Storybook Studio (.io) is for when you want the hero to look like the person in the photo, you want to approve that likeness, and you may want a printed copy.
How they differ
Price
Gemini is free. We are free to start, then $15 to complete the digital book. Print is $35 softcover + digital or $45 hardcover + digital. No subscription.
Likeness
Gemini is a generic AI storybook. We start from one real photo, and you approve the character before illustration.
Print
Gemini is a screen book. We let you read tonight and order a printed copy when you want one, with a proof before it prints.
Privacy
We do not sell photos or use them to train our own AI models, and a landing-page photo expires after 24 hours if you do not save it.
Story
Yours, not a one-tap template. You can edit the words and redraw a page.
Full detail on the pricing page and how one photo becomes a book.
Who Gemini is for
A free try, no print, no photo-true character.
Who we are for
A photo-true book you might actually keep.
From a customer
“Making a book about me and my brothers was ridiculously easy—and seeing the three of us as the stars of our own story was even better. We couldn’t stop laughing at how good it came out.”
Eric H. · Created Three brothers great adventure
Making this for someone else's child?
If you are gifting this: ask the parents before you upload a child's photo. Gemini or a name-only book is the fallback if they say no. Our consent checklist walks through how to ask.
Questions, answered
Why pay $15 if Gemini is free?
You are paying for a finished book you own: every page illustrated, an interactive book saved to your account, a downloadable PDF, optional print, and a likeness you approved before it was drawn.
Is Storybook Studio an AI storybook?
Yes. The difference is the photo, the approval step, and print — the character is built from your photo, you approve it before illustration, and you can order a printed keepsake.
Is this storybookstudio.org?
No. We are Storybook Studio at storybookstudio.io. We are not affiliated with, and do not operate, storybookstudio.org. If you reached us from a link, check that the address ends in .io.