Brady Express Labels vs APC Current
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.
APC Current
Stay informed about company news, safety alerts, and crisis communications. This app provides personalized notifications and a platform to share updates and feedback with your work community.
- Personalized notifications
- Breaking news alerts
- Safety and crisis communications
- Share photos, videos, and stories
- Provide feedback
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Don’t miss an important announcement or be the last to know about anything Alabama Power. With Current, you’ll get the latest company information delivered straight to you. It’s also the fastest and easiest way to stay connected to your work community. Why you’ll love Current: • Receive personalized notifications on breaking news and announcements. • Be in the know on safety and crisis communications. • Share photos, videos, stories and feedback with others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Brady Express Labels at 4.3 against APC Current's 2.3. Brady Express Labels also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (419 vs 3). APC Current's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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.
Brady Express Labels holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brady Express Labels has 419 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Brady Express Labels ships an update every 2 months, APC Current every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brady Express Labels | APC Current |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (419 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 419 — better | 3 |
| 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 — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 313 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brady Corporation | Alabama Power Company |
Customer experience
Brady Express Labels
APC Current
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
APC Current
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brady Express Labels
No in-app purchases
APC Current
No in-app purchases
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