Brady Express Labels vs Digital Data Plate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Digital Data Plate
Access and share turbine calibration reports from QR codes on specific meters. Upload data to a totalizer, configure it, and view real-time information. Streamline meter data management and analysis.
- Retrieve turbine calibration reports from QR codes
- View calibration reports
- Email calibration reports
- Upload data to MC Synergy Totalizer
- Configure MC Synergy Totalizer
- View real-time MC Synergy data
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Sensia's Digital Data Plate application allows users to easily retrieve, view, and email Turbine Calibration Reports stored in QR Codes of NuFlo and Barton Turbine meters. Users can upload this data to an MC Synergy Totalizer. Additionally, users can configure the MC Synergy and view real time data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Digital Data Plate at 5.0 against Brady Express Labels's 4.4. Digital Data Plate also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Brady Express Labels's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (407 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Digital Data Plate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brady Express Labels has 407 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Brady Express Labels ships an update every 2 months, Digital Data Plate every 14 months. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Brady Express Labels | Digital Data Plate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (407 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 407 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 313 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brady Corporation | Sensia LLC |
Customer experience
Brady Express Labels
Digital Data Plate
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
Digital Data Plate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brady Express Labels
No in-app purchases
Digital Data Plate
No in-app purchases
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