Saal Design App 4+

Good usability

Easy to use and great range of designs. The auto install is a great function. Lots of choices of page layouts which is great.
Would like to see a save progress feature so that if the app closes unexpectedly all progress is saved.
Would also like to see a preview feature before purchasing to check the overall view of the product.
Slightly disappointing that you cannot easily switch the layout of the pictures on the page and sometimes persevering with this causes an error or the app to crash.
Overall a very good product.

Great App (after the latest release)

I don’t usually write reviews but as I received a generous voucher for my thoughts….. Overall the app is really easy to use and very intuitive. I can’t comment on the quality of the photo book as I only finished the design and uploaded yesterday. I didn’t use the quick automatic creation as I wanted some control over the order of photos in the book. There are so many different choices for layouts including one image across two pages which is great for panoramas.

OLD VERSION [My main criticism is the option to add text. Firstly I couldn't see a way of choosing which of the two pages being edited to add text to (it defaults to right and then left but with different default font sizes (66 & 36 respectively)- it would be great to be able to set style for the whole book upfront. Also adding text after placing photos sometines causes the page layout to change and without a back button it is not easy to revert and on some occasions the originally chosen layout is no longer an option! It would be nice to be able to place text anywhere including in the middle of a two-page spread eg. title for a panorama.]

UPDATE - I have just updated the ipad app and the photos no longer change positions when adding text. The text design features are so much better- I look forward to my photo book arriving and using the improved app in the future

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for your review! We're really sorry that you don't like or miss some of the options in the app. We are currently working on improvements for the app. You are welcome to send us your suggestions and ideas for improvement directly via our contact form https://www.saal-digital.co.uk/support/contact-customer-care/. We hope that the result will convince you. Regards 😊

Use the computer download

I was offered a free voucher to create my own Professional Line Photobook.
At first I was very frustrated as I tried multiple times to create my photobook using the app but every time I got through to the title page it had an error and this wasn’t able to be resolved despite me contacting the help team.
I then transferred to the Saal Design Software (after many wasted hours on the app) and found there was a lot more options, you could select the layout of the pictures on the page, place them in order, crop and edit the photos and also add text if you wanted to.
Once I got my head around how the software worked I was quickly able to create my photobook and the result was great.
I received my photobook in the post today and more than happy with it! Some of the photos are slightly blurred but mainly due to the type of photo when taken at the time. The actual photobook is of highly quality and has a great finish.
I highly recommend the Professional Line Photobook but would only suggest creating one using the software downloaded on a computer.

Developer Response ,

Hey PLT93! Sorry to hear you had some troubles with the mobile application. Which type of error appeared? I have informed my colleagues in the technical department to try find and solve this issue. You are welcome to contact us via the support form here: https://www.saal-digital.co.uk/support/ and share your experience in more detail to help us improve. We are delighted to know that you were able to use the online software and are thrilled with your photobook. If you have any questions please let us know. Kindest regards.