Express Labels Mobile vs FreeLabels Desktop

Express Labels Mobile is a free Android and iOS app for designing, previewing and printing Brady labels from a mobile device. Users can edit with touchscreen gestures or a QWERTY keyboard, and more than 10 design guides cover formats such as flags, pipe markers, sleeves, tubes and wraps. BradyVoice lets users dictate text for blank or wrap labels, with automatic sizing and formatting. Image-to-Text OCR converts printed drawings, PDFs and handwritten notes into editable label text. The app imports spreadsheets, text files and Fluke Networks LinkWare Live data. Supported cloud storage includes Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud and OneDrive. Brady Workstation templates can be opened from local files, Dropbox or Google Drive, but LabelMark 6 templates must be edited on a PC. The app connects to compatible Brady printers by Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. It supports barcode creation, compliance labels and variable data printing, but not shipping labels. The listed mobile requirements are iOS 15.0 or later, iPadOS 15.0 or later, and Android 10.0 or later.

FreeLabels Desktop is a free offline application for designing and printing barcode and QR labels from a computer. It targets shops, warehouses and small manufacturers that print labels in bulk. Product data can be imported from.xlsx files, including names, SKUs, prices, barcodes, QR or EPC data, expiry, GST rate, HSN code and brand. The app renders EAN-13, Code128 and EPC/GID-96 barcodes, and creates QR codes for URLs, text or EPC data. Page presets cover A4, A5, 50×30 mm thermal rolls, Avery layouts and custom sizes or grids. Users can add a logo, choose a solid or image background and save reusable template files. Output includes paginated PDFs plus ZPL or TSPL files for Zebra and similar thermal printers. The app runs locally; the maker says product lists, images and templates never leave the machine. The free plan costs nothing, forever, with no account, license fee or watermark. Installers need roughly 150–200 MB; Windows requires 10/11 64-bit, macOS 12 or later, and Linux has a 64-bit.deb.