Brother P-touch Editor vs DYMO Connect

Brother P-touch Editor 6 is free software for designing and printing custom labels. It supports styled text, images and barcodes, including QR code labels, and tables can contain text, numbers, symbols or barcode data. Designs can draw on more than 700 clip-art items, frames, patterns and shape tools. For text, users can choose installed TrueType or OpenType fonts or fonts included with the software. Search helps find templates and previously created labels. Label content can be drawn from Excel and other databases, including for mailing lists and asset-management labeling. Brother lists JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG and TIF/TIFF image support. Barcode and specialty labels may be printed individually or in batches. Printing requires connecting a compatible P-touch or Brother QL printer to a PC through USB or Bluetooth. Brother describes the software as compatible with Windows and Macintosh and says it works with select P-touch and QL models. The Windows version is listed as 6.0. For macOS 10.15 or higher, Brother directs users to download the app from the App Store.

DYMO Connect is free desktop software for making and printing labels with DYMO LabelWriter and LabelManager printers. Its listed download is version 1.6.2 for Windows 10 or higher and macOS 14 or higher. Users can start from more than 60 label types and preset templates or create their own designs with text, addresses, images, barcodes, QR codes, shapes, lines, counters, and date or time objects. QR codes can encode text, a phone number, email, SMS, vCard or URL. Bulk printing can use data from Excel, Outlook and Google Contacts; the guide also describes imports from Access databases and CSV files. Labels can draw on DYMO contact lists and, on macOS, Outlook, Google or Apple contacts. Supported printers include LabelWriter 550 and 450 series models and several LabelManager models. Address Fixer checks US addresses and can add ZIP+4, up to 60 addresses per hour, but may be unavailable when USPS verification limits are reached. Developer resources include.NET, Python, beta Swift for iOS and a JavaScript web SDK; Python requires a.NET runtime.