Comparison

Printer Discover vs IoT Assistant

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

IoT Assistant

Discover and manage the data collected by Internet of Things devices. Understand who is collecting your information, how it's used, and access privacy controls. Receive customized notifications about data practices.

Highlights
  • Discover IoT data collection
  • Understand data usage
  • Access privacy controls
  • Receive customized notifications
  • Manage data sharing
Features
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Discover and control what data is collected about you by Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. The IoT is everywhere. It consists of a myriad of devices and technologies that collect data about us - from cameras with facial recognition, to smart speakers that record what we say, or sensors that track our whereabouts. The IoT Assistant app helps you discover what data is being collected about you and how it is used. This includes who is collecting it, who it is shared with, and whether there are any privacy controls. New privacy regulations around the world require people who deploy IoT technologies to disclose their data collection and use practices and to also give us some control over these practices such as opting in or out of them. The IoT Assistant app provides users with a single interface through which they can discover IoT data collection around them and access available privacy controls. The IoT Assistant app also allows you to receive customized notifications about data collection and use practices you want to be notified about and control the frequency of these notifications. An IoT portal associated with the app (https://www.iotprivacy.io) is available to also publicize the presence of IoT technologies ("IoT resources") collecting our data, whether you are the administrator controlling that technology or a volunteer contributor. Once you have defined an entry for an IoT technology through our portal, IoT assistant app users can discover this IoT technology and its data collection and use practices.

Screenshots

Printer Discover4 screens
IoT Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: IoT Assistant at Free against Printer Discover's $2.99. IoT Assistant also leads on rating (3.6 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (20% vs 0%). Printer Discover's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

IoT Assistant 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

IoT Assistant holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IoT Assistant has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Printer Discover's written reviews are positive against 20% of IoT Assistant's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Printer Discover versus IoT Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrinter DiscoverIoT Assistant
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)3.6 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews19.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings115 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba IranyiCarnegie Mellon University

Customer experience

Printer Discover

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

IoT Assistant

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive19.6%
Neutral6.5%
Negative73.9%

Bugs and requests

Printer Discover

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

IoT Assistant

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Web page errors after signup
  • App crashes after map loads
  • App won't progress past setup screen
  • Map loads then crashes
  • Different screen pops up and disappears
Show 9 more
  • Blank Google map shown
  • Doesn't pick up surveillance in known areas
  • App doesn't scan/find IoT devices on its own
  • Pinpointing location but no tracking found
  • Signup process in an endless loop
  • App doesn't log in after verification
  • Verification email not received
  • App won't log in after web app login
  • Verification email doesn't work

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to add device through the app
  • Option to opt out of data sharing
  • User manual

In-app purchases

None

Printer Discover

No in-app purchases

None

IoT Assistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Printer Discover free?
Printer Discover costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is IoT Assistant free?
IoT Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Printer Discover or IoT Assistant?
IoT Assistant is rated higher. Printer Discover averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while IoT Assistant averages 3.6 from 15 ratings.
Do Printer Discover or IoT Assistant have ads?
Neither Printer Discover nor IoT Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Printer Discover or IoT Assistant?
Printer Discover ships an update every 3 months, and IoT Assistant every 3 months. Most recently, Printer Discover was updated on October 2, 2026 and IoT Assistant on September 28, 2026.

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