Portable Peacock vs BarTender
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Portable Peacock
This app provides tools and learning content for diverse scanning techniques and system management. Stay informed about the latest updates and control your products directly from your device.
- Scanning technique learning
- Video tutorials
- System content
- Product control
- Update information
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With our new Peacock app we give you a tool at your hand with which you will not only learn about the most diverse scanning techniques but learning content and video tutorials for your system! Get more out of your system! Control your products directly from the app! About Peacock will inform you about the latest updates and systems!
BarTender
This app enables fast and secure mobile printing of documents, barcode labels, and RFID tags directly from your mobile device. It integrates with existing BarTender software to access and print label templates with real-time data entry and centralized management.
- Mobile printing of labels and documents
- Barcode and RFID tag printing
- Real-time data entry
- Centralized label template management
- Automatic Bluetooth printer discovery
- Secure printing with automatic login
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BarTender Mobile App BarTender provides easy, fast and secure mobile printing of documents, barcode labels and RFID tags at your source of work. The app works with active BarTender Print Portal (BarTender 11.4, 2022, 2021) or BarTender Cloud to print existing labels directly from a mobile device. • Print at the source of work including print operator forms and predefined data entry options • Select and print your label documents • Add real-time data • Centralize label template management • Automatically discover and connect to any Bluetooth printer • Maintain mission-critical security • Enable automatic login • Configure document folders • Configure printers For support, refer to https://support.seagullscientific.com For information about how to connect to your Print Portal, refer to https://help.seagullscientific.com/BarTenderMobile/ Seagull Software Developer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Portable Peacock at 5.0 against BarTender's 4.0. BarTender's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Portable Peacock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Portable Peacock ships an update every 2 months, BarTender every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Portable Peacock | BarTender |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| 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 | 15.1 | 12 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Webulos OG | Seagull Scientific |
Customer experience
Portable Peacock
BarTender
In-app purchases
Portable Peacock
No in-app purchases
BarTender
No in-app purchases
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