tadabook

Every trip deserves a spot on the shelf.

Tadabook is a photo book maker that plays like a game. It turns the photos stuck in your phone into a real, printed book: you play through them, it designs the pages.

Invite only for now. You can ask for an invite when you sign in.

Japan, autumn40 pages · hardcover
Beach weekend24 pages · softcover
Nonna’s 80th32 pages · lay-flat
Road trip56 pages · hardcover

Three moves, and the buddy does the heavy lifting

  1. 1

    Drop in the whole trip

    All of it: the 2,000 photos, the bursts, the iPhone HEICs, the RAW files. It sorts them by day and spots the near-duplicates.

  2. 2

    Play through it

    Keep or skip, one photo at a time. Look-alikes go head to head. Your favourites get the big pages, and the layouts come out designed.

  3. 3

    Print it anywhere

    You get real print files with bleed and a spec sheet. Take them to the shop down the road, or any printer online.

Go on, try the trick

Eight photos from a trip that never happened. Keep the good ones.

Keep or skip1 of 8
Sunrise from the ferry
Surprise meSame photos, new page
One big, three smallRoll until you like it. The real one has hundreds of layouts.

Your book, your files, your print shop

Many photo book apps only print with themselves. Tadabook hands you the files a print shop asks for, so you can walk into the one down the road, compare prices, or reprint in ten years.

  • Inside pages and cover as print-ready PDFs
  • A check that catches blurry photos and text too close to the edge
  • A spec sheet that tells the shop exactly what to do
Japan, autumnJob ticket
Book
Hardcover, 40 pages
Page size
20 × 20 cm + 3 mm bleed
Photos
300 ppi, sRGB
Fonts
Embedded
Files
inside.pdf, cover.pdf, specs.txt

Or hand it to Claude

Connect Claude and it looks at every photo, writes the story and lays out the pages while you watch them appear. You stay in charge of the last word.

https://tadabook.app/mcp

Tadabook at a glance

What it is
A photo book maker in your browser that plays like a game
Made for
Trips, birthdays and family years: anything with too many photos
You get
Print-ready PDFs (inside pages, cover, spec sheet) for any print shop
Photo formats
JPEG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, AVIF, TIFF and camera RAW
Books
23 sizes, 4 bindings, 8 to 200 pages
Layouts
567 page layouts, from 1 to 25 photos on a page
Sign-in
A link by email, no password. Invite only for now

Honest questions

What is Tadabook?

Tadabook is a photo book maker that plays like a game. You drop in all the photos from a trip, keep or skip your way through them, and it designs the pages. You get print-ready PDF files that any print shop can print and bind.

How do I make a photo book with Tadabook?

Three moves. Drop in every photo from the trip. Play through them: keep the good ones, skip the rest, and let look-alike shots go head to head until one wins. Then run the print check and download the print files. Your favourites get the big pages and the layouts are chosen for you.

Can I print my book at any print shop?

Yes. Tadabook exports the inside pages and the cover as print-ready PDFs with 3 mm bleed, embedded fonts and photos prepared at 300 ppi, plus a spec sheet with the page size, page count and spine width. Take the files to a local print shop or upload them to an online printer. You are not tied to one printing service.

Which photo formats does Tadabook accept?

JPEG, PNG, HEIC and HEIF from iPhones, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF and BMP, and camera RAW files such as DNG, CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF, ORF and RW2. Videos are skipped.

What does it do with blurry photos and near-duplicates?

It measures sharpness when photos are added and groups shots that look alike. In “Best of the bunch” those look-alikes meet two at a time and you tap the better one until a winner is left. The others are hidden from the book, not deleted. Before printing, a check warns you about any photo that would print blurry at its size on the page.

What sizes and bindings can I make?

There are 23 book sizes, including squares from 6 to 12 inches, A3, A4, A5 and US Letter, in four bindings: hardcover and softcover (20 to 200 pages), lay-flat (10 to 100 pages) and a stapled booklet (8 to 64 pages).

Does Tadabook use AI?

The core does not need it: sorting photos by day, spotting look-alikes and choosing layouts are done with plain rules. Two things are optional. Some games use Claude Haiku to ask a question that fits a photo or to compare look-alike shots, and only a preview of that one photo is sent when you play. You can also connect Claude to your Tadabook and ask it to design a whole book while you watch.

How do I sign in? Is there a password?

There is no password. Enter your email and tap the link in the message you get, or type the six-digit code from the same email on another device. Tadabook is invite only for now; you can ask for an invite from the sign-in screen.

What does Tadabook cost?

Tadabook is invite only while it is new, and pricing has not been announced. Printing is paid to whichever print shop you choose.

Where are my photos stored, and who can see them?

Your photos and books are stored in your own Tadabook account, and only you can open them. You can delete a book at any time.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. Tadabook runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install. Picking favourites works well with swipes and taps; arranging pages is more comfortable on a bigger screen.

Good to know before you print

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