LoveBook vs Hooray Heroes
LoveBook and Hooray Heroes both make personalized books with characters designed to look like the people you love. Here is how they compare, using each company's own published details.
| LoveBook | Hooray Heroes | |
|---|---|---|
| How the book is written | Choose from 2,714 page templates, or answer a guided questionnaire and the book is built for you. | Prewritten stories: you choose at least 10, with the option of 5 more. |
| People in the book | Up to 6: one person plus up to 5 children | Up to 5 characters |
| Character options | 10,985,738,400 face and body combinations (how we count is below) | "Several thousand possible combinations" in every illustration |
| Editing | Every page: text, fonts, objects, characters, poses and backgrounds, plus page order and the cover | Names, character looks, story choice and a written dedication. Their FAQ: "We can't alter the text or content to meet personal requests at this time." |
| Preview before you buy | Yes, every page | Yes, every page |
| Price (US) | $54.99 softcover, $69.99 hardcover | $46.99 for most titles; $29.99 for Big Sister and Big Brother |
| Cover options | Softcover or hardcover, 259 cover designs | Hardcover on every title; softcover on most |
| Book size | 5.5 × 8.5 in | 12 × 8.5 in landscape for most titles |
| Digital copy | PDF, EPUB or a private web link | Not offered. Their FAQ: "We don't offer digital copies of our books." |
| Shipping | 242 destinations | Not worldwide. Separate sites serve 13 other countries. |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 from 86,918 reviews on Trustpilot; 4.8 from more than 10,000 on Reviews.io | 4.3 from 7,492 reviews on Trustpilot |
Where Hooray Heroes may suit you better
- Lower price: $46.99 for most titles, against $54.99 softcover and $69.99 hardcover for a LoveBook.
- A large landscape picture-book format, 12 × 8.5 in for most titles. A LoveBook is 5.5 × 8.5 in.
- Some products in Spanish, and local sites in 13 other countries. LoveBook page templates are in English only.
What you get with LoveBook
- 2,714 page templates across 23 categories to build your book from.
- A guided questionnaire can build the book for you: 24 questionnaires, 142 questions and 1,791 answer choices. In the 90 days to September 22, 2026, 94.3% of the standard LoveBooks our customers bought (4,763 of 5,050) were built with one of them.
- 10,985,738,400 ways to design a character's face and body before clothing or accessories: 9 body types × 9 head types × 92 hairstyles × 25 hair colors × 7 eye shapes × 9 eye colors × 4 eyebrow styles × 13 noses × 3 mouths × 6 skin tones. Some options depend on age or gender, so the number open to any one character is somewhat lower.
- Up to 6 people in one book: one person plus up to 5 children.
- 40 to 200 pages for one flat price.
- 259 cover designs.
- Every page is editable: text, fonts, objects, characters, poses and backgrounds, plus page order and the cover.
- Digital copies as a PDF, an EPUB or a private web link.
- Shipping to 242 destinations.
- Rated 4.8 out of 5 from more than 10,000 reviews on Reviews.io, and 4.6 out of 5 from more than 85,000 reviews on Trustpilot.