Shipping Printer Pro vs 4Barcode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
4Barcode
Design and print ticket labels for various industries with customizable templates. This tool supports printing barcodes, QR codes, text, and images, and can integrate data from Excel. Connects with Bluetooth and WiFi printers.
- Customizable ticket label templates
- Barcode and QR code generation
- Text and image insertion
- Excel data integration
- Picture data identification
- Bluetooth and WiFi printer support
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4Barcode is a printing software developed specifically for designing ticket labels in various industries. 4Barcode includes multiple commonly used templates as well as new templates that can be customized. The general templates can be edited for content, while the new custom templates can be freely edited and have printing effects. 4Barcode has a series of functions, such as printing barcodes, QR codes, text, pictures, inserting Excel data, lines, and rectangles, and it also supports identification methods such as picture data identification and scanning code identification. 4Barcode supports Bluetooth printers and WiFi printers.
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Verdict
Shipping Printer Pro and 4Barcode both sit at 2.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 43% of Shipping Printer Pro's written reviews are positive against 22% of 4Barcode's. 4Barcode's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.6 for Shipping Printer Pro against 2.5 for 4Barcode. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 35 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Shipping Printer Pro's written reviews are positive against 22% of 4Barcode's.
Shipping Printer Pro ships an update every 2 months, 4Barcode monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shipping Printer Pro | 4Barcode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (69 ratings) — better | 2.5 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.4% of reviews — better | 21.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xiamen AiYin Technology Co.,Ltd | Shenzhen Weida Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Shipping Printer Pro
4Barcode
Bugs and 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)
4Barcode
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shipping Printer Pro
No in-app purchases
4Barcode
No in-app purchases
