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What is Designrr?

Designrr helps creators, consultants, experts, marketer and authors create eBooks (PDF & ePubs), Reports, Whitepapers, Flipbooks & Leadmagnets to reach more people, grow your audience and revenue.

With Designrr, you can transform your content including blog posts, word, Google docs, Podcasts, Audio files, Videos and PDFs into eBooks and Flipbooks.

With its Wordgenie AI feature, you can generate a complete outline and the book ready for you to tailor and make your own before publishing.

Who Uses Designrr?

We help creators and marketers at all levels whether a solopreneur or executive in a larger organisation. Consultants, experts, podcasters and authors also use Designrr to grow their authority.

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Reviews of Designrr

Average score

Overall
4.6
Ease of Use
4.4
Customer Service
4.6
Features
4.4
Value for Money
4.6

Reviews by company size (employees)

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  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Danielle
Danielle
Video Editor and Social Media Content Creator in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Design, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Not quite as good as it sounds

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: My client wanted me to create lead magnets based on her blog posts. Desginrr has been a big help. The first ebook was was manageable to create in Canva, but the next one was going to be a lot of work to paste everything into Canva. I thought there must be an easier way, and soon discovered Designrr. It sounded like just what we needed, and they had special deal for lifetime access. My client eagerly paid for it and I started learning the ropes. They sent out a series of email tutorials to help me get started, plus they have tutorials and a help center right inside the app. It's a bit of a learning curve but my client has been happy with the results.

Pros:

Designrr makes it super simple to import content from blog posts just by inserting the URL. Then you can edit the content in Drafts before importing it into a project. You can also easily combine multiple blog posts into one project, with each post as its own separate chapter. I love that Designrr automates things like page numbering and Table of Contents and distributing text across pages. If you got the layout of a particular page just the way you want it, you can lock it, so it won't accidentally be disturbed as you shift content on other pages around. You can upload your own images or pull from their ample stock photo library. You can also create folders - for instance, to group all images related to a certain project. Another cool feature is that you can have words automatically wrap around the image OR you can move it freely wherever you want - for example, if you have extra white space you want to "decorate." The finished ebook is very visually appealing.

Cons:

Designrr has quite a bit of a learning curve - but of course I had to pick a complex project for my first one ;-) When I create the Table of Contents, it changed the formatting (font and color) of the chapter headings inside the book. Word wrap doesn't seem to apply to icons like it does for images. You can do limited image editing such as cropping but when you save the edit it makes a copy - which is good - but two things about that are not so great. One, it puts the copy in the main image folder not the folder with the original image. Two, I have a hard time telling the images apart by the thumbnails. For instance, if I have a square version and a vertical version they are not easily distinguishable by their thumbnails, and I don't see any way to mark them by file name or tag or something. Also, in the image editing window, the editing tools cover up part of image. I have to Zoom out my browser to be able to see most of the image. Choosing templates and dimensions is a bit confusing. We prefer the 16:9 landscape format. Designrr seems to go by inches like for a printed book. Since people use Designrr for both print books and PDF lead magnets, having page dimensions for both uses would be helpful. You can't paste text directly into a text box; you can only type into it. Consequently, if you want to add a block of text longer than a few words or a sentence, that can be a bit cumbersome.

PageOneTraffic Response

9 months ago

Hi Danielle, Many thanks for your feedback, it's really helpful. As you quite rightly point out - many customers come from Canva to Designrr for ebooks, because we're a purpose built book platform as opposed to Canva where you have to do everything page by page..which takes forever. Paul CEO

James
Co-Owner in US
E-Learning, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Designrr software

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: it has been absolutely wonderful, and I plan to renew to more credits as there are many books inside of me waiting to come out.

Pros:

helped me create my book in record time. all i really had to do was check the information and add or subtract from it.

Cons:

it took some time to see how it reacts and works so unfortunately i used about 30000 credits, but they give you 100000 credits to start.

Tarun
Manager in India
Design, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Better invest in product rather than marketing gimmicks!

