PostalCal vs Label Expert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PostalCal
This calendar app is designed for postal employees with rotating days off. It displays paydays and postal holidays, eliminating the need for annual paper calendars. Optional in-app purchases allow for color customization and adding personal events.
- Rotating days off calendar
- Payday display
- Postal observed holidays
- Customizable color rotations
- Add personal events
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Postal Employee Day Off Calendar Are you a postal employee with rotating days off? This app is for you. Postal Employee Day Off Calendar is a simple, purpose-built calendar for USPS postal workers and their families. It clearly shows every pay day and postal‑observed holiday so you always know what’s coming. Instead of buying a new paper color calendar every year, make a one‑time purchase and keep everything on your phone. Want more control? Unlock two optional upgrades: Customize calendar colors to match your own rotation. Add your own events directly to the calendar.
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Label Expert at Free against PostalCal's $5.99. Label Expert also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months). PostalCal's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (72% vs 51%). On 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 Expert is free to download; PostalCal costs $5.99 up front. PostalCal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Label Expert asks for nothing beyond the download.
PostalCal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Label Expert has 866 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of PostalCal's written reviews are positive against 51% of Label Expert's.
PostalCal ships an update every 9 months, Label Expert every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PostalCal | Label Expert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (866 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better | 51.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 866 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Franco | Xiamen AiYin Technology Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
PostalCal
Label Expert
User reviews
PostalCal
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use calendar
- 🗓️ Helpful for planning
- 👨👩👧👦 Simplifies family scheduling
- 🎨 Customizable colors
- ✅ Great functionality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashing issues
- 📅 Outdated information
- ⏳ Lacks future year updates
- ❌ Re-purchase required
- 🐛 App not opening
Label Expert
From 866 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and convenient
- 👍 Simple and straightforward
- 👍 Excellent for small businesses
- 👍 Reliable and works flawlessly
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional connectivity issues
- 🐛 Printing quality problems after updates
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with certain devices
- 🔒 Privacy concerns with data access
Bugs and requests
PostalCal
Reported bugs
15 issues- Re-purchase required after payment
- No dates after 11th day
- No 10 shows up
- Last weeks of months have dots instead of dates
- Month & Year not displayed
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- Juneteenth holiday not updated
- Memorial Day date incorrect (May 24th instead of 31st)
- Graphic issues on iPad
- App crashes on opening
- App won't open after iOS update
- App crashes on current month
- Error on August 23rd (should be black, not blue)
- Pay period info missing
- Cannot swipe back
- App kicks out when selecting a month
Requested features
13 requests- Sync with other calendars (iCal)
- Add custom events option
- Ability to add notes
- Integrate weather
- Add mail volumes manually
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- See a couple years ahead
- Update for future years
- Add events to days
- Link days off with iOS calendar
- Ability to shut off unwanted colors
- Mark days taken off (s/l or a/l)
- Add non-postal holidays
- Option to add notes for a fee
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
In-app purchases
PostalCal
- Custom Calendar Colors$3.99
- Calendar Events$4.99
Label Expert
No in-app purchases
