Brady Express Labels vs AD
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.
AD
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ADConnect provides users the ability to do 4 main things: 1. Monitor current dairy status (milk tank levels/temps etc). 2. Control automated systems by adjusting settings remotely. 3. Send push notification and text alerts to select users when critical alarms are active 4. Provides a secure portal for remote engineering tech support of control systems to promptly fix any issues and push updates when necessary to reduce costly travel costs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AD at weekly against Brady Express Labels's every 2 months. Brady Express Labels's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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 ships an update every 2 months, AD weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brady Express Labels | AD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (407 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 407 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 313 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brady Corporation | US Dairy Systems, Inc. |
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
AD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brady Express Labels
No in-app purchases
AD
No in-app purchases
