Comparison

Smart Printer vs Printer AI

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

Head to head
About

Smart Printer

Transform your phone into a powerful scanner to digitize, store, and manage documents. Easily scan, edit, and share files in various formats, with options for cloud sync and secure encryption. Ideal for professionals and students needing efficient document handling.

Highlights
  • Mobile document scanning
  • PDF and JPG export
  • Edit and annotate documents
  • Cloud synchronization
  • Secure document encryption
  • Batch scanning
Features
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Get paper copies, clean files, and printouts ready to be sent with just a few taps using Smart Printer: Smart Print. Turn your iPhone into a wireless scanner, copier, and simple print station for everyday tasks. - Find nearby printers via Wi-Fi - Connect your device without a lengthy setup - Scan a receipt with a single scan - Straighten pages into a neat document - Save copies as a compact PDF - Send photos, notes, and web pages - Create a queue before printing - Choose A4 when forms require it - Read a QR code from paper - Prepare CV pages for job interviews - Print photo booth pictures from your gallery - Keep the latest files at hand for reprinting Start with what you have in hand: a receipt, form, note, photo, or signed page. Smart Printer: Smart Print helps you scan it, check the preview, and send it to an available wireless printer when your device and network support printing. It is made for the small tasks that come up during the day, from copying a letter to saving a travel booking before you leave. The app keeps the process simple. Open the camera, frame the page, adjust the result, and decide whether you need a digital file or a paper copy. If you are preparing something for work or study, you can review the page before sending it, so the final result feels less like a quick phone photo and more like a tidy file. EVERYDAY PRINTING AND COPYING FLOW Smart Printer: Smart Print is useful when you quickly need a copy but still want to stay in control. Scan a page, crop the edges, keep the readable part, and decide how it should leave your phone. The app is intended for practical tasks rather than complex design work. Use it for letters, homework pages, invoices, recipes, tickets, handwritten notes, and quick photo prints. When you need to save a copy, save the file. When someone needs a physical copy, send it to a printer. When the first result is not right, you can adjust the page and try again before using paper. The copier-like flow is convenient away from a traditional scanner. You can create a clean digital version of a paper page, save it on your phone, and print it later when you are near a suitable printer. This is especially useful for forms, travel documents, and signed documents that should not disappear into a pile of photos. Smart Printer: Smart Print also helps separate urgent tasks from more informal ones. Keep the latest items at hand, check what you are about to print, and avoid accidentally sending the wrong page. A clear preview gives you time to spot missing edges, poor lighting, or the wrong orientation before the task leaves your device. Smart Printer: Smart Print may include a paid subscription that provides full access to the available tools for printing, copying, and files, with fewer limitations where the app applies them. If you choose a subscription, it renews through your Apple ID until you turn it off, and you can manage or cancel it in your account settings. Information about the service terms and how personal data is handled can be found in the app's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19vdtnwuE78IL2cGGlT6CUSFUazLms6eU1Ev6s_c2oDE/edit?usp=sharing

About

Printer AI

Easily print documents, photos, emails, and webpages directly from your iPhone or iPad. This app includes editing tools for drawing, text, and pictures, as well as a scanner to digitize and print physical documents. It supports over 9,000 printer models.

Highlights
  • Print photos and documents
  • Scan and print documents
  • Drawing pad for custom prints
  • Text editor for printable text
  • Supports over 9,000 printer models
  • Edit photos and drawings
Features
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With Smart printer and Air Printer app print documents, photos, printable, emails, webpages and texts from iPhone & ipad. Edit tools for drawing, text and pics. Also Scan & Share files. Smarts Printer app & scanner can help you print photos and documents without installing printer drivers. You can print anything with our printer app with seconds. Our printer app supports more than 9000 printer models. The main key features of the printer app is as below: * Print photos and documents. * Print photos on same sheet or as a poster. * Print emails, webpages or other documents. * Draw anything on drawing pad and print it. * Scan anything and print it with printers. * Type any text in text edit with different fonts and print it. ► SCAN DOCUMENTS: With Smart printer & Air printer app you can scan any document with built in scanner. Also you can edit and print multiple scanned documents. ► DRAWING PAD: Smart Printer app provide you a drawing pad to draw anything. User will get multiple options for drawing anything and print. ► PRINT TEXT: User can also print a text form anywhere & anytime. The text editor has many premium features. ► PRINTER SUPPORT: Our Smart printer app supports more than 9000 models of printers including Canon, HP, Xerox, Samsung, Brothers, Sharp, Toshiba, NRG, Oki, Lenovo, Laxmark, EPSON, Dell and many more. Our terms & conditions: https://sites.google.com/view/printlytermsconditions/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/printlyprinterapp/privacypolicy

Screenshots

Smart Printer4 screens
Printer AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Smart Printer at 5.0 against Printer AI's 4.3. Smart Printer also leads on ads (none vs shown). Printer AI's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Smart Printer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Printer AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Printer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Printer ships an update every 15 months, Printer AI every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Smart Printer versus Printer AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart PrinterPrinter AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB165 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMEHMET KARAKASSantosh Bairagi

Customer experience

Smart Printer

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Printer AI

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Smart Printer

Subscriptions6
  • Infinity Air Printer Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Air Printer: Documents Scanner3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Air Printer: Photos for month3 Days trial$11.991 Month
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  • Air Printer: Documents Scanner3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Air Printer: Photos for year3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Air Printer Infinity Yearly$59.991 Year
3 purchases

Printer AI

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium Plan$6.997 Days
  • Yearly Premium Plan$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Printer Premium$49.99

Questions

Is Smart Printer free?
Smart Printer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Printer AI free?
Printer AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smart Printer or Printer AI?
Smart Printer is rated higher. Smart Printer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Printer AI averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Smart Printer or Printer AI have ads?
Printer AI shows ads; Smart Printer does not.
Which is updated more often, Smart Printer or Printer AI?
Smart Printer ships an update every 15 months, and Printer AI every 2 months. Most recently, Smart Printer was updated on October 8, 2026 and Printer AI on September 19, 2026.

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