Comparison

Epson Printer Finder vs Painter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Epson Printer Finder

Easily access the setup page for your network-connected Epson printers. Make essential setting changes for services like AirPrint and ensure your printer has the latest firmware. This utility helps manage your printer's network configuration.

Highlights
  • Access network printer setup page
  • Configure AirPrint settings
  • Update printer firmware
  • Search for wireless networks
  • Manage network printer configurations
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This software opens the Setup page for network connected printers. You can then make setting changes for services such as AirPrint. Before starting setup, update the printer's firmware to the latest version. Amazon Alexa is now available on Epson Connect. Supported printers:Epson Printer that supports AirPrint. Visit the following website to check the license agreement regarding the use of this application. https://support.epson.net/terms/ijp/swinfo.php?id=7110 To use Printer Finder with a Wi-Fi connection, you must allow the app to use your device's location services. This allows Printer Finder to search for wireless networks; your location data is not collected.

About

Painter

Features
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Painter Pro is a fun painting/drawing program. There are 23 functions available. Colours - Allows you to select the paintbrush colour. Emoticons/Stickers - Add stickers or emoticons with options to expand and/or rotate the image. Brush Stroke - Allows you to select the brush stroke style (solid or dash lines) and stroke thickness. Pattern Background - You can choose from 40 backgrounds. Plain Background - You can choose from 40 background colours. Pattern Brush Stroke - You can choose from 40 patterned strokes. Camera - Take a photo and use the photo as a background for your drawing. Photo Album - Select a photo from the photo album to use as a background. Gallery - Display drawings in the Gallery. Save - Save the drawing to the Gallery and/or Photo Album. Photos saved in the Gallery can be viewed in the Gallery, emailed, printed or uploaded to Facebook. Email - You can email the current drawing or the Gallery photos. PDF File - Create 1 PDF file of the current drawing or Gallery photos. Twitter - Select a photo to post and upload to Twitter. Print - Prints the current picture or Gallery pictures to an iPhone supported printer with options to print a single or multiple copies. Slideshow - Displays the Gallery photos in a slideshow with 'Slide' or Fade' mode, manual or automatic display. Option to add music when playing slideshow. Carousel - Displays the Gallery photos in a carousel with styles like Linear, Rotary, Inverted Rotary, Cylinder, Inverted Cylinder, Coverflow, Coverflow2, Time Machine, Inverted Time Machine or Custom with horizontal or vertical display. Option to add music when running the carousel. Scroll - Scroll through Gallery Photos. Shapes - You can draw arc, line, circle, filled circle, ellipse, filled ellipse, semicircle, filled semicircle, rectangle, filled rectangle, square, filled square, diamond, filled diamond, triangle and filled triangle. Paintbrush - Revert back to paintbrush mode after you've finished drawing shapes. Undo - Undo the last stroke drawn. Redo - Redo the last stroke. Trashcan - Clear the drawing on the canvas. Help - Provides a description of each icon on the screen.

Screenshots

Epson Printer Finder2 screens
Painter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Epson Printer Finder at Free against Painter's $2.99. Painter's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Epson Printer Finder is free to download; Painter costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Epson Printer Finder ships an update every 6 months, Painter every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Epson Printer Finder versus Painter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpson Printer FinderPainter
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating2.5 (65 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings65 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeiko Epson CorporationJessica Tunnicliffe

Bugs and requests

Epson Printer Finder

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Printer not detected even when on same network
  • App only opens printer status page, no printing options

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add option to manually enter printer IP address
  • Improve printer discovery and connection process
  • Integrate with AirPrint for direct printing

Painter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Epson Printer Finder

No in-app purchases

None

Painter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Epson Printer Finder free?
Epson Printer Finder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Painter free?
Painter costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Epson Printer Finder or Painter have ads?
Neither Epson Printer Finder nor Painter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Epson Printer Finder or Painter?
Epson Printer Finder ships an update every 6 months, and Painter every 5 months. Most recently, Epson Printer Finder was updated on October 13, 2026 and Painter on October 13, 2026.

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