OpenAirScan vs Stikkr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenAirScan
This app connects to any network-enabled scanner using the ESCL (AirScan) protocol. It allows you to create scans in various formats, working with most scanners from the last decade. It is designed to be vendor-agnostic.
- Connects to ESCL/AirScan scanners
- Vendor-agnostic compatibility
- Supports various scan formats
- Works with network-enabled scanners
- Compatible with most modern scanners
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OpenAirScan connects to any ESCL(a.k.a. AirScan)-capable scanner on your network and creates scans in various formats. It is entirely vendor-agnostic and should work with nearly all network-enabled scanners built in the past ten years.
Stikkr
Design and print labels directly from your device with a variety of text, barcode, and image options. Utilize over 150 templates or create your own, with batch printing capabilities from spreadsheets. This app supports multiple printers and operates entirely offline without ads or accounts.
- Label design canvas
- 150+ pre-made templates
- Bluetooth printing
- Batch printing from CSV
- Counter labels with encryption
- Offline operation
- No ads or accounts
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Stikkr is a label designer and Bluetooth print app for NIIMBOT D110, B1, B21, B3S and newer Phomemo M110 printers. It runs entirely on your device, with no accounts and no ads. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Design labels on a canvas — text, shapes, barcodes, QR codes, your own images. • Use 150+ ready-made templates: address blocks, price tags, jar labels, cable IDs, return-address strips, and more. • Print over Bluetooth straight to your printer. No cloud round-trip, no print server. • Batch print from a CSV or spreadsheet — type once, print fifty. • Counter labels with optional encryption — keep a private running series across batches without exposing the raw count. • Quick-fill any field from your phone keyboard or a clipboard paste. • Six languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean. WHAT IT WON'T DO • No account. No sign-up. No "create your free workspace." • No ads. Not a single banner, ever. • No analytics by default. One optional anonymous toggle in Settings, off out of the box. • No cloud sync in v1.0. Anything you make stays on your device unless you export it yourself. PRINTERS SUPPORTED AT LAUNCH • NIIMBOT D110 — the popular pocket label printer with replaceable ribbons. • NIIMBOT B1 / B21 / B3S — the larger desktop and portable models. • Phomemo M110 (newer BLE models, also sold as M150) — the M110 hardware with the OLED screen. Older M110 hardware revisions that only speak Bluetooth Classic SPP are not supported in this release. OFFLINE-FIRST BY DESIGN Your designs, spreadsheets, print history and printer pairings stay on your device. They are never sent to any server. You can use the entire label-designing-and-printing flow without giving us so much as an email address. The network is touched only for things you explicitly opt into: a one-time purchase, optional anonymous usage statistics, or a cloud feature you turn on yourself. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL UNLOCK Stikkr has a generous daily print quota that covers everyday use. If you regularly run big batches, a one-time in-app purchase removes the cap forever — no subscription, no recurring fee. Single payment, yours from then on. WHO THIS IS FOR People who bought a thermal label printer and would prefer their label app not to upsell them on premium fonts, login flows, or "AI Suggestions". Hobbyists, small-shop owners, archivists, anyone running a tidy household, anyone who labels jars. If you've been put off by the official apps that ship with these printers, this is the app they should have shipped with.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stikkr at 100% against OpenAirScan's 50%. Stikkr also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). OpenAirScan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Stikkr sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OpenAirScan asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stikkr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of OpenAirScan's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stikkr's.
OpenAirScan ships an update every 3 months, Stikkr every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenAirScan | Stikkr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leo Wehrfritz | Simon McAuliffe |
Customer experience
OpenAirScan
Stikkr
In-app purchases
OpenAirScan
No in-app purchases
Stikkr
- Unlimited Prints$7.99
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