Comparison

Printer Discover vs UNpkl

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

Head to head
About

Printer Discover

Easily discover and gather detailed information about your network printers. This utility app identifies printer models, capabilities like scanning and faxing, and network protocols. It provides comprehensive details on printer status, supported media types, and administrative website access.

Highlights
  • Network printer discovery
  • Printer manufacturer and model detection
  • AirPrint support detection
  • Printer capabilities analysis (scanning, faxing, color)
  • Network information (IP, Bonjour services)
  • Printer status monitoring
Features
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It is a great time to explore your network printers. Printer Discover helps you to find all information about your network printers from printer description to detailed features. PRINTER BROWSER • Discover the shared printers on your office or home network. The app can discover direct network printers, shared USB printers or re-shared network printers. • Detect AirPrint support. AirPrint is a feature in Apple Inc.'s operating systems starting with OS X Lion and iOS 4.2.1, for printing via a wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), either directly to AirPrint-compatible printers or non-compatible printers by way of a Microsoft Windows or GNU/Linux PC, or an Apple Mac (via sharing or AirPrint activator). • Printer manufacturer and model detection. Commonly supported printer vendors: Astro-Med, Aurora, Brother, Canon, Dell, Develop, Epson, Fuji Xerox, Gestetner, HP, infotec, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, LANIER, Lenovo, Lexmark, NRG, NTT, Oki Data, Olivetti, RICOH, RISO, Samsung, SAVIN, Sharp, Sindoh, TA, Toshiba, Xerox, Zink and more... • Detect administration website for printer (if exists). • Detect current printer working state (idle, printing, stopped). PRINTER NETWORK INFORMATION • Analyze and describe Bonjour service name, type, protocol, port, IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6) and other properties. Supported Bonjour services: • Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). • Internet Printing Protocol over HTTPS (IPPS). • Internet Printing Protocol over TLS (IPP-TLS). • Line Printer Daemon (LPD). • Page Description Language (PDL). • Show Bonjour printer local name, domain name, MAC address (with vendor information), PING capability. DETECT PRINTER CAPABILITIES • Scanning. • Faxing. • Color or BW support. • Two sided printing output. • Collating output. • Sorting output. • Binding output. • Stapling output. • Fast copies. • Punch holes. • Custom paper size support. • Maximum paper size support (A4, A3, A2). • Supported media types (disc, document, envelope, label, large-format, photo, postcard, receipt, roll). DETECT PRINTER PROPERTIES • Required authentication (none, client certificate, username/password, Kerberos). • Supported TLS version. • Printer priority. • Number of printing queues and queue name. • Supported PDL MIME types. • Transparent characters support. • Binary characters support. • Tagged Binary Communication Protocol (TBCP) support. REACH UI FEATURES • Info menu with feedback and privacy settings • Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page. • Pull down with your finger to refresh the information. • Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. • Shake your device to refresh the information.

About

UNpkl

Manage your home network and Wi-Fi routers with real-time insights into connected devices and their activity. Control access, change passwords, and explore future features like cloud access and IoT integration.

Highlights
  • Real-time network insights
  • Device access control
  • Wi-Fi password management
  • Text message commands
  • Future cloud and IoT features
Features
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UNpkl (unpickle) App and Wi-Fi routers humanize network control. The app shows a live insight into who is doing what in real time. Don't like what you see? Control access via simple text messages like "block iPhone from website for 2 hours". Want to add a Wi-Fi network or change a Wi-Fi password? simply type what you need into the prompt. The app doesn't end there. We are actively working on features like sharing tags, private tags, cloud access, and IoT making the platform feature a lot more and with blazing fast speeds. Learn more at: https://www.unpkl.io Terms of Use. Payment of UNpkl Cloud will be applied to your iTunes account on confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.

Screenshots

Printer Discover4 screens
UNpkl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: UNpkl at Free against Printer Discover's $2.99. UNpkl also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Printer Discover's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

UNpkl is free to download; Printer Discover costs $2.99 up front. UNpkl sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Printer Discover asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UNpkl holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UNpkl has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Printer Discover ships an update every 3 months, UNpkl every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Printer Discover versus UNpkl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrinter DiscoverUNpkl
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba IranyiYesHog LLC

Customer experience

Printer Discover

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

UNpkl

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Printer Discover

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

UNpkl

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Cloud - Monthly3 Months trial$5.993 Months
  • Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Printer Discover free?
Printer Discover costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is UNpkl free?
UNpkl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Printer Discover or UNpkl?
UNpkl is rated higher. Printer Discover averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while UNpkl averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Printer Discover or UNpkl have ads?
Neither Printer Discover nor UNpkl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Printer Discover or UNpkl?
Printer Discover ships an update every 3 months, and UNpkl every 2 months. Most recently, Printer Discover was updated on September 14, 2026 and UNpkl on September 10, 2026.

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