1.0 2 years ago

Comments: Bought it and now hardly use it - because it is useless. Just look at their login screen after you have paid and you will come to know you bought totally useless product

Pros:

Their marketing - is good - and ofcourse they collaborate with creators to sell; once you buy and bombard you with 100 emails to upgrade

Cons:

Their product - bought it and now hardly using it - simple reason because it was waste of money.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Nonprofit Organization Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Knowing your purpose? Its the tool for you! Not knowing? Consider it.

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: I enjoy it, and I use it when I have a purpose to use it. Unlike canva, it also is very good at understanding we don't have too much time to spend fighting the formatting battle. They are very good at sort of merging the Microsoft Office experience with the Canva experience.

Pros:

This software is great for individuals that have already done a lot of writing or publishing and want to utilize their work and combine it into a document, book, or email funnel catch. It has some great features like import from your blog that make things so much easier than standard and tedious "copy and paste" that is still after so many years the norm.

Cons:

It feels dated. The template designs are a little older, and unless you know what you want to do with it, it isn't like canva where it can help you determine that. It also is limited to its lane. That is sad, since it has so much potential, and could very easily become the next canva or adobe suite.

Yadah
Educator in Ireland
E-Learning, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

eBook Creation Made Easier

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: After grabbing the lifetime deal for the basic account and upgrading to the monthly subscription for the pro account I have been slowly learning the system and utilizing the features more and more. It's definitely a learning curve, but the quality of the product is definitely brilliant.

Pros:

It's impressive the number of formats you can upload to the Designrr site and it will create a beautiful ebook for you within a few minutes. You can insert blogs, PDF's, Word Documents and even Facebook posts and you'll get a uniform and great product created with the tap of a few keys. The flipbook Generator is one of the features I use the most and it's so powerful for marketing purposes to have the 3D mockup generator of your product that gives clients the ability to envision how the ebook would look in their hands, on their table. The stock images available to use are varied and quality, instantly elevating the overall look of your ebook. There are hundreds of font choices and tiny miniscule editing changes that can be made to ensure the end product is exactly how you want it to look. The transcription option is fantastic for those who utilise a lot of video in their business.

Cons:

It is a major learning curve! If you're used to the basic functionality of Canva the Designrr is going to frustrate the heck out of you until you learn where things are situated and how to go about editing each section. It can be a very time-consuming learning curve. There could be more tutorials available and the tutorials should be easier to find.

Juan
Coach in US
Professional Training & Coaching, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

You get what you pay for in the lifetime deals

3.0 5 years ago

Comments: To me it is a hit and miss relationship. It has some nice features to create ebooks and self-publish but their interface bugs can make the experience unpleasant. Some people love it...others get annoyed.

Pros:

I like the available conversion for kindle format and other digital book formats. The newly added 3D cover option is also useful (I'm not sure if this is available in the basic plan) I like the drag and drop functionality and the ability to import from word documents. The more convenient features are available in their agency plan which is an annual subscription but I don't see a need for it.

Cons:

It's a little clunky at times. Frequently, I have to go read the html code in order to get it to do what I want to do. It is sold as a plug and play type approach but I have found it frustrating at times when the user interface starts bugging out. The feature to edit all similar elements or just the selected elements, can be buggy at times and sometimes the changes don't stick. It has gotten better over time but I, sometimes, feel like it would be easier to just publish a pdf using MS Word.

Yvonne
Owner/ operator of business in US
Marketing & Advertising, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Write a book in 10 minutes! WOW!!!

5.0 last year

Comments: It's the easiest app I've ever used and it works like a dream. I love it! Thank you Designrr!

Pros:

That's a hard question. I love everything about it. The most would be how AI creates the text and then how I can push a button and the book is created. So amazingly easy and fun! The training is awesome too! Thank you!

Cons:

Honestly, there's nothing I don't love about Designrr! Yay!! Truth.

