Brady Express Labels vs Time Keeper 2045
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.
Time Keeper 2045
This app helps HVAC and construction teams track time and job costs in the field. Crew members can clock in/out, record hours, and attach receipts. Managers can create jobs, review hours and expenses, and export job summaries.
- Clock in/out with lunch breaks
- Track daily hours
- Attach receipt photos
- Offline time entry and sync
- Job creation and crew invitation
- Review hours and job costs
- Export job summaries
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Time Keeper 2045 is built for HVAC and construction crews who need a simple way to track time and job cost in the field. Crew members can: • Clock in and out, including lunch • See today’s hours at a glance • Attach receipt photos and confirm the amount • Keep working when cell service drops — entries sync when you’re back online Owners and office staff can: • Create jobs and invite the crew • Review hours, estimated cost, and expenses • See who is in progress and finish the job when work is done • Export a job summary to share with the office Time Keeper 2045 is a company tool, not a public social app. Each company only sees its own jobs, people, and receipts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Time Keeper 2045 at 100% against Brady Express Labels's 63%. Time Keeper 2045 also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Brady Express Labels's advantage is ratings volume (423 vs 1) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brady Express Labels has 423 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Brady Express Labels's written reviews are positive against 100% of Time Keeper 2045's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Brady Express Labels ships an update every 2 months, Time Keeper 2045 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brady Express Labels | Time Keeper 2045 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (423 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 423 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 313 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brady Corporation | TREVOR DEAN TACKETT |
Customer experience
Brady Express Labels
Time Keeper 2045
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
Time Keeper 2045
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brady Express Labels
No in-app purchases
Time Keeper 2045
No in-app purchases
Questions
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