Brady Express Labels vs DropMap
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.
DropMap
This app helps low-voltage technicians and homelab builders document network infrastructure. It allows users to label patch panels, map ports to outlets, and generate as-built documentation. The app functions offline, making it suitable for various site conditions.
- Label patch panels
- Map ports to outlets
- Offline functionality
- TIA-606 or friendly naming
- Print-ready label sheets
- Export as-built documentation
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Label patch panels with TIA-606 names, map ports to outlets, print labels, and export as-built docs before you leave the site. Built for low-voltage techs, IT teams, and homelab builders. • Document the whole rack: panels, switches, servers, and NVRs • Map every port to its outlet, and edit many ports at once • Print port and QR labels to Brady M211 and MakeID P31S printers • Mark up floor plans with drops, cameras, racks, and devices • Share QR labels that open a live page of the rack • PDF and Excel as-builts in seconds • Works fully offline, no signal needed Free: one site, every export format, and label printing. Pro: unlimited sites, floor plans, and your company branding on exports, QR labels, and rack pages, with monthly and annual plans. Terms: https://www.dropmap.app/terms Privacy: https://www.dropmap.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DropMap at 5.0 against Brady Express Labels's 4.3. DropMap also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Brady Express Labels's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (425 vs 5). On price, ads, monetization model 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. DropMap sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Brady Express Labels asks for nothing beyond the download.
DropMap 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 5, 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 100% of DropMap's.
Brady Express Labels ships an update every 2 months, DropMap weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brady Express Labels | DropMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (425 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 425 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 313 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brady Corporation | RL Vivance LLC |
Customer experience
Brady Express Labels
DropMap
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
DropMap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brady Express Labels
No in-app purchases
DropMap
- Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$149.991 Year
Questions
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