Comparison

Printer Discover vs AIMS

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

AIMS

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The Power Monitoring App from AIMS Power allows users to monitor their AIMS Power inverter charger, solar charge controller and 24/48V lithium batteries. View voltage, current, amps and much more. This app is user friendly and provides info for all products in one APP.

Screenshots

Printer Discover4 screens
AIMS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AIMS at Free against Printer Discover's $2.99. Printer Discover's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 16 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Printer Discover ships an update every 3 months, AIMS every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Printer Discover versus AIMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrinter DiscoverAIMS
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB31 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCsaba IranyiAIMSBAT

In-app purchases

None

Printer Discover

No in-app purchases

None

AIMS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Printer Discover free?
Printer Discover costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AIMS free?
AIMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Printer Discover or AIMS have ads?
Neither Printer Discover nor AIMS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Printer Discover or AIMS?
Printer Discover ships an update every 3 months, and AIMS every 16 months. Most recently, Printer Discover was updated on October 2, 2026 and AIMS on October 8, 2026.

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