Chatbooks alternatives: photo books, scrapbooks and more
Chatbooks makes easy photo books from your phone, by subscription or one at a time. Mixbook gives more design, Artifact Uprising heavier paper, and tbf scrapbook keepsakes, video and voice.
Start with 40 pages free. No card needed.
Chatbooks' UK and US price lists and product pages were read on 29 October 2026, with the makers below.
Chatbooks is quick: photos from your phone become a book with little design. People look elsewhere for more control, other sizes, or a book other people add to.
See also: Is Artifact Uprising worth it, Mixbook beside tbf scrapbook.
Make your photobook
Arrange your photos on the pages, check the proof and order a printed copy. Make a photobook the family adds to.
| Maker | Good for | From in the UK | Others add to it | Video and voice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tbf scrapbook | A scrapbook with keepsakes, words and recordings | Free to 40 pages; £19 a book; print priced after the proof | Yes, whole pages from one link | On the page; a code in print |
| Chatbooks | Quick photo books from a phone, by subscription | £12 Monthly Mini; £22 6x6 hardcover, plus VAT | Photos from another phone by QR code | Not stated |
| Mixbook | Designed photo books | £12.99 softcover, £24.99 hardcover | Yes, by email, each with an account | Not on the page |
| Artifact Uprising | Minimal books on heavy paper | US$19 softcover, US$59 hardcover, plus shipping | No shared editing | Not stated |
| Canva Print | A book from a Canva design | £23 | Edit link to the design | Not in print |
What Chatbooks offers
Monthly Minis are £12 a book in the UK, and Monthbooks start at £15, each 30 to 60 pages. You cancel in the app.
Classic books go up to 366 pages: a 6 by 6 inch softcover is £16 and a hardcover £22 for 20 pages, plus VAT.
UK books are printed and shipped in the UK with free standard delivery.
Add From Another Phone lets someone send photos into your book by QR code, with no account.
The alternatives
Mixbook: a full design editor and sizes up to 14 by 11 inches, from £12.99 softcover in its UK store.
Artifact Uprising: heavier paper and a quieter look, in US dollars, shipped from the US.
Canva Print: a glued photo book from £23, if you already design in Canva.
tbf scrapbook: a scrapbook rather than a photo book, with family pages, keepsakes, video and voice.
Why tbf scrapbook
Chatbooks fills a book with photos. A tbf scrapbook also holds the ticket, the card, the letter and the voice note that go with them.
Everyone adds their own page from the invitation link, words and all, and you place each piece.
Read it online at once, then print it in A4 or a 21 cm square as softcover, hardback or lay-flat.
Steps
Decide on a habit or a one-off
A monthly book suits a subscription. A birthday or a year suits one book made well.
Choose how much design you want
Automatic layouts are quick. Your own layout takes longer and says more.
Decide what others add
Photos from another phone, or whole pages in their own words.
Price it at your page count
Compare at the number of pages you will print, with VAT and delivery in.
Questions
What is the best alternative to Chatbooks?
Mixbook for more design, Artifact Uprising for heavier paper, and tbf scrapbook for a scrapbook the family fills with keepsakes, video and voice.
Is Chatbooks or Mixbook cheaper?
On 29 October 2026 a 20 page UK hardcover was £22 at Chatbooks, plus VAT, against £24.99 at Mixbook, each at its smallest hardcover size.
Does Chatbooks print in the UK?
Yes. Its UK books are printed and shipped in the UK, with free standard delivery.
Sources
- Chatbooks, UK pricing, read 29 October 2026
- Chatbooks, US pricing, read 29 October 2026
- Chatbooks, Monthbooks, read 29 October 2026
- Chatbooks, Monthly Minis, read 29 October 2026
- Chatbooks, photo books, read 29 October 2026
- Mixbook, photo book pricing, read 29 October 2026
- Artifact Uprising, photo books, read 29 October 2026
- Canva, photo books, UK, read 29 October 2026