Address Labels & Envelopes vs Label Printer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Address Labels & Envelopes
Easily print address labels and envelopes for mailings and lists. Personalize with images, import contacts, and track card sending history. Supports various label types and printers.
- Print address labels and envelopes
- Import contacts from various sources
- Personalize labels with images
- Track card sending history
- Supports multiple label types and printers
- Syncs with other iOS devices and Mac
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Print your mailing/cards address labels and envelopes in minutes. Address Labels takes care of fitting the text/image to the label size. You just supply the contents and select label type - AddressLabels does the rest. Compatible with the mac app via Cloud syncing. Excellent for organising Christmas card or other mailing lists. No more forgetting to send a card – use your list year after year. No. 1 iPad Utilities App last Christmas on USA and UK stores. Most Avery label sheet types supported. Supports Brother label printers (wifi). Supports some Dymo LabelWriters though also requires 3rd party software (see website). Prints to wide variety of envelopes - even custom sizes. Note: whilst working on most printers, it is not guaranteed to work on all printers. Print USPS IM barcodes for USA addresses. AddressLabels remembers the settings, making the next job even easier. Import names from Contacts, spreadsheet csv files or type manually. Personalize labels with image/photo e.g. Christmas icon Create Return address labels. Sort on First/Last Names, post/zip code, manually or Birthday (really handy for Birthday List) The zip sort lets you target your mailings to specific neighbourhoods and can be especially helpful in the USA allowing you to get the lowest possible postal rates for bulk mail. Create simple Custom labels e.g. for produce labels, storage boxes etc. Record when cards have been written, mailed, hand-delivered or sent as eCards, and number of replies. Number of stamps required displayed. Print directly from your device via Airprint-enabled printer. Share - e.g. email or airdrop list. Export to csv. Store extra info e.g. children names etc. Multiple uses - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Birthdays, Weddings, Baby Showers, storage jars, file labels etc. - use your imagination. Lists sync with other iOS devices and Mac (iOS 13 or later). Check person’s history e.g. to see when they last sent you a card. Use “alias” e.g. import “John Smith” from Contacts, but display and print “The Smiths” etc. Use person's nickname/company for label/envelope **************************************************************** Instructions on using the app at https://ios.addresslabels.app Great support available - support@ios.addresslabels.app *************************************************************** "This app, however, is nothing short of brilliant, easy to use and printing sensible labels." "This app certainly takes the pain out of producing your Christmas and other lists. A lot of thought has gone into this truly excellent product." "This is a superb program and does what it says simply and efficiently. The developer responds promptly to suggestions. Importing Contacts works well and changes are instantly carried through. My cards have never been sent out so early!" "I love how this app has streamlined addressing my Christmas cards!! Thank you!!" "AddressLabels delivers an extremely effective way to manage card lists which means the ability to easily compose lists from your Contacts, get the labels printed, and keep track of cards received and sent! Add the ability to manually enter list members, assign nicknames, select from multiple addresses, intelligent handling the country portion of the address, accommodate a large range of label types, AirPrint directly or produce a PDF of the labels, clone new lists from existing lists, all wrapped in a visually pleasing interface. Winner!" "I hate addressing my Christmas cards. This app made it very easy to make labels. I don't have a printer that works with my iPad yet, so I really appreciated having the capability to send them as a PDF to my email address. The app is awesome..." “Just what you need at this time of year - a reliable self updating list to speed up sending out cards. This is the 3rd or 4th year I've used it and it just gets better and better.” “After years of tearing my hair out trying to get labels out of my iphone/iPad/iMac combo, an app that actually does what it promised!”
Label Printer
Easily create and print custom labels for various needs, from mailing addresses to storage boxes. Import contacts, design with images and clipart, and organize your label projects. Supports popular label sheet sizes and AirPrint printers.
- Create mailing labels from contacts
- Design labels with images and clipart
- Organize labels into lists
- Customize font, color, and border
- Supports common label sheet sizes
- AirPrint and PDF sharing support
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Ditch the word processor and print your labels the easy way using Label Printer. Whether you'd like to quickly print mailing labels using your existing Contacts or make great looking labels for your storage boxes, Label Printer will save you time and help get you organized. • Create mailing labels from existing addresses in your iPhone / iPad Contacts or start from scratch • Organize your labels into different lists and save them along with their style settings for later use • Automatically fill an entire sheet of labels with the same label design – perfect for return address labels • Use an image from your photo library or the included clipart • Customize the border, font, color and alignment of your labels • Store your label sheets in iCloud and use them across your various iPad / iPhone devices • Automatically adjusts the font size to maximize the available label space – or not if you prefer • Supports the most common A4 / US Letter Avery®, Herma and Unistat label sheet sizes • Supports AirPrint printers directly and non-AirPrint printers via 3rd party apps* • Allows sharing a PDF of the labels via Email / AirDrop / Message / any installed apps that can handle PDFs * Please note that printing to a non-AirPrint printer from your iPhone / iPad requires a suitable 3rd party app that supports printing of PDFs to your specific printer. Alternatively you can share a PDF of the labels with a device that is able to print.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Label Printer at Free against Address Labels & Envelopes's $2.99. Label Printer also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Address Labels & Envelopes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Label Printer is free to download; Address Labels & Envelopes costs $2.99 up front. Address Labels & Envelopes sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Label Printer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Address Labels & Envelopes against 4.5 for Label Printer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.1K and 911 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Address Labels & Envelopes's written reviews are positive against 85% of Label Printer's.
Address Labels & Envelopes ships an update every 3 weeks, Label Printer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Address Labels & Envelopes | Label Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.1K ratings) — better | 4.5 (911 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.6% of reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 911 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HamiltonsApps | Richard McKenna |
Customer experience
Address Labels & Envelopes
Label Printer
Bugs and requests
Address Labels & Envelopes
Reported bugs
3 issues- Addresses not updating when changed in contacts
- App crashing when trying to edit or add new lists
- Printing issues with label alignment and sizing
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to filter/sort lists by status (sent, received, etc.)
- Option to print return address labels
- Sync between devices (iPad, iPhone, Mac)
- Ability to upload custom graphics/images for labels
- More label format options (e.g., envelope printing)
Label Printer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Address Labels & Envelopes
- Generous Tip$0.99
- Buy me a coffee$1.99
- Massive Tip$2.99
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- Buy me a snack$3.99
- Humongous Tip$4.99
- Buy me lunch$6.99
Label Printer
- Remove Watermark$5.99
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