Comparison

DotPrinter vs PrintDoctor

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

Head to head
About

DotPrinter

Features
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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)

About

PrintDoctor

Features
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The field toolbox for ESC/POS thermal receipt printers. Find, test, and fix any network receipt printer from your phone - no laptop, no vendor utility, no guesswork. Built for POS technicians, systems integrators, and shop owners who just want the receipt printer to work. FIND YOUR PRINTER - Scan your WiFi network and find every printer listening on port 9100 in seconds - Save printer profiles (name, IP, paper width) for one-tap access - Works with any ESC/POS printer with a LAN or WiFi interface - Epson, Star, Xprinter, GOOJPRT, Rongta, MUNBYN, and the generic ones TEST IT - One-tap test pages: status page, font & style matrix, barcode + QR sample, 58/80mm ruler - See exactly what your printer can do before you wire it into a POS FIX GARBLED RECEIPTS (the killer feature) - Chinese, accents, or symbols printing as garbage? The Codepage Matrix prints the same sample line under every common ESC/POS codepage - including Big5, GB18030, and UTF-8 modes - each one labelled - Find the row that prints correctly, set that codepage in your POS software, done CASH DRAWER - Fire the drawer kick on pin 2 or pin 5 with selectable pulse widths - Built-in wiring explainer (RJ11/RJ12) for drawer installs PRINT LOGOS - Pick any image, preview it in true 1-bit with three dithering algorithms (Floyd-Steinberg, Bayer, threshold), and print it as a raster logo TRY EVERYTHING WITHOUT A PRINTER - The built-in Virtual Demo Printer renders every print job as an on-screen receipt - test the whole app before you're even on site HONEST BY DESIGN - One-time purchase. No subscription, no watermarks, no print limits, no ads, no account - Fully offline: the app talks only to printers on YOUR network, nothing else - iPhone can't speak classic-Bluetooth SPP, so PrintDoctor doesn't pretend to - network printing done right, with a clear in-app explanation Support: https://lampstandtech.com/printdoctor/support Privacy: https://lampstandtech.com/printdoctor/privacy

Screenshots

DotPrinter3 screens
PrintDoctor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DotPrinter at $0.99 against PrintDoctor's $14.99. DotPrinter also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.4). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

DotPrinter costs $0.99 and PrintDoctor $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
DotPrinter versus PrintDoctor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDotPrinterPrintDoctor
Price$0.99 โ€” better$14.99
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnionNetMarcus Lam

In-app purchases

None

DotPrinter

No in-app purchases

None

PrintDoctor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DotPrinter free?
DotPrinter costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrintDoctor free?
PrintDoctor costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do DotPrinter or PrintDoctor have ads?
Neither DotPrinter nor PrintDoctor shows ads.

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