Saal Digital

I didn’t expect much from this app as most like it are very glitchy. It REALLY exceeded my expectations! I made my art into a professional photo book and the process was pretty self explanatory. The features were easy to use, pages were easy to reorder, and changing the layout of each page was a smooth process. They had great design options/features that were easy to add or subtract from my project. I had no issue with glitching or lagging, and I LOVED that they had an option for me to save my project and come back to it later.

First time working with Saal. Received a voucher for $150 for a photo book, thought I would give it a shot. Being a professional photographer, I frequently build photo books and order prints from various sites. Saal’s app was hands down the most frustrating when it came to designing the actual pages. They have a lot of options, so I will give them credit, but changing one minor thing led to everything changing. For example, on the cover of the book. I wanted a very simple large title, with a small “By (blank)” underneath. When I added the original title, everything was fine. As soon as I attempted to add the small subtext, the entire layout of the cover changed and added a huge white box, then put the subtext at the top above the title, in larger font. I tried multiple different options to no avail. A similar situation unfortunately occurred when adding photos to the pages themselves. Like I said, hands down the most frustrating out of any photo book design software I have used. They have a lot of great options, which if able to be utilized properly, could possibly be one of the reasons to make a switch. Will definitely be keeping an eye on them in hopes for a more user friendly interface.

Overall I believe that this is a great app. Part of the issue I was having may have been due to my own error. I uploaded 80+ pictures that were automatically placed into the book and when I went to move them around the app kept erroring out and closing. If you upload with each page rather than all at once it run much smoother. Layout options are nice just wish there was a more custom way for layout. Beyond that it seems to be a great app. Will update review once product is received