Label Expert vs 4Barcode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Label Expert
Create professional labels with this software. It supports printing from PDF files, images, and custom templates for versatile label design.
- PDF printing
- Image printing
- Custom template printing
- Professional label design
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Professional label printing software, providing PDF, image and custom template 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
The clearest difference is rating: Label Expert at 4.4 against 4Barcode's 2.5. Label Expert also leads on review sentiment (51% vs 22%) and ratings volume (866 vs 35). 4Barcode's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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.
Label Expert holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Label Expert has 866 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Label Expert's written reviews are positive against 22% of 4Barcode's.
Label Expert ships an update every 2 weeks, 4Barcode monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Label Expert | 4Barcode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (866 ratings) — better | 2.5 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.3% of reviews — better | 21.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 866 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xiamen AiYin Technology Co.,Ltd | Shenzhen Weida Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Label Expert
4Barcode
Bugs and requests
Label Expert
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login/registration issues
- Printing failures and freezes
- Inverted color printing after updates
- Barcodes not scanning properly
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to manually crop labels
- Improved label design customization
- Multilingual support
- Wireless printing without app
4Barcode
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Label Expert
No in-app purchases
4Barcode
No in-app purchases
