Alternatives to Canon PRINT
By App Store Tracker Editorial · Updated — live App Store data verified
The short version
Canon PRINT is the companion app for Canon printers, handling setup, wireless printing and scanning, ink checks, and cloud print. Reviewers like it for Canon hardware but hit snags with PDF scanning and want fax. If you have a non-Canon printer or want broad device support, Smart Printer App works with 10,000+ models including HP and Epson. The list ranks by embedding similarity and live App Store ratings.
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Canon PRINT is tied to Canon printers: you set up the device, print photos and documents, scan, check ink and consumable levels, and print from the cloud. People look for alternatives for a few reasons that show up in its reviews, including scanning and save-as-PDF bugs, a missing fax feature, and the occasional desire to print from a non-Canon machine. The picks below cover the same core jobs of wireless printing and scanning from your phone, but split into two groups. Canon's own apps handle business printing, photo layouts, or campus printing for specific setups. Universal third-party print apps support thousands of printer brands at once, useful if you have mixed hardware. We ranked these alternatives by embedding similarity to Canon PRINT, then weighed live App Store ratings and review volume so the proven apps surface above thin listings. Many third-party apps are free with subscription unlocks, so check the in-app purchase flag before relying on one.
Why it's similar
Both are Canon's own apps for printing documents and photos, scanning, and uploading to cloud storage, with automatic device detection. The Canon printing-and-scanning core is shared directly.
How it differs
Canon PRINT Business targets laser multi-function office devices and has officially merged into Canon PRINT, so Canon now points users to the seed app. It is effectively the business-focused predecessor rather than a separate ongoing option.
Why it's similar
Both let you print photos, documents, web pages, and emails wirelessly and scan with a built-in scanner. The print-and-scan-from-your-phone purpose matches Canon PRINT.
How it differs
Smart Printer & Print App works with both Canon and HP printers rather than Canon only, useful for mixed hardware. With just 17 ratings it is unproven, and it is paid with in-app purchases unlike the free Canon app.
Why it's similar
Both come from Canon and let you print files and photos from your phone, pulling from cloud sources. The Canon printing pipeline is shared.
How it differs
Campus Print is a specialized app for printing and paying at Canon printers on a university or organization campus via uniFLOW, not a home-printer companion. It has zero ratings and serves a managed-print environment, not personal Canon devices.
Why it's similar
Both handle scanning documents and photos and printing them wirelessly from your iOS device. The all-in-one scan-and-print job matches Canon PRINT.
How it differs
Smart Printer App supports 10,000+ printer models across HP, Epson, Brother, Xerox, and many more via AirPrint, so it is not tied to Canon. It is well established at 7,375 ratings and is the broad-compatibility pick if you have non-Canon hardware.
Why it's similar
Both are Canon apps for printing photos, with the seed handling general photo and document printing. The Canon photo-printing focus overlaps directly.
How it differs
Easy-PhotoPrint Editor specializes in creative layouts like collages, calendars, cards, and disc labels from templates, rather than scanning and printer setup. With 23,207 ratings it is well loved, but it complements Canon PRINT for creative prints rather than replacing its scanning and ink features.
Why it's similar
Both let you print documents, photos, and web pages to a wireless printer and scan with a built-in scanner. The connect-and-print job matches Canon PRINT.
How it differs
This Maxima Apps printer app is brand-agnostic and adds printable kids' content like coloring pages and planners. It is paid with in-app purchases and not Canon-specific, with an 8,553-rating base across many printer brands.
Why it's similar
Both let you print photos and documents from your iPhone with just a few taps and scan documents too. The simple wireless printing job matches Canon PRINT.
How it differs
Printer App supports 10,000+ printers across brands and adds batch printing and Mac support, rather than focusing on Canon setup and ink levels. With 362 ratings it is smaller but a flexible universal option.
Why it's similar
Both print documents, photos, scans, and web pages to wireless printers and let you monitor ink levels. The print-scan-and-check-ink set matches Canon PRINT closely.
How it differs
Air Printer targets brands like Dell, Pantum, Sharp, and Konica rather than Canon, with templates and print history. With only 4 ratings it is essentially untested, and it is built for non-Canon hardware.
Why it's similar
Both let you print photos, PDFs, receipts, and boarding passes from your device to almost any wireless printer. The print-anything-from-your-phone job matches Canon PRINT.
How it differs
NokoPrint is brand-agnostic and free with ads, with a premium tier to remove them, rather than a free Canon-tied companion. It is small at 116 ratings but works across nearly any wireless printer.
Why it's similar
Both let you print documents and photos, scan with a built-in scanner, and pull files from cloud storage like Dropbox and Google Drive. The print-and-scan workflow matches Canon PRINT.
How it differs
This Netpeak app supports 10,000+ wireless printers across brands and over 20 file formats, not just Canon devices. It is well established at 13,096 ratings and is a strong universal alternative, though paid with in-app purchases.
Every app in our database carries a dense vector embedding derived from its title, subtitle, full description, and category metadata. To find apps similar to Canon PRINT, we compute cosine distance against every other app and surface the closest 60 candidates. The similarity score shown on each pick is 1 - distance/2 clamped to [0,1] — 100% means the embedding spaces are identical, 0% means orthogonal.
We then re-rank the candidate set using current App Store rating and review-count signals so a 4.8-star app with 100,000 reviews ranks above a 4.5-star app with 200 reviews even when their embedding distance is similar. Apps that haven't shipped an update in 12 months are filtered out before re-ranking.
The similarity cache is recomputed weekly. Live App Store data (rating, review count) is verified every 6 hours.
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