Postcard app: your photos become real postcards
The SimplyCards postcard app is free on iPhone and Android. Pick a template or design freely with your photos, write your message: the card is printed and posted for you to any country, from €2.19 with postage included.
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No phone to hand? Create your card on a computer
Three minutes, three steps
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Add your photos
Up to 9 photos per card, taken on the spot or imported from your phone's gallery, Instagram, Facebook, Dropbox or Pixabay. Crop, rotate, add an effect.
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Write your message
Around twenty fonts, your signature drawn with a finger, a stamp with your own photo. The address fills in from your phone's contacts, and the app shows you the front and back exactly as they will be printed. Stuck for words? Browse our postcard message ideas.
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We take care of the rest
One credit per card and the app does the rest: printed the next working day, handed to the postal service, confirmation email when it leaves. No stamps to buy, no post box to find, even from the other side of the world.
Hundreds of templates for every occasion, or a blank canvas
Holidays, birthdays, new babies, weddings, Christmas, Valentine's Day, winter sports… The app sorts its templates by occasion, adds new ones every season, and there is always one that fits your moment. Here are eight of them: tap one and it opens straight in the app with your photos.
Holidays
Beach & sea
Travel memories
Birthday
New baby
Valentine's Day
Christmas
Winter sports
Free design & more templates
A template, your photos, three minutes
Choose the template you like, drop your photos into the frames, tweak the text if you wish, done. To see beyond these eight examples, browse our postcard gallery and our Duo cards.
Or your card, from scratch
Free design starts from a blank card: up to 9 photos, layouts, frames, stickers, text and colours, on the front as well as the back. Even the stamp takes the photo of your choice.
What your recipient receives
Cards sent with the app, photographed by our users.
Free postcard app: what's included
The app costs nothing, at installation or later. You only pay for the cards you send, and the price covers everything: printing, postage and delivery, at home or abroad.
| Postcard 11 × 15 cm (4.3 × 5.9 in) 330 g/m² PEFC-certified card, varnished finish | from €2.19 | printing, postage and worldwide delivery included |
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| XL postcard 15 × 20 cm (5.9 × 7.9 in) same card, larger format | from €4.38 | ideal for a panorama or a collage of several photos |
| Duo card 14 × 14 cm (5.5 × 5.5 in), folded 4 fully customisable pages, sent in an envelope | from €4.38 | for a birthday, an announcement, season's greetings or a thank-you |
- Free download and design, no subscription, no commitment
- Postage and delivery included, one price for every country
- Credits valid for 18 months, extended automatically with every new purchase
- Secure payment by card or PayPal in EUR, GBP, USD or CHF, invoice in your account
You buy credits, from €2.99 each to €2.19 in a pack of 150 (about £1.99 or $2.69): 1 credit per standard card, 2 per XL or Duo card. No minimum order. Use code WELCOME for 20% off your first order, or gift credits with a gift card.
Who is the photo postcard app for?
Holidaymakers
The card leaves from the beach or the mountain hut, with the photo of the day, and often lands before you're home. No spinning rack, no stamp hunt: your holiday postcard takes three minutes on your phone.
Expats and families far apart
Living in Sydney, Toronto or Dubai no longer stops you sending a card home: the price is the same from any country, postage included, and the card is posted for you and delivered by the local postal service.
Anyone writing to grandparents
A printed card goes on the fridge and gets read again. For a grandmother with no smartphone and no email, it is the only way to receive your photos, and it fits through the letterbox.
Parents
A card to summer camp, a note for the first day of school, a birthday card with the party photo: children love post with their name on it.
Big occasions
New baby, wedding, season's greetings, thank-yous: the folded Duo card, sent in an envelope, becomes an announcement or a greeting card, with the same account and the same credits.
Businesses
Season's greetings to clients, thank-you notes, invitations: businesses use the app every day, and a bulk mailing service takes over from an address file.
Why SimplyCards is the best postcard app
Everything from your phone
Photos, address, message, payment: no step sends you to a computer or a post office. A card is ready in three minutes, on the train or on the beach.
A real card in a real letterbox
Unlike an e-card, the recipient gets something printed that they keep. Ideal for grandparents and anyone who doesn't live on a screen.
A finger-drawn signature, a stamp with your photo
The two details that say it really came from you. The personalised stamp and the handwritten signature are included with every card.
Scheduled sending, several recipients, one account
Prepare the year's birthday cards in one evening and choose the sending date of each one, up to a year ahead. Reuse a card for the whole family. The same credits on your iPhone, tablet and computer.
E-card or real postcard?
The e-card
Free, arrives by email or notification, is read in three seconds and vanishes in the feed. If that is what you are after, SimplyCards is not for you: our app does not make e-cards.
The real postcard, sent from your phone
It costs from €2.19 with postage included and lands in a letterbox, printed on thick card with your photos and your handwriting. It is the thing people keep, show and read again. The app simply spares you the card shop, the stamp and the post box.
What users say about the app
4.8/5 from over 18,000 reviews on the App Store and Google PlayRatings are public and verifiable: read the reviews on the App Store, on Google Play and on Trustpilot.
On iPhone, Android and computer
An app for sending postcards from whatever device you have to hand:
- iPhone and iPad: download SimplyCards from the App Store.
- Android (Samsung, Xiaomi, Google, OnePlus, Sony…): available on Google Play.
- Computer: the web version offers the same cards, with the same account and the same credits.
Frequently asked questions about the postcard app
Is the SimplyCards postcard app free?
Yes. Downloading the app and designing your cards is free, with no subscription and no commitment. You only pay for the cards you actually send: from €2.19 per card, printing, postage and delivery included.
How much does it cost to send a postcard with the app?
You buy credits: 1 credit for a standard card, 2 credits for an XL or a Duo card. A credit costs €2.99 on its own and €2.19 in a pack of 150, postage included whatever the destination. Credits are also sold in GBP, USD and CHF. No subscription, and regular promo codes.
Do I need design skills? Are there templates?
No skills needed. The app offers ready-made templates sorted by occasion: holidays, birthdays, new babies, Christmas, Valentine's Day… Drop in your photos, edit the text if you like, done. And if you prefer, free design lets you start from a blank card.
How long does the card take to arrive?
Your card is printed and handed to the postal service the next working day after your order, and you receive an email at that moment. Then the usual postal time applies: 2 to 6 working days in Europe, 5 to 12 working days for the USA and Canada, 1 to 4 weeks for the rest of the world.
Can I send a postcard from abroad?
Yes, from any country as soon as you have an internet connection. The card is printed and posted for you, and postage is already included in your credits: no stamps to find, no post box to look for.
Can I send a card anywhere in the world?
Yes, to every country and at no extra cost: the same credit sends a card to London, to New York or to Sydney.
Do I really need a smartphone?
No. SimplyCards also exists as a web version, to design your cards comfortably from a PC or Mac. The same account works on the web and on several smartphones and tablets, with shared credits: the whole family can write cards together.
Can I schedule a card or send it to several people?
Yes. When you confirm the sending, you choose the sending date, up to a year ahead: handy for birthdays. After each sending, the app offers to keep the same card and enter a new address, so the whole family gets it in a few seconds.
Which photos can I use?
The photos on your phone, but also those from your Instagram, Facebook or Dropbox accounts, and the Pixabay image library. Up to 9 photos fit on one card, with cropping, effects, frames, text and stickers.
Is the app suitable for a business?
Yes. Season's greetings, thank-you notes after a meeting, invitations: many businesses send their cards with SimplyCards. For bulk mailing from an address file, a dedicated service exists, described on the bulk cards mailing page.
More questions? See the full FAQ.