Virtual Thermal Printer vs Little Printer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virtual Thermal Printer
This utility app simulates a thermal receipt printer for POS systems. It supports various ESC/POS commands to print text, barcodes, and QR codes, and offers multiple code-page options for international character sets.
- Simulates POS thermal printer
- Supports ESC/POS commands
- Prints text, barcodes, and QR codes
- Configurable IP address and port
- Multiple code-page support
- Raster image printing
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Print receipts from POS applications that support ESC/POS printing over IP. Just power on the printer and configure the IP-address and port displayed in your POS application. List of supported commands: - ESC @: Initialize printer - LF: Print and line feed - GS !: Double-width and double-height - ESC E: Turn emphasized mode on/off - ESC -: Turn underline mode on/off - ESC a: Align text (left, right and center) - ESC i and ESC m: Partial cut - GS B: Turn white/black reverse print mode on/off - GS V: Cut paper ( - GS k: Print barcode (EAN8, EAN13, Code39) - GS ( k: Print QR Code. Functions 169 & 180 - DLE EOT: Printer status (1..4) - GS v 0: Print raster bit image For more details on ESC/POS commands see https://reference.epson-biz.com/modules/ref_escpos/index.php?content_id=2 The following code-pages are supported: - CP437: US ASCII - CP850: Latin I - CP852: Latin II - CP858: Latin I + Euro - CP860: Portugese - CP863: Canadian-French - CP865: Nordic - CP866: Russian Note: The content printed in the above screenshots is for illustrative purposes only. Depending on the POS system used, the output may vary. Please make sure your POS application supports ESC/POS commands before installing this application.
Little Printer
Manage your shop or restaurant with a powerful point-of-sale solution. Customize templates for easy typesetting and enjoy an ad-free experience. A free trial is available for premium features.
- Ad-free experience
- Customizable templates
- Point of sale solution
- Shop and restaurant management
- Free trial
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Brand new version 2.0.0 ： - Disable Ads - Customize Template：typesetting never so easy like this before - Point Of Sale Solution：manage shop\restaurant with useful function - Please rate us and give us feed back. Tell us what function you need. 【Attention】 You need subscribe our monthly or yearly subscription to use "Customize Template" and "Situation Solution". You can get 3 days' free trial time when you download this app. 【Subscription Plan Statement】 1.Plan will renew automatically until you cancelled. 2.If you don't want renew your plan, cancel it at least one day before each renewal data. 3.If you want cancel subscription，open iPhone “Settings” --> Click “Apple ID” --> Click “Subscriptions”，then you can cancel the subscription. We using standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA)：https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy：https://lordmos.github.io/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Little Printer at Free against Virtual Thermal Printer's $1.99. Little Printer also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Virtual Thermal Printer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ratings volume, ads, device support 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
Little Printer is free to download; Virtual Thermal Printer costs $1.99 up front. Little Printer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Virtual Thermal Printer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Little Printer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively.
Virtual Thermal Printer ships an update every 5 weeks, Little Printer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Thermal Printer | Little Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pascal Kimmel | 滙 钟 |
Customer experience
Virtual Thermal Printer
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In-app purchases
Virtual Thermal Printer
No in-app purchases
Little Printer
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription [Value]$19.991 Year
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