Comparison

Printer Discover vs Disciple.Tools

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

Disciple.Tools

This mobile companion app enhances the functionality of Disciple Tools instances. It offers essential features like offline support and push notifications, improving user experience and accessibility.

Highlights
  • Offline support
  • Push notifications
  • Companion to Disciple Tools instances
  • Enhanced functionality
Features
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This app comes along side Disciple Tools and provides many needed features such as offline support and push notifications.

Screenshots

Printer Discover4 screens
Disciple.Tools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Disciple.Tools at Free against Printer Discover's $2.99. Disciple.Tools also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Disciple.Tools is free to download; Printer Discover costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Disciple.Tools holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Disciple.Tools has 7 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, Disciple.Tools every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Printer Discover versus Disciple.Tools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrinter DiscoverDisciple.Tools
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba IranyiGOSPEL AMBITION INC

Customer experience

Printer Discover

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

Disciple.Tools

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Printer Discover

No in-app purchases

None

Disciple.Tools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Printer Discover free?
Printer Discover costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Disciple.Tools free?
Disciple.Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Printer Discover or Disciple.Tools?
Disciple.Tools is rated higher. Printer Discover averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Disciple.Tools averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Printer Discover or Disciple.Tools have ads?
Neither Printer Discover nor Disciple.Tools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Printer Discover or Disciple.Tools?
Printer Discover ships an update every 3 months, and Disciple.Tools every 5 weeks. Most recently, Printer Discover was updated on October 2, 2026 and Disciple.Tools on September 22, 2026.

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