Alternatives to HP
By App Store Tracker Editorial · Updated — App Store ratings fetched to
The short version
The HP app sets up printers and handles printing, scanning, and support for HP devices. The alternatives here are third-party AirPrint utilities that print and scan documents, photos, and PDFs from your iPhone to many printer brands. The HP Smart Printer App by Steve Lee leads on rating at 4.55, but none offer HP's official setup and support depth, and most rely on in-app purchases.
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People look past the official HP app when setup fails, the app won't open, or they want a lighter tool that prints to any printer, frustrations echoed in HP's own reviews. The picks below share the HP app's core job: printing documents, photos, web pages, and PDFs from your phone, plus scanning via the camera and basic document handling. Most are generic AirPrint-based utilities that work across printer brands rather than HP-only tools. We ranked these alternatives by embedding similarity against the HP app's feature set, then weighed each app's live App Store rating and review volume so the order reflects relevance and real sentiment. Note these third-party apps often charge through in-app purchases and lack official HP support.
| App | Developer | Rating | Price | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Printer App: Print, Scan | Appers Limited | 4.7 (8.9K) | Free · IAP | Aug 25, 2026 |
| HP Smart Printer App: HPSmart | Steve Lee | 4.7 (616) | — | — |
| Smart Printer App・Scan iPrint | Muhammad Qasim Wali | 3.9 (1.1K) | Free · IAP | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Smart Printer App℠ | BEGAMOB GLOBAL LIMITED | 4.5 (404) | Free · IAP | Oct 11, 2026 |
| Smart Printer App・iPrint Scan | Zaini Shahzad | 3.5 (594) | Free · IAP | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Smart Printer App & AI Scanner | CODEFY APPS LTD | 4.5 (132) | — | — |
| Smart Printer App & PDF Scan | THI MY HAO TRAN | 4.6 (30) | Free · IAP | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Smart Printer & Print App | CoreBit Solutions | 4.4 (18) | Free · IAP | May 8, 2026 |
| Smart Printer & Scanner: PDF | MOBILE ALCHEMY LTD | 5.0 (3) | Free | Nov 5, 2026 |
| HP Smart Printer App + Scanner | Ali Faizan Mehmood | 4.0 (1) | Free · IAP | Jun 18, 2026 |
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Why it's similar
Smart Printer App: Print, Scan matches HP on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 90%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (free download with in-app purchases) and editorial focus. Rated 4.7 stars across 8.9K reviews.
Why it's similar
HP Smart Printer App by Steve Lee turns your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch into a wireless print, scan, and document hub for any AirPrint printer. Its 4.55 rating across 203 reviews makes it the best-rated alternative here for quick HP-style printing.
How it differs
Despite the name, this is a third-party AirPrint utility with in-app purchases, not HP's official app, so it can't set up HP printers or provide official support. It focuses on AirPrint printing rather than HP's full device-management ecosystem.
Why it's similar
Smart Printer App Scan iPrint is an all-in-one printing solution for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, simplifying printing and document management, overlapping the HP app's print-and-scan role. It serves users wanting seamless cross-device printing.
How it differs
This free app with in-app purchases has a 3.81 rating across 901 reviews, below the HP app's. As a generic third-party utility, it lacks HP's official setup, firmware, and support, offering basic printing rather than full HP device management.
Why it's similar
Printer: Smart Print App lets you print, scan, edit, and organize documents and photos from your phone as an all-in-one printer-and-scanner tool, overlapping the HP app's core functions. It serves users wanting everyday print-and-scan convenience.
How it differs
This third-party app uses in-app purchases and has a 4.46 rating across only 298 reviews, a tiny base versus the HP app. It works across printer brands via AirPrint rather than offering HP's official device setup, firmware, and support.
Why it's similar
Smart Printer App iPrint Scan covers the HP app's print-and-scan basics, supporting AirPrint for fast, high-quality printing of photos and documents. It targets users who want quick wireless printing from Apple devices.
How it differs
This app leans on AirPrint and Mac companion features rather than HP-specific setup, and it's a free app with in-app purchases. Its 3.33 rating across 454 reviews points to a less reliable experience than HP's official, better-rated app.
Why it's similar
Smart Printer App & AI Scanner matches HP on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 94%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on editorial focus. Rated 4.5 stars across 132 reviews.
Why it's similar
Smart Printer App & PDF Scan matches HP on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 90%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (free download with in-app purchases) and editorial focus. Rated 4.6 stars across 30 reviews.
Why it's similar
Smart Printer & Print App turns your device into a printing hub for printing, scanning, and managing printers in real time, supporting Canon and HP printers. It overlaps the HP app's everyday print-and-scan role.
How it differs
This third-party app uses in-app purchases and has only 17 ratings, so it's essentially untested. It lacks HP's official device setup, support, and personalization, working as a generic print utility rather than a full HP app replacement.
Why it's similar
Smart Printer & Scanner: PDF matches HP on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 91%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (fully free) and editorial focus. Rated 5.0 stars across 3 reviews.
Why it's similar
HP Smart Printer App + Scanner prints documents and images plus PDFs, photos, web pages, passports, and labels directly from your device, covering the HP app's everyday printing tasks. It targets users who want simple, reliable mobile printing.
How it differs
This app has only 3 ratings and a 3.33 score, so it's brand new and untested. Despite the HP name, it's a third-party tool lacking official HP printer setup and support, serving as a basic print utility rather than the HP app.
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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 HP, we compute cosine distance against every other app and keep the closest 30. 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.
Apps from HP's own developer are left out. The 10 most similar of the rest are ordered by App Store rating times the logarithm of their rating count, so a 4.8-star app with 100,000 ratings ranks above a 4.5-star app with 200 ratings.
The similar-app list was computed on May 25, 2026. Ratings are the latest US App Store fetch for each app, taken between October 24, 2026 and November 3, 2026. Prices and update dates come from Apple when the page is built.
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