Printout Designer vs PrintQ: Thermal Printer Pro
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 27, 2026 for Printout Designer, Oct 13, 2026 for PrintQ.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Printout Designer 4.9 from 51 reviews and PrintQ 5.0 from 1 reviews.
- Only PrintQ lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Printout Designer and $4.99/month for PrintQ.
- Printout Designer lists 18 features PrintQ’s listing doesn’t mention, including Bulk download, Color and font, Credit notes.
Head to head
Create professional invoices, packing slips and labels
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Micro
- · Process 50 orders per month
- · Process 50 products per month
Starter
- · Automated emails
- · Batch update orders
- · Process 300 orders per month
- · Process 300 products per month
Basic
- · Automated emails
- · Batch update orders
- · PrintNode integration for auto-printing
- · Priority support
- · Process 1000 orders per month
- · Process 1000 products per month
Professional
- · Automated emails
- · Batch update orders
- · PrintNode integration for auto-printing
- · Priority support
- · Unlimited orders per month
- · Unlimited products per month
FREE
- · 50 Prints / Month
- · Customizable Template
- · Email Support
- · No Watermark
- · Print in Bulk
PRO
- · Customizable Template
- · No Watermark
- · Print in Bulk
- · Priority Support
- · Unlimited Prints
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureEvery order comes with paperwork, and Printout Designer takes care of it. Design invoices, packing slips, barcode labels and other documents once in an intuitive drag-and-drop editor with live preview, match them to your brand or pre-printed stationery, and every matching order uses them automatically.
Designed for busy merchants using thermal printers. Standard order sheets print blurry text and unscannable barcodes. We format order data into ultra-crisp 4x6 packing slips with live preview. Toggle logos, product images, barcodes and more — no code required. Supports partial fulfillments, bulk printing, and multiple languages including German, French, Spanish and more.
- Automatically print invoices, packing slips and other printouts to any printer
- Create any kind of document from invoices to packing slips and barcode labels.
- Easily print, download and email all your printouts with a couple of clicks
- Format order data into perfectly sized 4x6 thermal packing slip layouts.
- Toggle layouts, store logos, barcodes, and product images with a live preview.
- Support Shopify native partial fulfillments for split-shipment orders.
- Compatible with all standard desktop thermal label printer hardware.
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Printout Designer |  PrintQ |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Printout Designer | PrintQ |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.9 ★ | 5.0 ★(ahead) |
| App Store reviews | 51(ahead) | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | 1 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Printout Designer | PrintQ |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $4.99/month | $4.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Printout Designer | PrintQ |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #30(ahead) | #147 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Oct 7, 2013 | May 26, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Actual Reports OÜ | SwiftLogic |
FAQ
Printout Designer and PrintQ: common questions
- Is Printout Designer or PrintQ cheaper?
- Only PrintQ lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99/month for Printout Designer and $4.99/month for PrintQ. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Printout Designer or PrintQ?
- On the Shopify App Store: Printout Designer 4.9 from 51 reviews and PrintQ 5.0 from 1 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Printout Designer lists 18 the others don’t mention, such as Bulk download, Color and font, Credit notes, Customs documents. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 27, 2026 for Printout Designer, Oct 13, 2026 for PrintQ; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 27, 2026 for Printout Designer, Oct 13, 2026 for PrintQ. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.