Virtual Thermal Printer vs QuickPrint
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.
QuickPrint
Print photos, text, documents, calendar weeks, reminders, and shopping lists directly from your Apple devices. This app offers a seamless, private printing experience with no sign-in required, supporting popular Bluetooth thermal printers.
- Print photos from library
- Print text and documents
- Print calendar weeks
- Print reminders and lists
- No sign-in required
- Supports Bluetooth thermal printers
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QuickPrint makes printing from your iPhone, iPad, and Mac effortlessly simple. No account. No sign-in. Just open and print. Print anything you love: • Photos directly from your library • Text notes and documents • Glanceable calendar weeks • Reminders and shopping lists QuickPrint supports popular Bluetooth thermal printers. Fast, beautiful, and completely private — your data never leaves your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: QuickPrint at Free against Virtual Thermal Printer's $1.99. QuickPrint also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (28 vs 4). Virtual Thermal Printer's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 17%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). On 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
QuickPrint 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.
QuickPrint holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QuickPrint has 28 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Virtual Thermal Printer's written reviews are positive against 17% of QuickPrint's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Virtual Thermal Printer ships an update every 5 weeks, QuickPrint every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Thermal Printer | QuickPrint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 4.1 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pascal Kimmel | Harry Shamansky |
Customer experience
Virtual Thermal Printer
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In-app purchases
Virtual Thermal Printer
No in-app purchases
QuickPrint
No in-app purchases
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