iPIMM SMS vs Prep N Print with Flex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iPIMM SMS
This system offers a comprehensive quality management solution for restaurants, convenience stores, and grocery retailers. It streamlines operations by managing temperature, energy, security, and cash, providing a centralized platform for food safety inspections and audits.
- Temperature and energy management
- Security and cash management
- Drive-thru performance tracking
- Centralized refrigeration unit management
- Quality grading and reporting
- Food safety and HACCP inspections
- Audit simplification and scoring
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The iPIMM™ Store Management System (SMS) provides our customers with a customized quality management solution for restaurants, convenience stores and retail grocery establishments. The system provides a user-friendly interface to enhance operational efficiencies for managing temperature, energy, security, drive-thru performance, cash management and quality control 24x7. iPIMM™ SMS provides centralized management of walk-in freezers/coolers, reach-in refrigeration units, thresholds, inspection criteria and corrective action procedures. Each facility receives a “Quality Grade” that can be shared with operations staff and management to verify proper cold chain management process and procedures. iPIMM™ SMS has a built-in Food Safety and Quality Control System (Inspections & Audits) that simplifies data collection, scoring and reporting for daily food safety and HACCP inspections as well as weekly, monthly food safety and quality assurance audits for each restaurant facility.
Prep N Print with Flex
This app automates food discard calculations based on item and shelf life data. It supports printing single or batch labels, reprinting previous labels, and offers various food labeling formats. Requires a specific printer and website access.
- Automated discard calculations
- Single and batch label printing
- Reprinting of previous labels
- Food rotation label formats
- Nutrition and ingredient labels
- Grab 'n go label formats
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The Flex app uses your food item and shelf life information to automatically calculate when foods should be discarded. The app supports: • Printing of single labels • Printing batches of labels • Reprinting previously printed labels to preserve the original “prep” time and calculated “use by” information. • Food rotation, nutrition, ingredients, tamper-evident and grab ‘n go label formats Note: To use this application, you will need a flex Printer, Daydots™ direct thermal labels, and access to the flex Website to enter your food, template, location, and account settings details. Visit Ecolab Food Safety Solutions to get started: www.prepnprint.com/flex
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iPIMM SMS at 5.0 against Prep N Print with Flex's 3.9. iPIMM SMS also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Prep N Print with Flex's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
iPIMM SMS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prep N Print with Flex has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
iPIMM SMS ships an update every 6 weeks, Prep N Print with Flex every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iPIMM SMS | Prep N Print with Flex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.9 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Procuro, Inc. | Ecolab |
Customer experience
iPIMM SMS
Prep N Print with Flex
In-app purchases
iPIMM SMS
No in-app purchases
Prep N Print with Flex
No in-app purchases
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