting battery
- 💡 Versatile label creation
- 🚀 Intuitive app interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes on startup
- 🐛 Bluetooth connection issues
- 🐛 Orientation issues when printing
- 🐛 Cartridge issues (false empty)
- 🐛 Difficult text editing
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
Brady Express Labels
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes immediately on launch
- Saved labels not working after update
- Orientation reverts unexpectedly when printing
- Cartridges marked as empty when not
- Text formatting issues (all uppercase)
Requested features
6 requests- Allow selective text editing
- Add default file location for cloud storage
- Provide backup/restore feature for saved labels
- Add copies field in wire wrap screen
- Improve text centering for multiple lines
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- Expand font options
In-app purchases
DYMO Connect
No in-app purchases
Brady Express Labels
No in-app purchases
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