Aprinter vs Shipping Printer Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aprinter
This utility app allows users to print documents and images directly from their mobile devices. It supports various file formats and offers image cropping and print settings customization.
- Print PDF and image files
- Share files from other apps
- Image cropping
- Set print information
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Aprinter support choose PDF/IMAGE or share file from other apps, you can cropper you image and set print info to print.
Shipping Printer Pro
This application offers practical functions for thermal printer printing. It aims to provide a streamlined experience for users needing to print shipping labels and other thermal documents.
- Thermal printer printing
- Practical functions
- Radical modifications
- Streamlined printing experience
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Shipping Printer Pro will contain a series of radical modifications, as well as more practical functions. help with thermal printer printing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shipping Printer Pro at 2.6 against Aprinter's 2.0. Shipping Printer Pro also leads on ratings volume (69 vs 10) and review sentiment (43% vs 33%). Aprinter's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). 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.
Shipping Printer Pro holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shipping Printer Pro has 69 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Aprinter's written reviews are positive against 43% of Shipping Printer Pro's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aprinter | Shipping Printer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (10 ratings) | 2.6 (69 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 43.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 69 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xiamen Angyin Information Technology Co., Ltd | Xiamen AiYin Technology Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
Aprinter
Shipping Printer Pro
Bugs and requests
Aprinter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Shipping Printer Pro
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes when doing multiple tasks
- Settings won't fix label printing as 8x11
- Prints a black square for some labels
- App crashes every time
- 4x6 is not 4x6
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- App doesn't stay working
- Prints gibberish
- Prints pixelated barcode gibberish
- Wastes paper by printing blanks or gibberish
- Doesn't connect
- Makes user restart app and redo edits
- No connection
- Rendering forever
- Frequent trouble connecting
- Has to reinstall app almost every time
- Can't connect to Bluetooth
- Doesn't print from PDF
- No option to input name and address for shipping
Requested features
5 requests- Label size 1.5”x0.5”
- Remotely send print jobs
- Batch printing functionality
- More modern interface and features
- Update the app frequently (bi-weekly/monthly)
In-app purchases
Aprinter
No in-app purchases
Shipping Printer Pro
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Aprinter free?
Is Shipping Printer Pro free?
Which has better reviews, Aprinter or Shipping Printer Pro?
Do Aprinter or Shipping Printer Pro have ads?
Which is updated more often, Aprinter or Shipping Printer Pro?
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