We've personally tested nine world's most popular online printing services that magically turn the photos from your phone into cool fridge photo magnets and we created their ranking list! Cheerz, Lalalab, Photobox, Inkifi, Origrami, Foxprint, Magnapix or Squared.one: Who makes the world's best photo magnets?
We've selected the nine largest, best known and most interesting companies: Cheerz, Lalalab, Social Print Studio, Photobox, Inkifi, Origrami, Foxprint, Magnapix and Squared.one with one simple mission: test them personally and review them according to a given criteria (simplicity and order process, print quality and processing, price, shipping and customer service).
We hope you'll find this review helpful when searching for the best photo magnet printing studio. (Especially with Christmas on the horizon)
Our first challenge was to find one specific type of a photo magnet that would be offered by all services and that could be fairly and objectively compared among the services. There are so many shapes and varieties on the market but God bless the Instagram photo format - everyone makes square magnets!
We ordered the same number of photo magnets from each company with economy international shipping. We have used the same pictures for all of them, you can see the originals here. We included a few that were over or under-exposed on purpose, just out of curiosity, to see how they turn out!
While we waited for the delivery, we put together our evaluation criteria:
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Rating | Editor rating |
Mobile App |
Language | Upload photos option | Editing options |
Payment | |
95% | ๐ |
๐, ๐ค | ๐ฌ๐ง, ๐ซ๐ท, ๐ฉ๐ช, ๐ช๐ธ, ๐ฎ๐น |
๐, FB, IG, Google Photos | crop, rotate, editing filters | ๐ณ, Paypal |
|
95% | ๐ |
๐, ๐ค |
๐ฌ๐ง, ๐ซ๐ท, ๐ฉ๐ช |
๐, FB, IG |
crop, rotate, editing filters, emojis, add text, brush, themed frames |
๐ณ,Paypal |
|
90% | ๐ |
๐, ๐ค |
๐ฌ๐ง | ๐, FB, IG, Google Photos, Dropbox |
crop |
๐ณ | |
85% | ๐ |
- | ๐ฌ๐ง |
๐, FB, IG, Google Photos, Flickr |
crop, rotate |
๐ณ,Paypal |
|
65% | ๐ |
๐, ๐ค |
๐ฌ๐ง |
๐, FB, IG |
crop, rotate, editing filters, emojis, add text, brush, themed frames, multiple photos layouts |
๐ณ,Paypal |
|
75% | ๐ |
๐ |
๐ฌ๐ง |
๐, FB, IG, Dropbox |
crop, white frame (automatic) |
๐ณ,Paypal |
|
80% | ๐ |
๐, ๐ค |
๐ฌ๐ง |
๐, FB, IG, Google Photos / Flickr |
crop |
๐ณ, Paypal, Amazon Payments, ๐ Pay |
|
70% | ๐ |
๐, ๐ค |
๐ฌ๐ง |
๐, FB, IG |
crop, white frame (automatic) |
๐ณ, Paypal |
|
90% |
๐ |
- | ๐ฌ๐ง | ๐, FB, IG |
crop, rotate, optional white or colour frame |
๐ณ, Paypal |
Rating | Production period | International economy shipping | Tracking parcel | International express shipping | |
90% | 1-2 days | 4-6 days / 4.45 USD |
โ | 1-2 days / from 13.40 USD / DHL |
|
95% | 1-2 days | 5-8 days / 4 USD |
โ | selected countries only / DHL |
|
90% | 2-3 days |
12-22 day / od 12 USD |
โ | 5-6 days / FedEx Priority / pricing calculator |
|
85% | 1-2 days |
5 days / 6.40 USD | โ | fromย 18 USD / time of delivery and carrier not available |
|
65% | 2-3 days |
5-10 days / od 5.70 USD |
โ | 1-5 days / selected countries only |
|
75% | 8 days |
5-15 days / free |
โ | 4-5 days /pricing calculator |
|
80% | 1 day |
10-25 days / od 4.50 USD |
โ | โ |
|
70% | 5 days | 6-10 days / 2.95 USD |
โ | โ |
|
90% |
1 day |
5-10 days / 10 USD |
โ | 2-3 work days / 20 USD / FedEx Priority |
