Comparison

QuickPrint vs PrinterMate

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

Head to head
About

QuickPrint

Print photos, text, documents, calendar weeks, reminders, and shopping lists directly from your Apple devices. This app offers a seamless, private printing experience with no sign-in required, supporting popular Bluetooth thermal printers.

Highlights
  • Print photos from library
  • Print text and documents
  • Print calendar weeks
  • Print reminders and lists
  • No sign-in required
  • Supports Bluetooth thermal printers
Features
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QuickPrint makes printing from your iPhone, iPad, and Mac effortlessly simple. No account. No sign-in. Just open and print. Print anything you love: • Photos directly from your library • Text notes and documents • Glanceable calendar weeks • Reminders and shopping lists QuickPrint supports popular Bluetooth thermal printers. Fast, beautiful, and completely private — your data never leaves your device.

About

PrinterMate

This portable companion app enables personalized printing of images and text using thermal technology. It requires no toner and offers Bluetooth connectivity for on-the-go use. Simply load official thermal paper and print your desired content.

Highlights
  • Image and text printing
  • Thermal printing technology
  • No toner required
  • Bluetooth connectivity
  • Long battery life
  • Portable and compact design
Features
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PrinterMate is the phone companion for portable thermal printers. Turn on Bluetooth, connect your printer, and print labels, photos, text, and banners. Use it for storage labels, study notes, journal stickers, holiday prints, and quick notices. It supports 0.5-inch and 2-inch paper widths and opens the tools that match your printer. Photo print: shoot, pick from the album or a folder, or print a collage, line art, or photo-booth picture. Label print: start from fun templates, industry templates, or creative borders, or make a new label. Add text, barcodes, QR codes, icons, borders, tables, and dates. Drafts and favorites stay on the phone so you can edit later. Text print: print plain text, sticky notes, or a long banner without a complicated layout. Materials: holiday, sketch, plants, learning, animals, cartoons, clothing, home, tattoo stickers, and more. Pick one and print. Connect and preview: scan for your Bluetooth printer, preview the page, and choose how many copies to print. The app is available in Chinese, English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese. Turn on Bluetooth and power on the printer before you start. One printer connects to one phone at a time.

Screenshots

QuickPrint4 screens
PrinterMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: QuickPrint at 4.5 against PrinterMate's 2.1. QuickPrint also leads on ratings volume (114 vs 12) and review sentiment (21% vs 13%). PrinterMate's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

QuickPrint holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QuickPrint has 114 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of QuickPrint's written reviews are positive against 13% of PrinterMate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickPrint ships an update every 7 months, PrinterMate every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
QuickPrint versus PrinterMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickPrintPrinterMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (114 ratings) — better2.1 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews21.1% of reviews — better12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings114 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB161 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarry ShamanskyShenzhen Aogu Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

QuickPrint

All ratings111 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive21.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative78.9%

PrinterMate

All ratings11 ratings
Positive18.2%
Neutral18.2%
Negative63.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

None

QuickPrint

No in-app purchases

None

PrinterMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QuickPrint free?
QuickPrint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrinterMate free?
PrinterMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, QuickPrint or PrinterMate?
QuickPrint is rated higher. QuickPrint averages 4.5 out of 5 from 114 ratings, while PrinterMate averages 2.1 from 12 ratings.
Do QuickPrint or PrinterMate have ads?
Neither QuickPrint nor PrinterMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuickPrint or PrinterMate?
QuickPrint ships an update every 7 months, and PrinterMate every 6 weeks. Most recently, QuickPrint was updated on November 4, 2026 and PrinterMate on November 4, 2026.

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