Caterina
CEO in US
Publishing, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Publishing Software I Can Not Live Without

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: I can not live without this software. I publish a lot of lead magnets and books and this cuts my work down to hours instead of days or weeks. Their customer service team is awesome too and they are very responsive.

Pros:

It has a brand new Ai tool that can research a topic, create an outline for a book and then write the book for you. Even better, the table of contents that it creates can be edited. After it does all of this, you choose the template and it automatically formats the book for you.

Cons:

There is a slight learning curve when you are trying to tweak elements and although I love that it experts in pdf, epub, flipbook and other formats, I would love it if they included an export to word.

Terry
CEO in Philippines
Marketing & Advertising, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

A newbie to Designrr

5.0 last year

Comments: Very good once my business take off, I be upgrading my plan

Pros:

creating my E-book, and the covers. easy to use

Cons:

the credit to buy, to do my work, i need a lot some time.

Heather
Food Inclusivity Mentor in Denmark
Restaurants, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Lifetime plan was good value but it is not clear what is excluded

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: I purchased the lifetime low-cost plan because I wanted a digital flipbook to sell on my website. It has fullfilled it's role well but on an one going basis I use it very little. It has higher priced plans which appeal but I'm not a massive business, I only need the occassional thing so the pricing/packages do not match my needs or I'd likely use it more.

Pros:

I created a flipbook to sell on my website, mock up images of books, I can convert pdfs to ebooks. It's basic & simple to use, it was inexpensive. It doesn't do everything on this plan level which wasn't that transparent.

Cons:

There are restrictions on what format can be converted based on the lifetime plan. It was inexpensive but also very restricted. I'm a small business I could do with a bit of everything rather than a lot of one thing.

Bruno
Civil Engineeer in Nigeria
Construction, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Awesome companion for creating a book

5.0 last year

Comments: I'm glad I found this app

Pros:

Gives you a framework to start and edit to make the work feel like you

Cons:

Templates are very confusing to choose from. So simplest is best for starters

Stacy
Instructional Designer in South Africa
E-Learning, Self Employed
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

Unbelievably Awesome!

5.0 last year

Comments: Overall, this online app has made my life significantly more efficient and convenient. It's a testament to how technology can simplify our daily routines, save us time and effort, and ultimately enhance our quality of life. If you're looking for a way to make your life easier, I highly recommend giving this app a try. It's a true game-changer.

Pros:

This app has been a game-changer in terms of saving time and effort, making life incredibly more convenient.

Cons:

Absolutely nothing to NOT like...so incredible

Theresa
President in US
Marketing & Advertising, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Sqribble for me

4.0 last year

Comments: Ok somewhat disappointed with this product, its ok but needs to be all inclusive.

Pros:

Easy to use SOFTWARE. Must DO BETTER WITH TEMPLATES.

Cons:

Can not publish unless you upgrade! This really sucks dude. Your competition has got you beat here.

Jane
Writer in France
Recreational Facilities & Services, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

One of the best on the market

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: For me Designrr is the means to produce good copy and use in self publishing. I don't use it as effectively as I could do as I try to create my own content, which is time consuming. If I were doing more outsourcing I could no doubt create far more saleable products, and Designrr would help me to get a style of my own to brand my material. I'm still at the discovery stage of my own talent and writing. I use Designrr as a tool to access that, and am very pleased with it/.

Pros:

This software has such a huge range of positive features, done for you design or incorporate your own creativity. It is inexpensive when considering the intrinsic value, the range of work you can do with it to produce consistent, professional looking results. For newbies or more experienced users, there is a full range of support and many potential possibilities for creating products that can be used in a number of ways, for individuals and companies, it's the business answer to those who wish to work designing their own products with satisfying results.

Cons:

For absolute newbies without a lot of online experience, it can be overwhelming to be faced with so much potential. It is a steep learning curve to start with. Fortunately, if you read the instructions and go through the freely available tutorials, you will learn quickly and efficiently how to proceed to get your ideas manifested. The main advice is, don't try to approach intuitively or you could find you get unstuck by not approaching in the right sequence, or deleting aspects of the software (eg placeholders) that you will need later. Once you have mastered the basics the work can proceed much more quickly. Keep at it!

