Comparison

Print Fast vs ForgeScan

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

Head to head
About

Print Fast

Design and print custom receipts and barcodes directly from your mobile device. Manage your product catalog, add various elements to your receipts, and connect to compatible thermal printers via Bluetooth. Ideal for small businesses needing a portable printing solution.

Highlights
  • Barcode-assisted receipt creation
  • Product catalog management
  • Customizable receipt design
  • Bluetooth thermal printer connection
  • Offline operation
  • Sales report generation
Features
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Print Fast is a focused barcode-assisted receipt maker and thermal printer app for small businesses. Manage your product catalog, design receipts and print from your phone or tablet. KEY FEATURES • Scan a barcode and add the matching catalog product to a sale. • Add text, products, totals, discounts, change, QR codes and barcode elements. • Choose 58 mm or 80 mm receipt width. • Connect to a supported printer over Bluetooth Low Energy. • Select ESC/POS or compatible CPCL output. • Keep a local product catalog, optional stock, templates and print history. • Reprint past receipts and share a CSV sales report. • Start the core workflow without creating an account and keep working offline. PREMIUM Premium removes the onopostore.com promotion from the bottom of receipts and expands local print history to 500 records. Restore purchases through your App Store account. A cancelled subscription ends after the current billing period. Printer compatibility depends on the printer model, connection method and supported command set. Print Fast is not a payment processor, bank integration or full cloud POS suite. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://printfast-analytics.ozgurglr256.workers.dev/privacy

About

ForgeScan

Features
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ForgeScan turns your iPhone into a complete barcode workshop: scan any code, create any code, and print real retail-grade label sheets — entirely offline, with no account and no subscription. MADE FOR SELLERS Import the CSV you already have from your shop platform, map the columns, pick a layout, and export a print-perfect PDF. Labels come out as sharp vector barcodes with proper check digits and human-readable numbers — the kind scanners at checkout actually read. • US Letter sheet layouts compatible with Avery 5160, 5163, 5167, 5161, 22806 and 22807 • A4 sheet layouts compatible with L7160, L7163, L7651 and 37 mm round • Thermal roll sizes: 4×6, 4×2, 2×1, 2.25×1.25, 1.5×1 • Amazon FNSKU, price tag, and expiration date label presets • Mixed products on one sheet, start at any label, reuse partial sheets • Printer calibration page with X/Y fine-tuning • Fixed text lines, barcode-only labels, show or hide the number TRUE RETAIL BARCODES UPC-A and EAN-13 print the way real packaging does: OCR-B digits tucked under the bars, full-height guard bars, and protected quiet zones. Check digits are calculated for you — even across a whole numbered sequence. • Retail, compact, or minimal digit styles, chosen per job • Bar height and text spacing saved with every label setup • The same codes in single, bulk, and label output CREATE EVERY KIND OF CODE QR, Code 128, Code 39, UPC-A, EAN-13, Aztec, PDF417 — all free to create. Style QR codes with your own colors, a center logo, or center text. Codes are static images: they never expire and never phone home. • Contact card QR (vCard) with phone, email, website and social profiles — scanned straight into the other person's contacts • Wi-Fi, URL, email, SMS and phone QR codes • Bulk generation from a number sequence, pasted list, or CSV file • Carry the code you just designed into a bulk batch with one tap • Export bulk batches as a PDF grid, individual PNGs, or CSV • Save batches, label setups, and contact cards to reuse later SCAN ANYTHING Advanced Scan reads codes live while you aim — center one in the window and it scans instantly. On a crowded sheet the window becomes a crosshair, so whatever you center is what scans, nothing else. When a code is blurry, damaged, or photographed off a screen, the shutter runs a series of image enhancement passes until it cracks. • Confirmed reads only — no partial or misread numbers • UPC-A is reported as UPC-A, matching the digits printed on the package SCAN DOCUMENTS AND IDS Flatbed-quality scans from your camera: auto-straightened, cropped to the exact edges, exposure-corrected, and never watermarked. Copy the front and back of an ID onto a single sheet. Previews show exactly what will be saved, and cards come out on a clean white background. Save as PDF or JPG, in color, grayscale, or black & white. HISTORY YOU CAN SEARCH Find any past scan by value, filter by code type, and export any slice as CSV. Your data is always yours to take with you. FREE VS PRO Free includes all scanning, all document scanning, every code type, styled QR codes, a full 30-label sheet per export, bulk batches up to 50 codes, 3 saved contact cards, and your last 200 scans. ForgeScan Pro is a single one-time purchase that removes the label footer and lifts the volume caps: unlimited labels, batches up to 500, unlimited saved cards, and unlimited history. No subscription, ever. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No tracking. No cloud. Everything is generated and stored on your device, and the app works fully offline. ForgeScan is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED, Avery Products Corporation, or Amazon.com, Inc. QR Code is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED, named here only to attribute that trademark. Avery is a trademark of Avery Products Corporation, named only to describe compatible sheet sizes. FNSKU is referenced only to describe a label layout sellers print from their own data.

Screenshots

Print Fast4 screens
ForgeScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Print Fast at none against ForgeScan's 1. Print Fast also leads on device support (3 vs 1). ForgeScan's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. ForgeScan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Print Fast asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Print Fast ships an update every 3 months, ForgeScan every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Print Fast versus ForgeScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrint FastForgeScan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOzgur GulerSamuel Afikuyomi

In-app purchases

None

Print Fast

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ForgeScan

One-time1
  • ForgeScan Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Print Fast free?
Print Fast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ForgeScan free?
ForgeScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Print Fast or ForgeScan have ads?
Neither Print Fast nor ForgeScan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Print Fast or ForgeScan?
Print Fast ships an update every 3 months, and ForgeScan every 2 weeks. Most recently, Print Fast was updated on October 12, 2026 and ForgeScan on October 8, 2026.

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