Comparison

Postcard Creator vs PostCardsAway

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Postcard Creator

Easily create personalized digital postcards using your photos. Automatically customize layouts, captions, and fonts to share with friends via email or social media. Offers a beautiful, traditional aesthetic without kitschy additions.

Highlights
  • Automatic photo analysis for layout customization
  • Location-based caption suggestions
  • Choice of 6 filters for a vintage look
  • Multiple font styles including traditional and minimal
  • Black & White and Vintage Color options
  • Share via email, Facebook, Weibo, Twitter, or print
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Postcard Creator is cheaper than a paper postcard, and arguably more fun and personal. Simply take a photo, quickly swipe through captions and frames, then share it with your friends as a personalized postcard. Postcard Creator even uses your current location and analyses your photo to customize the layout automatically. That means less time fiddling with your phone, and more time enjoying the scenery. You can also change the text, font, and layout. However, there are no kitschy stickers, glitter and starbursts here: just beautiful, traditional-looking postcards you'll be proud to send to anybody. Features - Automatically chooses the correct text size and colors for your photo - Automatically detects your current city and uses it in the caption - Choose from 6 different filters to make your postcards look like they really have traveled around the world by post - Use your iPhone's camera or photo reel to choose a picture - Choose from 3 fonts: "Cheesy" traditional, "RetroTyper" minimal, or "Meme" style - Set different color qualities: Black & White and Vintage Color for an authentic look - Quickly try out preset captions, or write your own - German captions for your German-speaking friends! - Share your masterpieces via email, Facebook, Weibo, or Twitter. You can even print out your postcards yourself and post them the old-fashioned way - helpful and fast support from the developer If you have a suggestion for new filters, features or have some feedback or problems, please contact support.

About

PostCardsAway

Create personalized photo postcards from your pictures and messages. Easily edit photos, add text, and send them to friends and family. Physical postcards are printed and mailed via USPS.

Highlights
  • Photo editing with effects
  • Pic collage library
  • Personalized messages
  • Contact management
  • Preview before sending
  • USPS mailing service
Features
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PostCardsAway is a FREE Photo PostCard app without Ads that lets you create beautiful keepsake Photo PostCards using our photo editor and pic collage and photo collage library in just a few seconds which become treasured memories for Birthdays, Holiday Greetings, Anniversaries, and any other occasion with our extensive photo collage library of dozens of collage options, which last a lifetime and beyond. You pay only for each Photo PostCard you send. The process for creating a Photo Postcard is super easy. First take a photo using the camera on your iPhone or iPad or select a photo from your photo library. You can edit the photo by changing from landscape to portrait mode, or adding special effects like an emoji, text, or brush effects to the photo. Next, personalize your message just as you would if you were writing a physical postcard. Then select a single recipient or many from the contacts stored on your iPhone or iPad and add them to your favorite recipients list located in the PostCardsAway app. It would be a good idea to update the home mailing address of your intended recipients to make sure they have a valid United States Postal Address entered in their listing. Adding a contact to your favorites recipient list makes creating a Photo PostCard that much faster the next time you make a Photo PostCard. it's that fast and simple. Now Preview of your Photo Postcard so you can make changes before you move to the checkout process. That's it ! The checkout process is a super simple process as well. The first time you create a Photo PostCard, you will enter your email address so we can send you a confirmation of your purchase. You can edit the email address anytime. Then you simply select a payment source such as Apple Pay or you can enter a preferred credit card. You can even Scan a credit card which will be validated by your credit card processor. Don't worry, we never have access to your credit card information. It is processed and stored on the secure PCI compliant Payment Gateway server. Once you have completed the Checkout Process by selecting your payment source, agreed to our terms and conditions, and purchased the Photo PostCard, your Photo Postcard will automatically be uploaded to the server for processing the same day and mailed First Class the next business day by the United States Postal Service. Your Photo PostCard should arrive at its destination in 5 to 7 business days, but in many cases much sooner. After sending your Postcard, a record of it will appear in the View Sent PostCards section. You will see a thumbnail of the Image as well as the date you sent the PostCard. if you click on the image you will see who you sent it to as well. If you want to reuse the image to send to another recipient, simply click on the Reuse button and start the photo PostCard creation process. If you choose a monthly or yearly subscription, here is a link to our End User License Agreement, (EULA), http://www.postcardsaway.com/terms-conditions/

Screenshots

Postcard Creator4 screens
PostCardsAway4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PostCardsAway at 4.8 against Postcard Creator's 3.5. PostCardsAway also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 50%) and ads (none vs shown). Postcard Creator's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Postcard Creator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PostCardsAway sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PostCardsAway holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PostCardsAway has 96 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Postcard Creator's written reviews are positive against 87% of PostCardsAway's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Postcard Creator ships an update every 3 months, PostCardsAway every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Postcard Creator versus PostCardsAway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPostcard CreatorPostCardsAway
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings)4.8 (96 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews87.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings496 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames HudsonDog and Elk Incorporated

Customer experience

Postcard Creator

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

PostCardsAway

All ratings94 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Postcard Creator

One-time1
  • Color Style Setting Add-on$0.99
2 purchases

PostCardsAway

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Frame Access$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Frame Subscription$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Postcard Creator free?
Postcard Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PostCardsAway free?
PostCardsAway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Postcard Creator or PostCardsAway?
PostCardsAway is rated higher. Postcard Creator averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while PostCardsAway averages 4.8 from 96 ratings.
Do Postcard Creator or PostCardsAway have ads?
Postcard Creator shows ads; PostCardsAway does not.
Which is updated more often, Postcard Creator or PostCardsAway?
Postcard Creator ships an update every 3 months, and PostCardsAway every 5 weeks. Most recently, Postcard Creator was updated on June 1, 2026 and PostCardsAway on August 22, 2026.

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