Eve
Teacher/Program Creator in Canada
Professional Training & Coaching, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Keeping the Eyes on YOU

4.0 4 years ago

Comments: What is hard to believe, is that there are real people to talk to when I truly can't make something work. That is a real Wow factory!

Pros:

Placing a professional element upon the sharing of information and learning puts my products above the competition. It adds interest and dimension. It is easy to up date and change.

Cons:

Some of the details for creating from a typed input can be tedious. I don't want to copy from a blog for all my creations and want to create from scratch into the program. This element works but refinement may make it much faster!

Tiffany
Publisher in Canada
Publishing, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source
Source: SoftwareAdvice

Infuriating

2.0 3 years ago

Comments: 100% hated it. I'd ask for my money back if I knew where to start. Never want to bother with this program again. As far as creating PDFs are concerned, Microsoft Word is a thousand times more efficient. Even Canva is a better option.

Pros:

Nothing. There was literally nothing I liked about it. From the moment I opted to try this software, I spent twenty minutes of my life trying to get to the checkout page being upsold one thing after another I wasn't interested in. I should have known then to cut bait and get out.

Cons:

95% of the time you drag an element to your document, it doesn't take. So you're left clicking and dragging repeatedly until it does what it's supposed to. I selected "apply to all elements" or whatever it says, yet specifically for headers, it never took, leaving me to go through and apply headers to each and every page of the document. No option to apply a drop cap, which is a style choice, but something a lot of people prefer in creating eBook content. I hate that the paragraphs are spaced apart and the options to change that are limited. A lot of ebook retailers will reject books with excessive white space, so this is another frustrating feature. Also, if you have a long paragraph, this program won't split it, but instead moves it to a new page. That leaves you with a bunch of half-full pages because it's moved the content onto the next. I'm not sure if it fixes that issue in a reflowable format, but I'm not wasting my money to find out.

Milissa
Coach in Canada
Professional Training & Coaching, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Why I Love Designrr

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: I am so happy that I found Designrr. It was exactly what I had been looking for and at an affordable price with easy startup and quick results. If you want a product that is easy to use, quick to help you produce great content and at an affordable price, I highly recommend Designrr. Oh, and you will be surprised when you receive regular email tips on using Designrr and information on other added enhancements . That was an added bonus I had not expected with this product, so thank you Designrr!

Pros:

What I like about Designrr is that it is very affordable, simple, easy and straightforward - I was up and running in minutes! The Standard Designrr gives you the ability to import and edit your own content in 9+ different ways and to upload your own images for your project so you have the flexibility to create whatever you want. I use it to create Tips, E-books and Articles quickly and easily with a professional cover and customized look for my business. The built in Content and Index formatting means that I spend less time and effort creating, formatting and producing my projects and more time on my business.

Cons:

This is the perfect product to get started and use quickly, however, there are other features I now want to use in Pro Designrr to give me even more flexibility. The Standard Designrr will not allow me to merge content to create a longer Article or E-book as this is available in the Pro Designrr. There are some limitations around the number of uploads you can do, both in the importing of content, and in the uploading of images but this can be overcome by upgrading to the Pro Designrr edition.

Larry
Owner in US
Arts & Crafts, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

This software delivers.

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: As with everything learn a little about the software and how it works. Learn what it supposed to do and let it do it. When I realised this I have made it do wonderful things.

Pros:

I like everything about this. There are many tutorials in the help section. You can join the Facebook group. If you are having problems someone else has had they direct to where you can find answers. If you still have questions or have unique problem support is there to help, Just Ask. Learn how the software works and you will have a wonderful experience.

Cons:

When I started I thought there were to many templates. I started to learn how they worked and figured which I liked it opened a world of options. There should be a "What this can do for you" as an introduction for those that are starting out. Maybe a "What this won't do" somewhere.

