DotPrinter vs Virtual Thermal Printer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DotPrinter
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This application is designed for your mobile and desktop thermal printers to print photographs, web pages, images, PDF files and plain text files directly from your iPhone and iPad. Now, you can use your thermal printer with any iOS application supporting file sharing (opening in external applications) or from Files application (iCloud). Features: - smart convert documents to plain text with images - scale images and documents to fit on paper - crop images and documents to paper width - pick image output quality - support for UTF8 encoded files on code page based printers Printable documents: - PDF - Web pages - PlainText, Markdown - Images - Thermal (custom format dedicated for thermal printers) Supported printers: - Woosim WSP-R240 (Bluetooth) - Woosim WSP-i350 (Bluetooth) - Woosim WSP-i450 (Bluetooth) - Star Micronics SM-L200 - Star Micronics SM-L300 - Star Micronics SM-S210i, SM-S220, SM-S220i, SM-S223i, SM-S230i - Star Micronics SM-T300i, SM-T300, SM-T301 - Star Micronics SM-T400i, SM-T400, SM-T401 - Star Micronics mC-Print2, mC-Print3 - Star Micronics mPOP - Star Micronics FVP10 - Star Micronics TSP100 - Star Micronics TSP650II, TSP700II, TSP800II - Star Micronics BSC10 - Star Micronics SP700 - Epson TM-P20, TM-P60, TM-P60II, TM-P80, TM-P80AC, TM-T20II, TM-T70II, TM-T88V (Bluetooth) - A lot of Epson thermal printers (TCP/IP)
Virtual Thermal Printer
This utility app simulates a thermal receipt printer for POS systems. It supports various ESC/POS commands to print text, barcodes, and QR codes, and offers multiple code-page options for international character sets.
- Simulates POS thermal printer
- Supports ESC/POS commands
- Prints text, barcodes, and QR codes
- Configurable IP address and port
- Multiple code-page support
- Raster image printing
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Print receipts from POS applications that support ESC/POS printing over IP. Just power on the printer and configure the IP-address and port displayed in your POS application. List of supported commands: - ESC @: Initialize printer - LF: Print and line feed - GS !: Double-width and double-height - ESC E: Turn emphasized mode on/off - ESC -: Turn underline mode on/off - ESC a: Align text (left, right and center) - ESC i and ESC m: Partial cut - GS B: Turn white/black reverse print mode on/off - GS V: Cut paper ( - GS k: Print barcode (EAN8, EAN13, Code39) - GS ( k: Print QR Code. Functions 169 & 180 - DLE EOT: Printer status (1..4) - GS v 0: Print raster bit image For more details on ESC/POS commands see https://reference.epson-biz.com/modules/ref_escpos/index.php?content_id=2 The following code-pages are supported: - CP437: US ASCII - CP850: Latin I - CP852: Latin II - CP858: Latin I + Euro - CP860: Portugese - CP863: Canadian-French - CP865: Nordic - CP866: Russian Note: The content printed in the above screenshots is for illustrative purposes only. Depending on the POS system used, the output may vary. Please make sure your POS application supports ESC/POS commands before installing this application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Virtual Thermal Printer at every 5 weeks against DotPrinter's every 6 months. DotPrinter's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
DotPrinter costs $0.99 and Virtual Thermal Printer $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DotPrinter ships an update every 6 months, Virtual Thermal Printer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DotPrinter | Virtual Thermal Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | — | 3.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UnionNet | Pascal Kimmel |
In-app purchases
DotPrinter
No in-app purchases
Virtual Thermal Printer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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