Chatbooks vs the itemizer
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
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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!
the itemizer
Effortlessly catalog your belongings using photos and voice recordings. AI technology automatically identifies and categorizes your items, generating comprehensive reports. Securely store your inventory data locally and export it in PDF format.
- Photo and voice analysis
- AI-powered item identification
- Comprehensive inventory reports
- Secure local data storage
- PDF export
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Itemizer helps you inventory any you can picture, with ease. Take photos of your car, landscape, your home, record descriptions, and let our AI technology identify and catalog your items automatically. Features: • Photo and Voice Analysis - capture anything visually and verbally • AI-Powered Identification - automatically detects and categorizes items • Comprehensive Reports - generate detailed inventory lists • Secure Local Storage - all your inventory data stays private on your device • PDF Export - share and save your list in portable formats
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Chatbooks at Free against the itemizer's $2.99. Chatbooks also leads on ratings volume (250K vs 1) and chart position (#174 vs unranked). the itemizer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 65%). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Chatbooks is free to download; the itemizer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
the itemizer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chatbooks has 250K ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of the itemizer's.
Chatbooks ships an update every 9 days, the itemizer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chatbooks | the itemizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (250K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 250K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #174 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chatbooks, Inc. | Random Artifact LLC |
Customer experience
Chatbooks
the itemizer
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
the itemizer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chatbooks
No in-app purchases
the itemizer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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