Brother Pro Label Tool vs LumiCenter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brother Pro Label Tool
Create professional labels for telecom, datacom, and electrical identification directly from your smartphone or tablet. Print labels wirelessly to a Brother label printer without needing a computer or drivers. Features include cloud-based templates, serialization, and custom form creation for efficient labeling.
- Cloud-based label templates
- Wireless printing to Brother printers
- No computer or driver needed
- Serialize function for sequential labels
- Custom form creation
- CSV database connectivity
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[Description] Pro Label Tool is the successor to Mobile Cable Label Tool. This is a free application designed to create labels for telecom, datacom and/or electrical identifications on demand. It enables you to easily print labels from your smartphone/tablet to a Brother label printer using a local wireless network. [Key Features] 1. Automatic loading of pre-designed label templates from Brother's cloud server to keep them up to date. 2. Easy to use - just a few taps to choose, edit and print professional quality labels. 3. No computer or printer driver required. 4. Powerful Print Preview 5. Enables you to work more efficiently by creating label designs with P-touch Editor at the office, then send them via email to others to print at the working site. 6. Connectable to CSV database 7. Serialize function frees you from duplicate typing when printing sequential labels with similar content on rows of ID labels. 8. Use the Custom Form function to create labels with standardised network address information. [Compatible machines] PT-P750W, PT-P900W, PT-P950NW, PT-D800W, PT-E850TKW, PT-E310BT, PT-E560BT, PT-E720BT, PT-E920BT To help us improve the application, send your feedback to Feedback-mobile-apps-lm@brother.com. Please note that we may not be able to respond to individual emails.
LumiCenter
Access and manage your security system remotely. View live and recorded video, respond to alarms instantly, and search for specific events or faces. Offers advanced features like PTZ camera control and AI-powered analytics.
- Remote server connection
- Live and recorded video viewing
- Alarm event notifications
- Face search by photo
- PTZ and fisheye camera control
- Video export to mobile device
- AI-powered video analytics
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Connect to LumiCenter Server from anywhere in the world, view information about the security system and quickly respond to alarm situations. Application features: - Easily connect to on-premises - Conveniently view live and recorded video - Quickly view alarm events - Receive push event notifications with an option to open the video in one tap - Search faces in LumiCenter by photo - Search and sort cameras - Control PTZ cameras - Operate fisheye cameras - Use digital zoom of live and recorded video - Run macros - Display cameras according to configured layouts or groups - View live video on Google geomaps and OpenStreetMap - Export snapshots and videos to your mobile device The app is free with no internal purchases or ads. LumiCenter is limitlessly scalable video management software that combines comprehensive support for over 3,000 IP devices, a cloud-based monitoring service, and a streamlined user interface. LumiCenter offers unique value through features like smart forensic search in recorded video and customizable video analytics powered by artificial intelligence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LumiCenter at 5.0 against Brother Pro Label Tool's 4.5. LumiCenter also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Brother Pro Label Tool's advantage is ratings volume (297 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
LumiCenter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brother Pro Label Tool has 297 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Brother Pro Label Tool ships an update every 3 months, LumiCenter every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brother Pro Label Tool | LumiCenter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (297 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 297 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brother Industries, LTD. | Luminys Systems Corporation |
Customer experience
Brother Pro Label Tool
LumiCenter
Bugs and requests
Brother Pro Label Tool
Reported bugs
20 issues- App hangs on 'Cancelling' after printer disconnects
- Bluetooth connection is poor and requires frequent restarts
- Numbers are printed lower than letters
- App doesn't detect loaded tape or saved labels
- Cannot make SL labels that adjust width automatically
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- App doesn't detect printer or shows 'select Accessory' with nothing
- Constant disconnects and difficulty keeping labels centered
- App doesn't detect correct media size
- Repeatable disconnects after printing multiple labels
- App gets stuck in 'Cancelling' state
- Bug in printing heat shrink tubing due to media size mismatch
- App doesn't sync settings from the printer
- App doesn't fit tablet screen fully, poorer resolution
- NFC functionality doesn't work
- Sharing templates doesn't work, cannot import files
- Printer selection screen is unresponsive
- Cannot delete created labels
- Cannot type IP addresses due to missing '.' character
- App not compatible with iOS 17 after update
- App doesn't detect the Cube via Bluetooth
Requested features
18 requests- Add half cut option
- Auto-save WIP labels
- Support for MDM-introduced fonts
- Add arrows for precise movement of images/icons
- Incorporate reference to the middle position of each port
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- Create own icon gallery within the app and share
- Add clip art for circuits
- Add text borders/boxes
- Improve serialization option visibility
- Add single/double/thick border around text
- Improve database creation for multiple rows
- Add templates for repeating cat5 cable wrap labels
- Change default path of 'my labels' tab to cloud services
- Support for PT-P910BT and PT-P950NW
- Native iPad support with full screen utilization
- Allow manual setting of cut marks for half-cut printing
- Fix IP address input keyboard for dots
- Add high resolution print setting
LumiCenter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brother Pro Label Tool
No in-app purchases
LumiCenter
No in-app purchases
Questions
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