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Get Carded: The Best Apps for Sending Paper Greetings

These pixels-to-paper apps will help you create and send personalized snail mail cards that are anything but fuddy-duddy.

By Kipp Jarecke-Cheng November 2, 2016

E-cards are fine, of course, but nothing compares to the delight and surprise of receiving good-old-fashioned paper cards in the mail. There’s something about printed postcards and letters that just feel more personal, more thoughtful, and more real than digital greetings. Luckily, there’s a growing crop of smart, well-designed pixels-to-paper apps to help create and send personalized snail mail cards that show how much you really care. Flip through our picks of the best printed card apps that are anything but fuddy-duddy.

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This no-nonsense app lets users mail printed photos arranged in a custom template with added messages in just a few clicks of their iPhones or iPads. After selecting a pic, the elegantly-designed app lets users place personalized text on their images to suit any occasion. Additional messages also can be added on the back of the photo as well. Total cost is $1.99 per photo, which includes printing and postage. Each photo is printed on thick 4x6-inch card stock with a glossy finish and mailed in a sealed envelope for privacy. Free U.S. shipping via USPS in a week or under.

Free app for iOS

What’s your favorite pixel-to-print photo app? Tell us in the comments below!

—Kipp Jarecke-Cheng