Comparison

SimplyCards vs Templation

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

Head to head
About

SimplyCards

Create and send personalized physical postcards, invitations, and greeting cards using your own photos. Choose from various formats, customize designs, and ship worldwide. It's a simple way to share memories and greetings with loved ones.

Highlights
  • Send real postcards with own photos
  • Multiple customizable card formats
  • Personalize stamps and designs
  • Select photos from device or cloud
  • Worldwide printing and shipping
  • Sign cards with fingertip
Features
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Send real postcards, invitations and greeting cards with your own photos – straight from your iPhone or iPad, worldwide! # HOW DOES IT WORK? It's very simple: - select your photos - write your message - add the recipient's address - personalize the stamp if you wish - send it! We then print your card and ship it worldwide. # SIMPLYCARDS PRODUCTS Choose from 3 customizable formats: - The standard postcard, 4.3" x 5.9", printed on special postcard paper (330 g) and laminated on the photo side, like traditional postcards. - The XL postcard, identical to the standard postcard but 5.9" x 7.9", for a guaranteed wow effect! - The Duo card, folded to 5.5" x 5.5", with 4 printed sides on high-quality cardstock (280 g) and sent in a beautiful white envelope, for all occasions! # EVERY OCCASION IS A GOOD REASON TO SEND A PERSONALIZED CARD Vacation postcard, travel postcard, birthday card, Christmas card, birth announcement, wedding invitation, baptism invitation, invitation card, greeting card, thank-you card, ... Or simply a card to share your best photos and make your loved ones happy! # THE ADVANTAGES OF SIMPLYCARDS - start from a ready-made template and personalize it however you like - play with photo arrangements and layouts - select photos from your iPhone or iPad, or directly from your Facebook or Dropbox account - also choose beautiful artist photos from the Pixabay image library - enjoy a wide choice of themes: birth, wedding, birthday, love, travel, invitation, thank you, condolences... - personalize the stamp with a photo of your choice - choose from a wide range of writing styles, colors and sizes - sign your card with your fingertip - access the addresses of your contacts and of cards you've already sent - search for an address you don't know - add a QR code to the card so your recipient can reply to you - prepare several cards in advance with drafts # HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? To pay for your cards, buy a pack of credits: the more credits you buy, the less each one costs (packs of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 75 or 150 credits). Take advantage of the many promo codes we offer regularly! Payments are secure and can be made by credit card or PayPal. 1 postcard = 1 credit 1 XL postcard = 2 credits 1 Duo card = 2 credits Worldwide shipping is included! Price example: *** pack of 20 credits + promo code WELCOME = $2.55 per postcard with stamp! *** Earn free credits by inviting your friends. # GUARANTEED QUALITY: 100% SATISFACTION! - professional photo-printing quality - PEFC-certified paper, to respect our forests - quality-checked to ensure a perfect print - fast processing: cards are printed and shipped the next business day (Monday through Friday) # OUR TEAM IS ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU If your card hasn't arrived, or if you're unhappy for any other reason, we'll resend it free of charge or refund you. SimplyCards customer service is always here for you (even on Sundays!). Contact us by email (support@simplycards.com) or through the FAQ section of the app. We'd love to hear from you. See you soon on SimplyCards!

