Comparison

Brady Express Labels vs Bluebeam

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Bluebeam

Access and collaborate on PDF documents directly from your mobile device. Communicate project updates with markups and work offline by syncing files. Seamlessly join live collaboration sessions and manage document revisions from the field.

Highlights
  • Real-time PDF collaboration
  • Markup and annotation tools
  • Offline file access
  • Document syncing
  • Studio Project management
  • Live session joining
Features
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Bluebeam for iOS keeps you connected to your teams and documents, so you can quickly access the information you need in the field and capture what matters for the office. - Communicate with markups using tools like callouts, text, clouds, and status indicators - Import your team's custom Tool Sets from Revu, so your standardized markups are ready to go in the field, even offline - Attach photos captured in the field directly to a markup, so supporting documentation stays organized without cluttering your drawings - Open your files stored on your device, Studio Projects, or Studio Sessions - Join Studio Sessions for live collaboration. If your connection drops, your changes sync when you're back online - Check out files in Studio Projects to make edits, then check them back in when you're ready - Work offline by syncing Project files ahead of time or opening PDFs stored on your device Whether you’re reviewing submittals, placing markups in the field, or tracking revisions with your team, Bluebeam gives you the flexibility to get the job done from anywhere.

Screenshots

Brady Express Labels3 screens
Bluebeam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brady Express Labels at 63% against Bluebeam's 3%. Brady Express Labels also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Bluebeam'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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brady Express Labels holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 407 and 392 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Brady Express Labels's written reviews are positive against 3% of Bluebeam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brady Express Labels ships an update every 2 months, Bluebeam monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Brady Express Labels versus Bluebeam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrady Express LabelsBluebeam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (407 ratings) — better1.5 (392 ratings)
Positive reviews62.7% of reviews — better2.6% of reviews
Number of ratings407 — better392
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size313 MB288 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrady CorporationBluebeam, Inc.

Customer experience

Brady Express Labels

All ratings407 ratings
Positive84.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative31.6%

Bluebeam

All ratings392 ratings
Positive9.9%
Neutral2.0%
Negative88.0%
Written reviews229 reviews
Positive2.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative94.3%

User reviews

Brady Express Labels

From 407 App Store ratings

What 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

Bluebeam

From 392 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✅ Automatic saving functionality works well
  • 📱 Useful for viewing PDFs on the go
  • 🔄 Good for accessing Studio sessions
  • 📊 Desktop version is powerful and feature-rich
  • 🎯 Cleaner, more modern interface design

Room to improve

  • ❌ Massive feature loss compared to Revu for iPad
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
  • 📉 Severely limited markup tools and capabilities
  • 🖊️ Apple Pencil input is unresponsive and laggy
  • 💾 Data loss and corruption issues

Bugs and requests

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

Bluebeam

Reported bugs

28 issues
  • Markups fail to load or display correctly
  • App deletes markups instead of saving them
  • Documents wipe clean when reopened
  • Files uploaded disappear from app
  • Corrupted file errors when opening PDFs
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  • Keyboard disappears during login
  • Selection boundaries too large, preventing precise markup selection
  • Apple Pencil input stops working intermittently
  • Pen tool produces no line output despite input
  • App crashes when opening large file sets
  • Session documents fail to load
  • Blank PDF pages displayed
  • Scaling doesn't work properly
  • Blue screen errors
  • Markups missing after checkout and checkin
  • Incomplete markups syncing between devices
  • App freezes during document checkin
  • Unable to add users to sessions
  • Projects not showing up in app
  • App crashes when opening Studio sessions
  • Drawings won't load or open
  • Markup placement doesn't correspond to tap location
  • PDF goes blank when inserting callouts
  • Constant logout requiring re-authentication
  • Links to details don't work
  • App crashes on older iOS versions
  • Audio communication issues
  • File synchronization failures

Requested features

25 requests
  • Restore measurement and scaling tools
  • Add custom toolsets and tool libraries
  • Implement bookmarks for document navigation
  • Enable image embedding in callouts
  • Add undo/redo functionality
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  • Support multiple PDF tabs simultaneously
  • Create stamp library with standardized markups
  • Add dimension markup capabilities
  • Allow local PDF file access and import
  • Full Studio session integration
  • Improve Apple Pencil responsiveness and precision
  • Add eraser tool for pen markups
  • Enable photo capture and attachment to markups
  • Support Dropbox and cloud storage integration
  • Add form field editing capabilities
  • Implement punch list and defect tracking
  • Add RFI creation functionality
  • Support for custom columns and data fields
  • Reset viewpoints feature
  • Pen width and cloud shape customization
  • Settings menu for preferences
  • Better pen and drawing mechanics like Notability
  • Ability to download session documents to device
  • Support for opening PDF attachments from desktop
  • Batch file upload capability

In-app purchases

None

Brady Express Labels

No in-app purchases

None

Bluebeam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brady Express Labels free?
Brady Express Labels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bluebeam free?
Bluebeam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Brady Express Labels or Bluebeam?
Brady Express Labels is rated higher. Brady Express Labels averages 4.4 out of 5 from 407 ratings, while Bluebeam averages 1.5 from 392 ratings.
Do Brady Express Labels or Bluebeam have ads?
Neither Brady Express Labels nor Bluebeam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brady Express Labels or Bluebeam?
Brady Express Labels ships an update every 2 months, and Bluebeam monthly. Most recently, Brady Express Labels was updated on September 21, 2026 and Bluebeam on September 24, 2026.

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