Epson TM Utility vs Lavu Display
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Epson TM Utility
This application facilitates wireless setup and configuration for compatible Epson receipt printers. It allows users to print sample and customized receipts, monitor printer status, and perform quick pairing via QR code.
- Wireless printer setup
- Printer settings configuration
- Print sample receipts
- Print customized receipts
- Monitor printer status
- Quick pairing by QR code
- Firmware update
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This app enables you to setup wireless connection, configure printer settings and print sample receipts from iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to a Epson receipt printer as below. Supported Printers -TM-H6000V -TM-L90 Liner-Free Label Printer Model -TM-L100 -TM-m10 -TM-m30 -TM-m30II -TM-m30II-H -TM-m30II-S -TM-m30II-SL -TM-m30II-NT -TM-m30III -TM-m30III-H -TM-m50 -TM-m50II -TM-m50II-H -TM-P20 -TM-P20II -TM-P60 -TM-P60II -TM-P80 -TM-P80II -TM-T20II -TM-T20II-m -TM-T20III -TM-T20IV -TM-T20IV-SP -TM-T70II -TM-T82III -TM-T82IV -TM-T88V -TM-T88VI -TM-T88VI-iHUB -TM-T88VII -TM-U220 Wi-Fi -TM-U220II Supported Customer Displays -DM-D30 -DM-D70 Features -Print sample receipt -Print customized receipt -Observe printer status -Configure printer settings -Quick pairing by QR code -Easy print by QR code -Easy print by iBeacon (TM-T88VI/TM-T88VI-iHUB/TM-H6000V) -Printer Settings Backup/Restore (TM-T20IV/TM-T20IV-SP/TM-T82IV/TM-T88VII/TM-L100/TM-P20II/TM-P80II/TM-m30III/TM-m30III-H/TM-m50II/TM-m50II-H/TM-U220II) -Setup wizard (Wireless LAN / Bluetooth) -Firmware update
Lavu Display
Enhance order accuracy with a real-time customer display for your point-of-sale system. This app shows order details, modifiers, discounts, and taxes as they are entered. It also facilitates digital signatures for credit card transactions.
- Real-time order item display
- Shows modifiers and prices
- Displays discounts and taxes
- Digital signature capture
- Tip prompting and quick tip buttons
- Easy pairing with Lavu POS
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Lavu Display is a customer facing display application for the Lavu Point of Sale System. Lavu Display will help you improve quick serve order accuracy by listing order items on a customer facing iPad or iPad mini in real time as orders are placed. Order and items details, including forced and optional modifiers/modifier prices, discounts, gratuity, and taxes, are all shown and updated continuously as order changes are made. Lavu Display also allows you to take digital signatures for credit card transactions without having to flip or swivel the Lavu POS terminal to face the customer. Tip prompting and quick tip buttons follow the same configuration settings as Lavu POS. Pairing Lavu Display with your Lavu POS terminal is quick and easy. Lavu Display is compatible with Lavu POS version 3.0.2 and later. **** This App is for use with the Lavu Point of Sale System **** **** This App requires a wifi network connection ****
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lavu Display at 5.0 against Epson TM Utility's 2.1. Epson TM Utility's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lavu Display holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively.
Epson TM Utility ships an update every 3 months, Lavu Display every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Epson TM Utility | Lavu Display |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seiko Epson Corporation | Lavu |
Customer experience
Epson TM Utility
Lavu Display
In-app purchases
Epson TM Utility
No in-app purchases
Lavu Display
No in-app purchases
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