Overall product feeling | Proportions | Price per piece | Minimum number of pieces | Print quality & material |
Rating |
Other types of magnets available |
Cheerz 85% ๐ฅ |
6ร6 cm |
1.43 USD | 9 pcs, then multiples |
real photoย ๐ฅ / glossy laminated paper, magnetic foil 0.5 mm, round edges, clean cutt |
โ durable surfaceย โ too sharpened photo |
Heart, rectangular, polaroid shape, magnetic stripe๐ฅ |
Lalalab 60% |
5.7ร5.7 cm |
1.32 USD | 10 pcs, then multiples | digital print / glossy laminated paper, magnetic foil 0.5 mm, square corners, sticky edges |
โ poor print quality, visible print points โ sticky edges get dirty easily |
โ |
Social Print Studio 90% |
5ร5 cm |
1.50 USD | 10 pcs, then multiples |
real photo๐ฅ/ glossy laminated material, magnetic foil 1 mm, combined material, square corners |
โ different approach than other makers, good print quality, durable surface โ too glossy, worse visibility from different angles |
round magnets |
Photobox 85% |
5ร5 cm |
1.61 USD | 9 pcs, then multiples |
digital print / matte laminated paper, magnetic foil 0.3 mm, square corners |
โ poor print quality, visible grid, blurred detailes |
โ |
Inkifi 65% |
5ร5 cm |
1.61 USD | 9 pcs, then multiples |
digital print / matte laminated paper, magnetic foil 0.7 mm, square corners |
โ worst print quality, colour shift to red, visible print pointsย |
round magnets |
Origrami 75% |
5ร5 cm |
1.29 USD ๐ฅ | 9 pcs, then multiples |
digital print / magnetic paper, square corners |
โ different aproach, original material โ poor print quality, visible grid |
โ |
6.5ร6.5 cm |
2 USD | 6 pcs, thenย any number of piecesย ๐ฅ | real photoย ๐ฅ/ matte laminated paper, magnetic foil 0.7 mm, round corners, clean cutt |
โ good print quality, vivid colours, durable surface |
โ |
|
Magnapix 70% |
6.8ร6.8 cm |
1.89 USD | 8 pcs, then multiples | digital print / glossy laminated paper, magnetic foil 0.7 mm, square corners, clean cutt |
โ poor print quality, visible print points |
wedding rectangular magnets, magnetic jigsaw |
Squared.one 98% ๐ฅ |
7ร7 cm ๐ฅ | 1.85 USD | 9 pcs, thenย any number of piecesย ๐ฅ |
real photoย ๐ฅ /ย glossy laminated photo paper, magnetic foil 0,7 mm, square corners, clean cutt |
โย ย good print quality, vivid colours and details โ fingerprints can be spotted on the surface |
round magnets, magnetic jigsaw |
Communication tone |
Customer support |
Claims | |
Cheerz 90 % |
๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
Lalalab 75 % |
๐ | ๐ |
๐ |
Social Print Studio 90 % |
๐ |
๐ | ๐ |
Photobox 80 % |
๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
Inkifi 70 % |
๐ | ๐ |
๐ |
Origrami 70 % |
๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
Foxprint 80 % |
๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
Magnapix 70 % |
๐ | ๐ |
๐ |
Squared.one 90 % |
๐ | ๐ |
๐ |
Style & branding |
Packaging |
Something extra |
Promo code |
|
Cheerz 98 % |
ย ๐ | paper | extra magnet, gift card | โ |
Lalalab 95 % |
๐ | cloth sack | scratch card | โ |
Social Print Studio 90 % |
๐ | cloth sack | thank you card | โ |
Photobox 85 % |
๐ | paper | 9 mini magnets for free | โ |
Inkifi 78% |
๐ | paper, plastic | โ | โ |
Origrami 80 % |
๐ | paper | thank you card |
โ |
Foxprint 70 % |
๐ |
paper | โ | โ |
Magnapix 80 % |
๐ | paper | thank you card | โ |
Squared.one 80 % |
๐ | paper | thank you card | โ |
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87 % / ๐๐๐๐ / Durable photo magnets