Comparison

Label Printer vs Shipping Printer Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Label Printer

Easily create and print custom labels for various needs, from mailing addresses to storage boxes. Import contacts, design with images and clipart, and organize your label projects. Supports popular label sheet sizes and AirPrint printers.

Highlights
  • Create mailing labels from contacts
  • Design labels with images and clipart
  • Organize labels into lists
  • Customize font, color, and border
  • Supports common label sheet sizes
  • AirPrint and PDF sharing support
Features
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Ditch the word processor and print your labels the easy way using Label Printer. Whether you'd like to quickly print mailing labels using your existing Contacts or make great looking labels for your storage boxes, Label Printer will save you time and help get you organized. • Create mailing labels from existing addresses in your iPhone / iPad Contacts or start from scratch • Organize your labels into different lists and save them along with their style settings for later use • Automatically fill an entire sheet of labels with the same label design – perfect for return address labels • Use an image from your photo library or the included clipart • Customize the border, font, color and alignment of your labels • Store your label sheets in iCloud and use them across your various iPad / iPhone devices • Automatically adjusts the font size to maximize the available label space – or not if you prefer • Supports the most common A4 / US Letter Avery®, Herma and Unistat label sheet sizes • Supports AirPrint printers directly and non-AirPrint printers via 3rd party apps* • Allows sharing a PDF of the labels via Email / AirDrop / Message / any installed apps that can handle PDFs * Please note that printing to a non-AirPrint printer from your iPhone / iPad requires a suitable 3rd party app that supports printing of PDFs to your specific printer. Alternatively you can share a PDF of the labels with a device that is able to print.

About

Shipping Printer Pro

This application offers practical functions for thermal printer printing. It aims to provide a streamlined experience for users needing to print shipping labels and other thermal documents.

Highlights
  • Thermal printer printing
  • Practical functions
  • Radical modifications
  • Streamlined printing experience
Features
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Shipping Printer Pro will contain a series of radical modifications, as well as more practical functions. help with thermal printer printing.

Screenshots

Label Printer4 screens
Shipping Printer Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Label Printer at 4.5 against Shipping Printer Pro's 2.6. Label Printer also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 43%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Shipping Printer Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Label Printer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shipping Printer Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Label Printer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Label Printer has 911 ratings behind it against 69, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Label Printer's written reviews are positive against 43% of Shipping Printer Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Label Printer ships an update every 10 days, Shipping Printer Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Label Printer versus Shipping Printer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLabel PrinterShipping Printer Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (911 ratings) — better2.6 (69 ratings)
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews — better43.4% of reviews
Number of ratings911 — better69
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1712.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard McKennaXiamen AiYin Technology Co.,Ltd

Customer experience

Label Printer

All ratings911 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews419 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative10.3%

Shipping Printer Pro

All ratings69 ratings
Positive36.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative59.4%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive43.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative52.8%

Bugs and requests

Label Printer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Shipping Printer Pro

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App crashes when doing multiple tasks
  • Settings won't fix label printing as 8x11
  • Prints a black square for some labels
  • App crashes every time
  • 4x6 is not 4x6
Show 13 more
  • App doesn't stay working
  • Prints gibberish
  • Prints pixelated barcode gibberish
  • Wastes paper by printing blanks or gibberish
  • Doesn't connect
  • Makes user restart app and redo edits
  • No connection
  • Rendering forever
  • Frequent trouble connecting
  • Has to reinstall app almost every time
  • Can't connect to Bluetooth
  • Doesn't print from PDF
  • No option to input name and address for shipping

Requested features

5 requests
  • Label size 1.5”x0.5”
  • Remotely send print jobs
  • Batch printing functionality
  • More modern interface and features
  • Update the app frequently (bi-weekly/monthly)

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Label Printer

One-time1
  • Remove Watermark$5.99
None

Shipping Printer Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Label Printer free?
Label Printer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shipping Printer Pro free?
Shipping Printer Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Label Printer or Shipping Printer Pro?
Label Printer is rated higher. Label Printer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 911 ratings, while Shipping Printer Pro averages 2.6 from 69 ratings.
Do Label Printer or Shipping Printer Pro have ads?
Neither Label Printer nor Shipping Printer Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Label Printer or Shipping Printer Pro?
Label Printer ships an update every 10 days, and Shipping Printer Pro every 2 months. Most recently, Label Printer was updated on September 22, 2026 and Shipping Printer Pro on August 16, 2026.

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