Likhwa M.
Likhwa M.
Founder in Zimbabwe
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Lovely document designs with designer

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: I found Designrr very helpful and created professional looking brochures with it.

Pros:

I like the numerous templates to create all sorts of documents. Designrr is a one stop software for publishing and it solves all our publishing needs.

Cons:

Despite having numerous categories, designrr is comes with limited templates.

Ahmed
Ahmed
Social media marketing and design expert in Pakistan
Verified LinkedIn User
Media Production, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Content management and publishing at its best

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: Overall it was a great experience because it made work life much easier for me

Pros:

I loved the fact how so many amazing features are combined in a single software makes it quite useful for creators that can’t afford paying for independent softwares in order to avail them otherwise

Cons:

As a newbie it gave me a pretty hard time learning how to access and properly use every feature

Ed
CEO holidayhouses in the Netherlands in Netherlands
Hospitality, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Very easy to use

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: It's addictive! Where I used to dread writing a book, I am now working on it day and night. It's really beautiful. It really inspires me to work hard. I just can't stop. I would prefer not to do anything else. The result is fantastic.
And if I don't know how to solve certain problems in, for example, the layout, I use the chat option. Usually I get help very quickly despite the time difference (I live in the Netherlands; maybe my English is not quite good?)

Pros:

It makes it very easy for you to keep your book looking very good and professional. Initially I thought I had to prepare everything in 'Word'. But working in your concept book is also very easy. It makes me very proud of my own book. Or actually 'books'. I already know that I am going to write a whole series with this program. I love it!

Cons:

Working with this program makes me so enthusiastic that I don't give myself the time to watch the instructional videos and accompanying texts.

Karl
Karl
Manager in UK
Verified LinkedIn User
Sports, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

You can create a professional looking ebook for $29

4.0 4 years ago

Comments: I have created the ebook that I wanted, and it has only cost me $29. And I will use Designrr again and again. So it has ended up being great value for me.

Pros:

So the $29 version is the basic version and you get lifetime access for that. But that version does everything you need to create a professional looking ebook. The price jumps up to $39 per month for the pro version, but there was nothing that I needed which wasn't included in the basic version. You can create a very good looking ebook.

Cons:

There is definitely a learning curve and you have to stick with it through a bit of frustration. I did give up once actually as I was finding it a bit complicated, but then I went back to it, paid attention to a few of the tutorials and it all started to make sense. It was worth sticking with it.

Nancy
Owner in Germany
Professional Training & Coaching, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Create ebooks in minutes!

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: We love designrr to create client ebooks and also looking to use the transcript option. There are so many things one can do with this app. We're yet to exhaust them. But highly recommend and very affordable.

Pros:

What I love most is the ability to take any document, word, pdf even a blog post and with a few clicks turn it into a beautiful ebook!

Cons:

The interface comes with a bit of a learning curve, but there are videos that help. Support is also very prompt and they offer a video call to troubleshoot.

Sydney
Retired in Canada
Writing & Editing, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Review

4.0 4 years ago

Comments: I like the SW. It allows me to produce my short stories in a book format.
Support is also fairly good. someone always responds within the prescribed time.
Looking forward to the ability to create audio books

Pros:

The ability to create PDF and Flip Books

Cons:

Although I have a fairly good internet connection(Bell.ca), editing can be tedious. I produce short stories accompanied with pictures. Setting up the pages can be a hassle.

Jacqueline
Director in UK
Management Consulting, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Does what it says on the tin

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: Frustrating at first and then switching to absolute delight and desire to keep on using it.

Pros:

What works for me is that I can prepare my document in WORD and then upload it to Designrr to give it a very polished and professional look.

Cons:

I struggled at first with doing basic things such as moving paragraphs up and down a page or I ended up with a double set of Table of Contents. I got very frustrated as I'm not a techie and mature in years. Customer Service helped me a lot and when they suggested a 30 minute session with one of the trainers, I jumped at the chance. That set me on the road and a few simple tweaks helped to fine tune my e-book. The secret - get it right in WORD first.