About

Templation

Features
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Finished designs that look like a studio made them – you only swap the text and the photos. Templation gives you 40 fully designed templates for your business and your celebrations, right on your iPhone. No design skills, no dragging things around, no layouts falling apart. TEMPLATES FOR YOUR FIELD • Restaurant & Café – menus, daily specials, food posts • Business – services, strategy, skyline, app idea • Beauty & Fashion – treatments, looks, moodboards • Fitness & Health – routines, goals, training plans • Travel & Adventure – travel journal, Amalfi, Santorini, city trips • Wedding – invitation, dinner, rooftop, concert night • Events & Parties – invitations from elegant to neon • Christmas & New Year – greeting cards for clients and partners • Sale & Offers – Black Friday, season sale, weekend deals HOW IT WORKS Tap a template, change the text, drop in your own photos – done. The layout stays locked so nothing can slip: spacing, sizes and composition are set by the designer. You decide on content, font, colour and images. Went too far? Undo takes you straight back. Export as an image for social media, or as a PDF for printing – posters, flyers and the menu on the counter. PHOTO FRAMES 16 elegant scenes – arch, wave, oval, marble and pool – that your photo fits into pixel-perfectly. Three of them are free. WHEN YOU WANT FULL FREEDOM • Collages: 170+ layouts – grids, waves, zigzags, sun rays, honeycombs, hearts and more. Drag the dividers with your finger. Magic Fill drops your photos into every frame with one tap. • Carousel: one background flowing seamlessly across up to 10 pages. • Storyline: tell your story along a flowing line – perfect for trips, recaps and tutorials. • Flex: the free canvas. Photos in custom shapes, frames, depth blur, text in 17 fonts, stickers and finger drawing. • Photo layouts: six ready-made arrangements for your pictures – polaroid wall, film strip, honeycomb and more. Tap, drop in your photos, done. • Dashboard: numbers and goals as a clean chart sheet. EVERY FORMAT, ONE DESIGN Square for the feed, portrait for Instagram, 9:16 for Stories and Reels, 16:9 for YouTube, 4:1 for LinkedIn banners. Every format is labelled and exports at native resolution. YOUR BRAND, EVERYWHERE (STUDIO) Set your brand colours, font and logo or text watermark once – Templation applies them everywhere. Made for freelancers, restaurants, studios and small brands. THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Automatic subject cut-out – on device, no cloud • Projects save themselves: keep working, rename, undo and redo • iCloud backup: your designs are backed up to your private iCloud automatically – no account needed • Your photos stay yours: on your device and in your iCloud. No tracking, no ads. START FOR FREE Browse every template before you decide. Designing is free right away: collages, carousels up to 4 pages, export with a watermark. Try Templation Pro free for 3 days – cancel anytime. BUY ONCE INSTEAD OF SUBSCRIBING Only need the templates for your field? Buy your category pack once for €8.99 (Sale & Offers €4.49, Christmas & New Year €4.99) – every template in that category is yours for good. No subscription, no renewal. TEMPLATION PRO (subscription) Personalise all 40 templates and every photo frame, plus all layouts and styles, Storyline, carousels up to 10 pages, all of Flex, exports and PDFs without a watermark. €4.99/month or €49.99/year, 3 days free. TEMPLATION STUDIO (subscription) Everything in Pro plus the Brand Kit: brand colours, font, your own watermark and "Your Style". All style packs and photo layouts included. €9.99/month or €99.99/year. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period via your App Store account. Individual style packs are available as one-time purchases. Terms: https://templation.netlify.app/#agb Privacy: https://templation.netlify.app/#datenschutz Questions or ideas? Write to us in the app under Profile → Support.

Screenshots

SimplyCards4 screens
Templation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimplyCards at none against Templation's 10. Templation's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Templation sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. SimplyCards asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimplyCards ships an update every 3 weeks, Templation every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SimplyCards versus Templation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimplyCardsTemplation
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIMPLYCARDSMarek Stadler

Bugs and requests

SimplyCards

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Signature feature not working on new iOS
  • Cards rejected for unstated reasons
  • White spots on printed cards
  • Inconsistent delivery times
  • Misprinted cards requiring resend

Requested features

8 requests
  • Allow saving multiple card templates
  • Enable editing previously sent cards
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve iOS compatibility for signature feature
  • Provide tracking information for shipments
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  • Clarify shipping origins upfront
  • Offer more detailed delivery time estimates
  • Improve customer service accessibility

Templation

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SimplyCards

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Templation

One-time10
  • Coffee$4.99
  • Californication$4.99
  • Photo Templates$4.99
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  • Restaurant & Café$8.99
  • Business$8.99
  • Beauty & Fashion$8.99
  • Travel & Adventure$8.99
  • Wedding$8.99
  • Fitness & Health$8.99
  • Events & Parties$8.99

Questions

Is SimplyCards free?
SimplyCards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Templation free?
Templation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SimplyCards or Templation have ads?
Neither SimplyCards nor Templation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimplyCards or Templation?
SimplyCards ships an update every 3 weeks, and Templation every 3 days. Most recently, SimplyCards was updated on November 6, 2026 and Templation on October 31, 2026.

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