Virtual Thermal Printer vs YAEN Receipt
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.
YAEN Receipt
This application enables wireless printing from compatible thermal receipt printers via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. It supports various content types including PDFs, barcodes, QR codes, and images.
- Bluetooth printing support
- Wi-Fi printing support
- PDF printing
- Barcode and QR code printing
- Image printing
- Multi-language support
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YAEN-Receipt is one of the Apps that developed by Xiamen Yaen Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. based on YAEN thermal receipt printers. Customers can use this App for wireless Bluetooth or Wifi thermal printer printing. Main functions: 1, Support Bluetooth printing 2, Support PDF printing 3, Support multiple language, bar code, QR code, and image etc. printing 4, Supports various characters into graphics printing Any technical support needed please refer to http://www.asia-printer.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Virtual Thermal Printer at 50% against YAEN Receipt's 0%. YAEN Receipt's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On update cadence, 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
YAEN Receipt is free to download; Virtual Thermal Printer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Virtual Thermal Printer ships an update every 5 weeks, YAEN Receipt every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Thermal Printer | YAEN Receipt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pascal Kimmel | 燕萍 李 |
Customer experience
Virtual Thermal Printer
YAEN Receipt
In-app purchases
Virtual Thermal Printer
No in-app purchases
YAEN Receipt
No in-app purchases
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