Librio or Looma Stories: the comparison

What Looma Stories does differently

• Your child, drawn from their photos. You upload a few photos and Looma draws your child from them, so the hero has their face, their hair and their smile. At Librio, you build the character in a configurator from name, skin tone, eyes, hair, hairstyle and glasses (https://librio.com/en/personalised-childrens-books/the-tree-the-key-and-me).
• The whole family, each from a photo. Up to 5 characters, 3 of them main: siblings, a grandparent, the family dog. Each one is drawn from their own photo and stays the same from page to page.
• 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. Each Librio title has its own story, and Librio’s help centre explains that the hero’s options are pre-defined and centre on the child’s name and appearance (https://help.librio.com/article/158-can-i-add-additional-information-about-the-protagonist-in-the-story).
• The eBook first, then the full book in your hands to edit. After the story is created (€3.99), you read every page, change any word and redraw any picture (12 redraws included per story). The eBook is yours, and the hardcover (€24.99) is optional.
• The story with the hardcover costs €28.98 before shipping. A Librio hardcover costs €44.99, its softcover €34.99.

Where Librio shines

• You can leaf through the whole book for free before paying anything (https://librio.com/en/personalised-childrens-books/the-tree-the-key-and-me). At Looma, a story credit (€3.99) is needed to create the story, and it includes the eBook.
• Every illustration is hand-drawn by Librio’s illustrators (https://librio.com/en/personalised-childrens-books/the-tree-the-key-and-me). Looma’s illustrations are created by AI from your photos.
• More than 30 languages and dialects across the range, including Welsh, Romansh and Swiss German dialects (https://librio.com/en/). Looma offers 6 languages.
• A softcover option, a slightly larger hardcover (26.5 x 22.2 cm) and 38 pages. Books are printed on 100% recycled paper.
• Delivery in 4 to 7 working days to the UK and 7 to 14 to the rest of Europe, production included. Looma announces 10 to 14 working days in Europe.

The comparison, point by point

A hardcover book for one child, prices in euros from each brand’s European store, without discount codes. Librio’s prices appear in its creator, once the character is made. The price shown is the hardcover alone: for Looma, the required story purchase is named beside it, for Librio, the softcover price. "Not published" means the brand’s website does not give this fact.

See the book where your child is drawn from their photo

Which one to choose

• You want your child to recognise their own face in the book: choose Looma Stories, which draws them from their photos.
• You want siblings, grandparents or the family pet in the story, each drawn from a photo: choose Looma Stories.
• You want to tell your own story and change any word or picture before printing: choose Looma Stories.
• You want hand-drawn illustrations, a free look at the whole book before paying, or a book in a rarer language or dialect: choose Librio.

FAQ: Librio or Looma Stories

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 free preview on each Librio book page (https://librio.com/en/personalised-childrens-books/the-tree-the-key-and-me).