DotPrinter vs PrintDoctor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ 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)
PrintDoctor
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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
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Verdict
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
DotPrinter costs $0.99 and PrintDoctor $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | DotPrinter | PrintDoctor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 โ better | $14.99 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 โ better | 16.4 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UnionNet | Marcus Lam |
In-app purchases
DotPrinter
No in-app purchases
PrintDoctor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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