Brady Express Labels vs MPulse Mobile App
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.
MPulse Mobile App
This app empowers field teams with a comprehensive CMMS solution, allowing them to report issues, capture data, and manage work orders directly from their devices, even offline. Document tasks with photos and videos, and sync updates seamlessly when connectivity is restored.
- Report problems in the field
- Capture data on-site
- Document work with media
- Receive and update assigned work
- Complete work orders
- Log hours with activity timer
- Barcode scanning for assets/inventory
- Offline work with background sync
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MPulse Mobile gives your team everything they need to get the job done in the field or on the plant floor, with or without connectivity. No need to rush back to the office. Everything they need is right on the screen. Updates are synched with your MPulse CMMS once they’re back online. What can I do with MPulse Mobile? • Report problems in the field • Capture data when and where it happens • Document work with pictures and videos • Receive and update work that's assigned to you • Complete work orders • Log hour with activity timer • Find and link personnel, assets, and inventory using barcodes • Work offline with seamless background and manual synchronization MPulse Mobile is available as an extension to any MPulse edition. What about Security? Lose a device? No problem. MPulse Mobile has many of the same security features as our full desktop application, so managers can confidently control access even when they can’t physically control the location of your devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Brady Express Labels at 4.3 against MPulse Mobile App's 3.0. Brady Express Labels also leads on ratings volume (421 vs 6) and review sentiment (63% vs 50%). MPulse Mobile App's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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.
Brady Express Labels holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brady Express Labels has 421 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 50% of MPulse Mobile App's.
Brady Express Labels ships an update every 2 months, MPulse Mobile App every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brady Express Labels | MPulse Mobile App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (421 ratings) — better | 3.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 421 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| 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 | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brady Corporation | MPulse Software, Inc. |
Customer experience
Brady Express Labels
MPulse Mobile App
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
MPulse Mobile App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brady Express Labels
No in-app purchases
MPulse Mobile App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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