Photo Book Publisher Comparison

Each photo book publisher/printer was reviewed on the usability of their photo book software in a manner that would be as unbiased as popular. In developing this feature set we presumed that a full-functioning software is preferable so that people can easily create almost any layout they can envision. So, please review the test results with your needs in mind. If background themes and number of layouts are important you can just go down the appropriate column to find which photo book printers have the features you desire.

Photo Book Feature Set Review explains the criteria used to evaluate the photo book publishers.

Test Results

The following results are ranked by Score

Publisher Background Themes Layout Variety JPG as Background Digi-
Scrap-
booking In-book Editing Text Variety Embell/
Corners Full-page Bleed Total Points Final Grade

Available Pts. 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 A+

Picaboo 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 A+

Digilabs 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 A+

Scrapblog 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 A+

MyCanvas Photo Books 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 A+

OurHubbub 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 A+

RocketLife 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 A+

Mixbook 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 A+

SmileBooks 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 A+

AdoramaPix 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 A+

Turning Pages 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 13 A+

Snapfish 3 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 12 A

Shutterfly 3 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 12 A

Blurb 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 12 A

Printmyphotobook 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 12 A

Bookemon 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 12 A

dotPhoto 3 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 12 A

Inkubook 3 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 12 A

Ritzpix 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 11 A-

Artscow 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 11 A-

SeeHere 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 10 B+

Photoworks 3 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 10 B+

Hoorray 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 10 B+

Create Picture Books 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 9 B+

Kodak Gallery 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 9 B

Clark Color 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 B

HotPrints 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 9 B

MyPublisher 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 B-

Pixable 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 B-

Vistaprint 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 B-

Winkflash 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 7 C+

Lulu 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 C+

Memory Escape 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 C

Lifephoto 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 C

CVS Photo Center 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 C-

Viovio 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 D-

Qoop 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 D-