Brady Express Labels vs moneo|blue classic
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.
moneo|blue classic
Access and visualize industrial data wirelessly from IO-Link devices. Parameterize sensors, read process data, and diagnostic events without a PLC. Supports cross-manufacturer parameterization and guided setup for special sensors.
- Wireless IO-Link data access
- Parameterize IO-Link devices
- Read process and diagnostic data
- Wizard-guided sensor setup
- Cross-manufacturer parameterization
- Graphical data visualization
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With the ifm moneo|blue app you can wirelessly connect to ifm IO-Link Masters (FW > V2.1) via the ifm inline and multi-Bluetooth Adapters (Art.Nr E30446 and EIO330), read IO-Link Process Data, Diagnostic Events, and Device Information from any IO-Link device. You communicate with the IO-Link devices without needing a PLC. You can set parameters of the IO-Link device (only with the ifm multi-plug Art.Nr:EIO330)via the App as well. Wizard-guided and graphically supported parameterisation of special ifm sensors (TCC, MVQ101, TN2105, LR2xxx) with the EIO330. Cross-manufacturer parameterisation possible, display and record of the process data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: moneo|blue classic at 5.0 against Brady Express Labels's 4.3. moneo|blue classic also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (80% vs 63%). Brady Express Labels's advantage is ratings volume (425 vs 6). 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.
moneo|blue classic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brady Express Labels has 425 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Brady Express Labels's written reviews are positive against 80% of moneo|blue classic's.
Brady Express Labels ships an update every 2 months, moneo|blue classic every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brady Express Labels | moneo|blue classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (425 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 425 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 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 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 313 MB | 173 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brady Corporation | ifm electronic gmbh |
Customer experience
Brady Express Labels
moneo|blue classic
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
moneo|blue classic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brady Express Labels
No in-app purchases
moneo|blue classic
No in-app purchases
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