Shopify Retail Barcode Labels alternatives

Why shops look for a Retail Barcode Labels alternative

1. 1

   Quantities do not come from a receiving event, so somebody counts what arrived and types it in.

2. 2

   It keeps no record of what was printed, so a split delivery means working out the difference by hand.

3. 3

   It is rated 2.3 from 466 reviews, the lowest score of any app on this list.

What Retail Barcode Labels still does well

• Free, and made by Shopify
• Fine for a known list of products

The alternatives at a glance

Every app here does the same job as Retail Barcode Labels. Prices are the entry paid plan, and ratings are from the App Store.

The alternatives at a glance

App	Rating	From	Quantity from what was received	Subtracts what you already printed
StandardLabel Our app	No reviews yet	$9.99	Yes	Yes
FlochLabels	No reviews yet	$9.99	Yes	No
AOP PO Label Printer	No reviews yet	$9.99	No	No
CTS Multi Barcode Labels	4.9 from 85 reviews	$9.99	No	No
Receivio	No reviews yet	$19	Yes	No
StockKit	No reviews yet	$14	Yes	No
506 EasyScan	5.0 from 335 reviews	$9.99, or $79.99 with purchase orders	Partly	No
Retail Barcode Labels the app you have	2.3 from 466 reviews	Free	No	No

The alternatives, one by one

StandardLabel Our app

Shops receiving deliveries in parts, week after week

$9.99

Move to StandardLabel if you label every delivery. The quantities arrive filled in from what was accepted, minus what you already printed, which is the part that takes the morning. The free plan covers 200 labels a month with every feature on it.

• The only one here that keeps a record of what it has already printed
• Every feature on every plan, including the free one. Only volume differs
• Thirteen label stocks, and a calibration page for lining up a new roll
• Launched in 2026, with no review history to speak of
• It prints labels. It does not raise purchase orders, receive stock or forecast

How StandardLabel did on the test

FlochLabels

Shops that receive each delivery in one go

$9.99

The closest thing to a direct rival. It reads the same transfer data, prefills the accepted quantity, and has a good preset list and locale-aware price formatting.

• Prefills from the delivery, and its numbers matched ours to the unit
• Prices formatted for the local market, which avoids a class of reprint
• Offers the cumulative accepted total again on a part delivery, so you correct every line

View on the Shopify App Store

AOP PO Label Printer

Labelling a delivery you expect to arrive complete

$9.99

Reads transfers created from purchase orders and prefills the ordered quantity, with a label designer, a catalogue-wide barcode health check and scan to print.

• The label designer and barcode health check are genuinely useful extras
• A free plan of 500 labels a month, and 5,000 on the $9.99 plan against our 2,000
• Its listing prefills the ordered quantity, so a short delivery prints labels for stock that did not arrive

View on the Shopify App Store

CTS Multi Barcode Labels

Shops that want an established app and print from products

$9.99

The established generic label app, with far more reviews than any of the new entrants and a long list of printer and template options.

• Rated 4.9 from 85 reviews, where most of this list has none
• Wide template and printer support, and Liquid for formatting the text
• Its purchase order support came through a Stocky integration, and the Stocky API stopped on 31 August 2026

View on the Shopify App Store

Receivio

Shops that want receiving and labels in one app

$19

A full receiving workflow rather than a label utility. It raises its own purchase orders, receives full or partial quantities, updates inventory, and prints labels at the end.

• Covers the whole goods-in job, not only the labels
• Receives partial quantities, and updates inventory on confirmation
• Multi-location receiving is held back for the $39 plan

View on the Shopify App Store

StockKit

Shops replacing all of Stocky, not only the labels

$14

The closest thing on this list to Stocky itself. Its own purchase orders, receiving, suppliers, forecasting and labels, in one app.

• Replaces most of what Stocky did, in one place
• Suppliers, stocktakes and forecasting, which none of the label apps have
• Runs from $14 to $79 a month, which is a lot if you only need labels

View on the Shopify App Store

506 EasyScan

Shops that want barcodes across the whole operation

$9.99, or $79.99 with purchase orders

A broad barcode suite covering inventory, picking, orders and purchase orders, and much the most reviewed app on this list.

• Rated 5.0 from 335 reviews, and Built for Shopify
• Barcode workflows well beyond labelling a delivery
• Purchase orders and transfer orders are on the $79.99 plan

View on the Shopify App Store

When Retail Barcode Labels is still the right choice

Stay on Retail Barcode Labels if you label products rather than deliveries, or if stock arrives rarely enough that working the quantities out by hand costs less than an app does. It is free, made by Shopify, and free is hard to beat.

View Retail Barcode Labels on the App Store

Before you switch

• Run one real delivery through both apps before you uninstall anything. Use a delivery that arrives in two parts, because that is where they differ.
• Check the number each app offers on every line against what you actually accepted, not against what you ordered.
• Print one label on the stock you use and measure it. A preset that is two millimetres out wastes a roll, and every app has its own preset list.
• Add up what you print in a normal month. The label allowance is what moves the price between plans, not the feature list.
• Keep the old app installed until a full week of deliveries has gone through the new one.

Questions people ask

What is the best Retail Barcode Labels alternative?

Shopify's app prints from your product list, so it has no idea a purchase order exists. That is the whole reason people look. StandardLabel starts from the delivery instead and fills the count from what was accepted, with a free plan of 200 labels a month. FlochLabels does the same prefill and is worth trying beside it.

Is Retail Barcode Labels still worth using?

Stay on Retail Barcode Labels if you label products rather than deliveries, or if stock arrives rarely enough that working the quantities out by hand costs less than an app does. It is free, made by Shopify, and free is hard to beat.

What do the alternatives to Retail Barcode Labels cost?

StandardLabel: $9.99. FlochLabels: $9.99. AOP PO Label Printer: $9.99. CTS Multi Barcode Labels: $9.99. Receivio: $19. StockKit: $14. 506 EasyScan: $9.99, or $79.99 with purchase orders. Retail Barcode Labels: Free.

How do I switch from Retail Barcode Labels without losing anything?

Run one real delivery through both apps before you uninstall anything. Use a delivery that arrives in two parts, because that is where they differ. Check the number each app offers on every line against what you actually accepted, not against what you ordered. Print one label on the stock you use and measure it. A preset that is two millimetres out wastes a roll, and every app has its own preset list. Add up what you print in a normal month. The label allowance is what moves the price between plans, not the feature list. Keep the old app installed until a full week of deliveries has gone through the new one.