The family year in one book.
Upload the year from both phones. MakeAlbum drops the repeats and the blur, groups the months and the events into chapters, picks the frames worth printing and lays out a 300 × 300 mm layflat hardcover of up to 80 pages for you to approve.
The yearbook that never gets made
A year of family photos is a few thousand frames across two or three phones: school runs, birthdays, a holiday, the same sofa in every season. The idea of an annual book is a good one. The evening it would take to choose the photos is why it rarely happens.
MakeAlbum does the first pass for you. The year is clustered by time and event, the duplicates from two parents photographing the same cake are merged, and the strongest frames are chosen to fill the page count you pick.
How it works, in three steps
Upload the year
Export the year from each phone and upload it all: JPEG, HEIC / HEIF, PNG, WebP, AVIF, up to 50 MB each and up to 500 photos per album. Add a brief with the children's names and the year's big events.
Chapters by month and event
Capture time groups the year into chapters; a cluster of photos on one day becomes an event of its own. Blurred and repeated frames are set aside, and each chapter is given a draft title from your brief.
Edit, approve, order
Rename chapters, swap in the frames that matter to you, pick the cover and the page count. Approve, and the book is printed as a 300 × 300 mm layflat hardcover and shipped to you with tracking.
The full version, step by step, is on How it works.
What you get
- 300 × 300 mm square hardcover with layflat binding, so a photo can cross the spine.
- 26 to 80 interior pages, €199 to €349, priced per page, shipping included.
- JPEG, HEIC / HEIF, PNG, WebP, AVIF accepted up to 50 MB each; 50–200 photos per album works best.
- Unlimited editing before approval: swap photos, reorder spreads, rename chapters, rewrite captions, re-roll layouts, pick the cover.
- Tracked shipping to 25 EU countries plus United Kingdom, United States; typically 6–10 working days door to door after approval.
- From 26 to 80 pages, every page in between priced on a straight line.
- Duplicates are detected across both parents' phones.
- Photos are stored privately in EU object storage, never used to train AI, and deleted 90 days after the book ships.
Rather not build it yourself? Add done-for-you album design (+€59) and our team curates, designs and captions the book; you approve a preview before anything is printed. Full pricing.
Questions
How many photos should I upload for a whole year?
50–200 per album works best and the limit is 300. If the year is much bigger than that, pick the months or events that matter and upload those; the filter handles the rest.
Can I make one every year?
Yes. Each album is a separate order with no subscription. Start a new album whenever you like; the previous books stay in your account.
Who sees my children's photos?
Only you and, if you choose Done-for-you, the MakeAlbum team building your album. Photos are stored privately in EU object storage, never sold, shared or used to train AI, and deleted 90 days after your order ships or as soon as you delete the album.
More in the FAQ.