Sharpdesk Mobile vs Zebra Digital ID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sharpdesk Mobile
Easily receive, preview, and store scanned documents from your Wi-Fi connected scanner directly to your mobile device. Print stored documents, attach them to emails, or share them with other applications.
- Receive scanned documents
- Preview documents
- Store documents on mobile
- Print stored documents
- Attach documents to email
- Share with other apps
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Sharpdesk Mobile can receive, preview and store scanned documents from your scanner to your mobile device connected to your Wi-Fi network. Sharpdesk Mobile can also print the documents stored in your mobile device to your printer, attach the scanned documents stored in this application to e-mail, and send the documents to other application in your mobile device to utilize them. For details, see Sharpdesk Mobile Web site: http://sharp-world.com/products/copier/docu_solutions/mobile/sharpdesk_mobile/ Sharpdesk is a trademark or registered trademark of Sharp Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. New features may require options and firmware updates for printer/scanner. See your local support web site for the detail.
Zebra Digital ID
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Allow your employees, students, visitors, members, or volunteers to receive and keep their Digital ID to use for mobile identification, access, or a Status Check with the Zebra Digital ID App. The App is developed for Apple mobile devices, holds Digital IDs, and has an active connection with CardStudio 2.0. Design, manage, and issue Digital IDs in CardStudio 2.0. A Digital ID in the app can easily be updated. Changes to data are pushed immediately. The card holder is alerted that a new ID is available with an email and push message from the app. The card holder can accept and open their Digital ID to use as an Employee Badge, Student ID, Member ID, or temporary ID.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Zebra Digital ID at every 2 months against Sharpdesk Mobile's every 5 months. Zebra Digital ID also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sharpdesk Mobile ships an update every 5 months, Zebra Digital ID every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sharpdesk Mobile | Zebra Digital ID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sharp Corporation | Zebra Technologies Corporation |
Bugs and requests
Sharpdesk Mobile
Reported bugs
21 issues- Stopped working after a couple of months
- Cannot print since updating to version 2.5.0
- Says file is being sent but never prints
- Unable to print documents due to missing components
- Won't print PDFs, only photos
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- No longer prints pics from iPhone 6+
- Broken with iOS 11
- App broken with iOS 9.0
- Cannot communicate to printer successfully
- Not recognized on iOS 8's share sheet
- Cannot print from other apps
- Cannot print a page range from a document
- Cannot open local documents directly
- App crashes on start with iOS 7
- Needs iOS 7 update
- Scanning quit working
- Authentication configured on 5110
- Send to dialog box is blank
- iPad DR Collision error
- Won't find devices across a VLAN
- Cannot edit device name field
Requested features
8 requests- Option to print black-and-white by default
- Option to print specific pages from PDF
- Network support for mobile data (VPN)
- Add 'Open In' function again
- Link to OCR apps
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- User authentication for printing
- Ability to change device name
- Airplay emulation as default
Zebra Digital ID
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sharpdesk Mobile
No in-app purchases
Zebra Digital ID
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Sharpdesk Mobile free?
Is Zebra Digital ID free?
Do Sharpdesk Mobile or Zebra Digital ID have ads?
Which is updated more often, Sharpdesk Mobile or Zebra Digital ID?
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