PrinterShare Premium is a mobile printing utility for iOS that enables document and photo output to legacy or non-AirPrint printers.
Product velocity
Active
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#88
Productivity · paid
Sentiment
4.8
17 reviews
Nemesis
HP
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app to bridge the gap between mobile devices and non-networked or proprietary hardware, serving a productivity need that standard OS drivers ignore.
For Users requiring mobile printing solutions for legacy or non-AirPrint printers across home and small business environments.
Key features
Print documents to printers located anywhere via the internet using the PrinterShare Console software
Direct printing to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and USB-connected printers using OTG cables
Connects mobile devices to printers shared via Windows or Mac desktop clients
How much does it cost?
Freemium model anchored at a $9.99 one-time fee, using the free version as a compatibility trial to drive conversion for unlimited local printing.
Velocity
Active developmentShow more...
5 versions in history. Development pace: active.
Who built it?
Dynamix Software
8 apps tracked · Productivity
Nonograms CrossMe
PrinterShare
PrintHand Mobile Print
TeamPrinter
AllCustomWear
PrintHand Mobile Print Premium
AllCustomWear ManagerUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews excited. Users appreciate cross-platform printing capability allows users to maintain consistent workflows across mobile devices and reliable network printer discovery simplifies the setup process for home and office environments.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Cross-platform printing capability allows users to maintain consistent workflows across mobile devices
- Reliable network printer discovery simplifies the setup process for home and office environments
- Intermittent printer recognition failures prevent document output despite successful network discovery
49 of 49 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
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Competitive landscape for PrinterShare Premium
How's the Productivity market?
The rivals identified
By HP Inc.
Dominates the printing utility space through hardware-software vertical integration and massive user-base scale.
- Deep hardware-level integration provides seamless device discovery and status monitoring for HP-branded printers
- Massive ecosystem scale creates a high barrier to entry for third-party universal printing solutions
- Frequent updates ensure compatibility with the latest printer firmware and security protocols across global markets
Unlock the head-to-head verdict: where this rival wins, and where it loses.
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Key takeaways for PrinterShare Premium
Where is it heading?
The mobile printing market is consolidating around hardware-native solutions, leaving third-party utilities like PrinterShare in a defensive posture. Success depends on maintaining superior compatibility for legacy devices while fixing the broken support infrastructure that currently alienates the paid user base.
- Intermittent printer recognition failures prevent document output, which compounds the frustration of inaccessible support channels for paid users.
- Reliable network discovery for legacy hardware maintains a consistent user base that hardware-specific apps cannot easily capture.
The SWOT
- Brand-agnostic printing utility bridges legacy hardware gaps
- Cross-platform desktop integration reduces churn for non-AirPrint users
- Cloud-based attachment support could expand utility for modern workflows
- Direct email integration would capture mobile-first productivity users
Next best moves
Audit and repair support links because broken help resources drive negative sentiment → improve user retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's reliance on a one-time purchase model is a hidden strength…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Direct cloud-based attachment printing (available in Readdle Documents but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The app moved to a freemium pricing model and is facing increased scrutiny regarding technical reliability and support accessibility.
Bottom line
PrinterShare Premium remains a vital utility for legacy hardware, but technical instability and broken support channels threaten its long-term viability, so the PM must prioritize core connection reliability to prevent churn to hardware-native alternatives.
Unlock 3 critical frictions, 2 market threats, 1 more prioritized move and the analyst’s take.
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