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Imagitime or Looma Stories: the comparison

Both brands draw your child from their photos. The difference is in everything around the drawing: at Looma Stories you pick one of 9 art styles, the story starts from your own idea, it can include up to 5 characters, and the book has 36 pages. The story with the hardcover costs €28.98 before shipping, against £39.99 for an Imagitime hardcover in its UK store. Imagitime, for its part, lets you preview the whole book for free and shows its shipping price upfront.

Updated 16 October 2026

Who wrote this comparison

This comparison is written by Looma Stories, one of the two brands compared. We have no link with Imagitime, a brand that belongs to its owner. Every figure comes from the official website of the brand concerned, with the link and the date it was checked at the bottom of the page. When a fact is not published, we say so instead of guessing. Prices and delivery times change: check them on each brand’s website before ordering.

What Looma Stories offers on top

  • Illustrations in the style you choose. Looma offers 9 art styles: Watercolor, 3D Animation, Classic Cartoon, Cozy Storybook, Japanese Fantasy, American Comic, Colored Pencil, Pointillism and Digital Gouache. The same book can look like a picture book from the shelf or like an animated film.
  • Characters you adjust. Each character is drawn from their photo, then you can change it by describing the change in a few words: green eyes, shorter hair, a yellow raincoat. The character is updated, and every page where it appears can be redrawn with its new look.
  • A story that starts from your idea. You describe it in your own words (a holiday memory, your child’s passion, a new baby brother), or start from a guided theme, and every sentence stays editable until you approve the book. At Imagitime, you choose a title from its catalogue and the story follows it with your child’s name (https://imagitime.com/pages/book-product-page-dino-quest).
  • Up to 5 characters, 3 of them main: siblings, a grandparent, the family dog.
  • A lower price before shipping: €28.98 for the story and the hardcover (€3.99, then €24.99), against £39.99 for an Imagitime hardcover in its UK store (£29.99 paperback).
  • A longer book: 36 pages, 32 of them story, where Imagitime announces 24+ pages.

From photo to hero: Nora’s book

These are the photos uploaded for Nora’s book: Nora, her brother Eli, her sister Willa and baby Poppy. Next to them, the cover of the book they became. Each one is redrawn in the chosen style and stays the same from page to page, across all 36 pages.

Nora

Nora

Eli

Eli

Willa

Willa

Poppy

Poppy

The photos uploaded
Nora
The book cover

Where Imagitime is ahead

  • You can preview the whole book for free before paying. At Looma, a story credit (€3.99) is needed to create the story, then you read and edit every page before ordering the book.
  • Shipping is a fixed price shown upfront (£4.99 in the UK), and free from your second order with the code FREESHIP. At Looma, shipping is calculated at checkout by country and carrier.
  • A paperback option, a catalogue of ready-made titles, and a book for grown-ups.
  • Books in Dutch, which Looma does not offer. Looma offers Portuguese instead: both work in 6 languages.

The comparison, point by point

A hardcover book for one child, each brand in its own currency, without conversion or discount codes: Looma in euros, Imagitime in pounds from its UK store. The price shown is the hardcover alone: for Looma, the required story purchase is named beside it, for Imagitime, the paperback price. "Not published" means the brand’s website does not give this fact.

Looma Stories

Hardcover price
€24.99 hardcover (+ required story creation, €3.99)
Shipping
Calculated at checkout by country and carrier, 50% off from 3 books
Delivery time
10 to 14 working days in Europe (printing included)
Personalization
Child's photo turned into an illustrated hero
Characters
Up to 5 characters, 3 of them main
Pages
36 pages
Format
Hardcover, 21 x 21 cm square or 21.6 x 27.9 cm portrait
Languages
6 (EN, FR, ES, PT, DE, IT)

Imagitime

Hardcover price
£39.99 hardcover (£29.99 paperback)
Shipping
£4.99 to the UK
Delivery time
7 to 11 days in the UK
Personalization
Child's name and photos (AI), in a title from the catalogue
Characters
Not published
Pages
24+ pages
Format
8.5 x 8.5 in (21.6 cm), hardcover or paperback
Languages
6

Which one to choose

  • You want to choose how the illustrations look: choose Looma Stories, with 9 art styles.
  • You want a story that is really theirs, from your own idea, with their siblings, a grandparent or their pet: choose Looma Stories.
  • You want a longer book for less: choose Looma Stories, with 36 pages for €28.98 before shipping.
  • You want to adjust a character or rewrite a sentence before printing: choose Looma Stories.
  • You want to see the whole book for free before paying, a ready-made title or a paperback: Imagitime.

FAQ: Imagitime or Looma Stories

What is a good Imagitime alternative?

Looma Stories also draws your child from their photos, and adds a choice of 9 art styles, a story written from your own idea, up to 5 characters and 36 pages, for €28.98 before shipping.

Imagitime or Looma Stories: which is cheaper?

Before shipping, the story and the hardcover cost €28.98 at Looma Stories, and Looma calculates shipping at checkout. An Imagitime hardcover costs £39.99 plus £4.99 shipping in its UK store, and €44.99 plus €6.99 shipping in its euro stores (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands), as its FAQ states (https://imagitime.com/pages/contact).

Do both books use AI?

Yes. Both brands create the illustrations with AI from the photos you upload. At Looma Stories you also pick the art style among 9 and can adjust each character in a few words.

How many pages does each book have?

36 pages at Looma Stories, 32 of them story. Imagitime announces 24+ pages.

Does Looma Stories ship to the UK and the US?

Yes. Looma Stories charges in euros and ships the hardcover to the UK and the US as well as across Europe, where delivery takes 10 to 14 working days. The eBook is ready as soon as you approve the story.

Method and sources

We read every fact on the brand’s official website, on the date shown. Customer reviews and ratings are not reproduced here: read them directly on review platforms. Spotted an error or a price change? Write to us and we will fix the table. To compare the illustrations, open sample books on both sites: Looma’s example books, with the photos each family uploaded (https://www.looma-stories.com/en/examples), and the sample pages on each Imagitime book page (https://imagitime.com/pages/book-product-page-dino-quest).

Looma Stories

Imagitime

Your child as the hero, from their photo

Write your story idea, adjust your characters, read every page, then order the hardcover if you wish.