Chatbooks vs SI Smartphone Printer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chatbooks
Easily create personalized photo books and prints from your phone's camera roll. Turn everyday moments or special milestones into beautifully printed keepsakes, delivered to your door with free shipping. Customize sizes, covers, and add captions for a truly unique gift or personal collection.
- Create photo books from phone camera roll
- Order photo prints
- Monthly photo book subscription
- Customizable book sizes and covers
- Add captions and collages
- Free standard shipping on orders
Read full descriptionHide full description
Your memories deserve to be enjoyed, not trapped on your phone! The Chatbooks app makes it easy (like 10-minutes-or-less easy!) to turn them into personalized photo books and photo prints, delivered right to your door with free standard shipping. Our bestselling Monthbooks photo book subscription makes it easier than ever to turn your everyday moments into a stunning photo book collection. Simply choose your delivery schedule, cover style, and photo book size to get started. The best part? It only takes 5 minutes to print each 30-60 page photo book. Add photos right from your phone camera roll in the Chatbooks app, edit, and send to print in just a few taps. Cancel anytime and always enjoy free shipping on any Chatbooks photo book subscription. Need to print life’s big milestones, or give a meaningful personalized gift? Our Classic Photo Books are the perfect custom photo books. Simply select your size (6x6", 8x8", or 10x10"), cover type (softcover or hardcover), and chic cover color, or browse hundreds of designer covers. Add up to 366 pages of memories by uploading photos from your phone, then edit your book by easily adding collages, captions, and more. We’ve got you covered with our Love Chatbooks Guarantee and Toddler Insurance—so whether it’s a printing issue or a juice spill, we’ll make it right. You make the memories. We’ll help you print them. Millions of Chatbookers use the Chatbooks app to print their photos—join them today!
SI Smartphone Printer
Print photos directly from your smartphone or tablet. Capture, edit, and instantly print your cherished memories with this portable photo printer.
- Print photos from smartphones
- Edit pictures on smartphones
- Instant photo printing
- Portable design
Read full descriptionHide full description
Sharper Image Smartphone Printer Easily print amazing photos with Sharper Image Smartphone Printer Instant Printer. The Sharper Image Smartphone Printer photo printer can be used to print images from smartphones . You can take and edit pictures on smartphones or tablets. This Sharper Image Smartphone Printer Instant Printer will instantly print your precious moments.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chatbooks at 4.8 against SI Smartphone Printer's 2.8. Chatbooks also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 26%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). SI Smartphone Printer's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chatbooks holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chatbooks has 249K ratings behind it against 117, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Chatbooks's written reviews are positive against 26% of SI Smartphone Printer's.
Chatbooks ships an update every 9 days, SI Smartphone Printer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chatbooks | SI Smartphone Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (249K ratings) — better | 2.8 (117 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews — better | 25.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 249K — better | 117 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #195 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chatbooks, Inc. | Prinics Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
Chatbooks
SI Smartphone Printer
User reviews
Chatbooks
From 249K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Excellent customer service
- 🚀 Easy to use app
- 💎 High-quality photo books
- 🎁 Great gift option
- 📚 Convenient way to preserve memories
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy app with syncing issues
- 🕰️ Slow shipping and long delays
- 💰 Expensive for international users
- 📷 Poor photo quality
- 🤯 Frustrating user experience
SI Smartphone Printer
From 117 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Prints are acceptable
- 👍 Good quality for a small printer
- 👍 Easy to set up
- 👍 Awesome app
- 👍 Decent app for editing photos
Room to improve
- 🐛 App glitches and freezes
- 🐛 Photo gets stuck and won't push out
- 🐛 Prints with weird black lines
- 🐛 Bad Bluetooth connection
- 🐛 Printer shuts off quickly
Bugs and requests
Chatbooks
Reported bugs
4 issues- Photos not uploading correctly
- Locked books being edited unexpectedly
- Inconsistent app behavior across devices
- Incorrect shipping information
Requested features
4 requests- More layout and customization options
- Ability to select photos from different albums
- Option to change book title/cover
- Improved in-app navigation
SI Smartphone Printer
Reported bugs
25 issues- App glitches and freezes
- App crashes when choosing photos
- Photo gets stuck and won't push out
- Printer shuts off quickly
- Paper gets stuck inside printer
Show 20 moreShow fewer
- Bluetooth connection issues
- Colors out of alignment
- App doesn't find all photos
- App won't access photos
- Printer not found
- Annoying updates
- Useless update
- Physical connection issues with upgraded app
- Requires restarting printer frequently
- Prints with weird black lines
- Prints in plain yellow
- Cartridge needs replacement immediately
- Lines through the ink
- Takes forever to recognize connection/selection
- Only finds one photo
- Cannot crop photos properly
- Slow printing
- Cumbersome to use
- Out of warranty issues
- Not compatible with Kodak mini shot 3 c300r
Requested features
10 requests- Add iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 14 phone case templates
- Add iPhone 13 print case template
- Revert to the old app setup
- Improve cropping tool functionality
- Support Google Photos
Show 5 moreShow fewer
- Support Facebook photos
- Add instructional videos
- Improve app intuitiveness
- Allow access to all photos on phone
- Fix firmware issue for Kodak mini shot 3 c300r compatibility
In-app purchases
Chatbooks
No in-app purchases
SI Smartphone Printer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Chatbooks free?
Is SI Smartphone Printer free?
Which has better reviews, Chatbooks or SI Smartphone Printer?
Do Chatbooks or SI Smartphone Printer have ads?
Which is updated more often, Chatbooks or SI Smartphone Printer?
Other comparisons
