Comparison

Postcard Creator vs Postcardly

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

Postcardly

Features
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Turn your photos into vintage stamps, postcards, collages, and shareable cards. Pick a photo. Choose a template. Save or share. No accounts, no sign-ups, no clutter. POSTCARDS • 4 templates: Polaroid, Editorial, Greetings From, Classic two-sided • Add a caption, place name, or short message • Sepia / Faded / B&W vintage filters COLLAGES • 4 layouts: 2×2 Quad, Hero+2, Magazine, Filmstrip • Mix up to 5 photos in one card • Auto-fill from your library — no manual cropping STORY CARDS • 9:16 vertical, ready to share to Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok • 3 looks: Pinned polaroid, Cinematic full-bleed, Magazine cover • One-tap render with your photo PRIVACY YOU CAN SEE • Everything is processed on your device. Your photos and creations never leave it. • No account required. No sign-up. No third-party tracking. • Read your full Privacy Policy in Settings. THOUGHTFUL TOUCHES • Daily Reminder — gentle nudge to capture today's view • Auto-brighten while viewing your work • Optional shutter sound when you save EVERYTHING STAYS LOCAL Postcardly was built for people who like making things. There's no feed, no follower count, no algorithm. Just you and your photos. Save your finished work to your Photos library and share it however you want. Made with love for people who still send postcards.

Screenshots

Postcard Creator4 screens
Postcardly3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Postcardly at none against Postcard Creator's 1. Postcardly also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Postcard Creator's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price 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. Postcardly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Postcard Creator ships an update every 3 months, Postcardly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Postcard Creator versus Postcardly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPostcard CreatorPostcardly
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames HudsonWenbin Guo

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Postcard Creator

One-time1
  • Color Style Setting Add-on$0.99
None

Postcardly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Postcard Creator free?
Postcard Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Postcardly free?
Postcardly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Postcard Creator or Postcardly have ads?
Postcard Creator shows ads; Postcardly does not.
Which is updated more often, Postcard Creator or Postcardly?
Postcard Creator ships an update every 3 months, and Postcardly every 3 days. Most recently, Postcard Creator was updated on October 4, 2026 and Postcardly on October 12, 2026.

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