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Overview

GrooveBook has a rating of 1.58 stars from 315 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about GrooveBook most frequently mention customer service, credit card, and shark tank problems. GrooveBook ranks 139th among Photo Printing sites.

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    24
  • Value
    22
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    19
  • Returns
    12
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  • CUSTOMER service is terrible they keep giving me a generic response all the time.
  • After writing this review I will go on line and cancel my subscription to Groove Book.
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Top Positive Review

“Worth it”

Julia G.
9/24/21

For the price it is definitely worth being able to print off so many at once. In a cute book too. Easy to send to family members too. Not perfect quality but great for the price. Made a photo book of family to help my grandpa who is struggling with dementia remember everyone. Easy to reorder and send copies to family who wanted it too.

Top Critical Review

“Wrong year and months on the spines of books”

Kristin H.
2/24/22

For 3 months in a row I have had 2020 on the spine of my books. It's 2022. It makes it so hard to keep track of my pictures. This was supposed to be an easy way to print pictures with no effort. I have contacted customer support with no real help. I am looking for a different company now.

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Thumbnail of user kristinh290
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 24th, 2022
Verified purchase

For 3 months in a row I have had 2020 on the spine of my books. It's 2022. It makes it so hard to keep track of my pictures. This was supposed to be an easy way to print pictures with no effort. I have contacted customer support with no real help. I am looking for a different company now.

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Thumbnail of user jenniferb2887
1 review
2 helpful votes
September 1st, 2021

Been a customer for almost 5 years. In the beginning they were amazing. Couldn't stop bragging about them. They have gone down hill in the last year and a half or so. Print quality has gotten progressively worse. Pictures won't download, missing and late books. I'm heading out. Going to find an alternative...

Thumbnail of user lilyg70
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 10th, 2021

I spent hours a pon hours maybe even days finding the perfect 100 photos to print and I was so excited to get them and when I went to the final check out area they only have options to ship to America. When I saw that I almost cried that all that time was for nothing I really think they should tell you before you get to the final stages of your purchase to tell you. But I think that overall it is set out nicely and have watched other people getting their photos and they seem very nice.

Tip for consumers:
Only use if you are in America

Products used:
none because they didn't ship too me

Thumbnail of user lisaj1072
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 12th, 2021

I have had this app for several years and although it wasn't perfect it got the job done. But anymore it doesn't load pictures from any album but my camera roll. Very frustrating because i take pictures a lot from snapchat and yes i have it set to save to camera roll but it still doesn't show them. Never had problems with this in the past. I have tried to Google this problem and support from this app is a joke. Will be canceling.

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Thumbnail of user sl554
1 review
8 helpful votes
April 28th, 2020

I've had ordered quite a few books since 2014, and those books from the early years are now completely USELESS! Pictures are faded, starting to get fuzzy, and the color changed drastically compare to pictures printed on real photo paper. I keep all my photos in the same closed cabinet, no sun light, and not going through them often at all. Feel like I wasted all the money and now I have to print them ALL AGAIN, that's 6 years of pictures. Thanks for nothing.

Thumbnail of user christinea507
1 review
11 helpful votes
December 18th, 2020

I have been trying to cancel this subscription for four months now, they still keep charging me. Poor quality, thieves don't buy this garbage!

Thumbnail of user jadeh68
1 review
8 helpful votes
November 9th, 2020

I ordered a groove book 2 months ago and never got it I am very disappointed and I'm glad the card only had 5 dollars on it so they couldn't keep charging me I will not use them ever again

Thumbnail of user madisons289
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 21st, 2022

I ordered a groovebook and it came with all the pictures printed half way off the page. Couldn't get a refund. Its really a hit or miss cause the ones I got last year were fine.

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Thumbnail of user ladyb77
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
January 6th, 2021
Verified purchase

I gave this app 2 stars for price only. Use of the app is indicative of it's price ($4 per month) but it doean't make up for the inadequacy of the app itself. Once loaded you can't unload photos. You can't view what you've added to the book or how it will look. You can't deselect a photo once it's been selected; if there is a way to do this, it's definitely not obvious; then there is no way to ask except via email and that's a no no when you're up against a deadline. You can't do anything about the app getting stuck on stupid when you've accidentally uploaded even 1 photo more than 100; the app only tells you to upload just "1 more" and get a "Free" Groovebook! It's simply ridiculous the way it's setup. The only reason I use it is because it's so cheap, but I'd gladly pay up to even $10 per month for a better app!

Tip for consumers:
Beware! You're getting a nice cheap service which comes in handy when sending to prisons and jails, so know that customer service is not an added value.

Products used:
The actual Groovebook App for iPhone.

Thumbnail of user catherinee177
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 14th, 2021

The last Groovebook I received had a white streak down the side of each photo, now the app has crashed and so has the website. I'm cancelling if I can ever sign back into the app.

Tip for consumers:
That the quality of prints is poor and the is no way to contact a real person if the app won't work.

Products used:
Photo prints

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Thumbnail of user louc150
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 10th, 2021

I have been with Groovebook for a few years and they were not bad until I had some issues and tried to contact customer service. Terrible customer service if you are lucky enough to have them even reply. I just cancelled my subscription

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Thumbnail of user nh144
1 review
7 helpful votes
December 11th, 2020

I don't see any phone number- only email for this service. The picture quality is okay (not great) but certainly was inexpensive. However, I started to notice my account was being charged multiple times per month and in one month each charge was twice the agreed price! I cancelled right away and then they still have continued to charge my account with little to no response to my emails. I will be contacting my bank to stop any further payments to this company since this company will not provide resolution.

Thumbnail of user aprilr172
1 review
4 helpful votes
October 22nd, 2020

I am canceling my account effective today. Horrible, horrible customer service. I have sent email after email after email only to receive no response. And some months they tried to charge me twice. I had to email numerous times in order for them to refund my money. In the month of July, they charged me for 2 books that I received. I am sick and angry of no communication. My recommendation is to stay far and clear away from this company! Have your pictures printed at CVS or Walgreens. Save yourself the misery. In addition, the photos are printed on cheap paper very thin and flimsy. The sheets tear and rip when you try to pull them off to share with others. A horrible product with horrible customer service. Simply HORRIBLE!

Thumbnail of user carlenel12
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 2nd, 2022
Verified purchase

I have been a subscriber since 2016. Uploaded each month, received books each month. Since 9/2021 I can not upload, books not sent, emails not replied to? WHAT HAS HAPPENED.?

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What?

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Thumbnail of user dawaunew
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 20th, 2021

I've canceled my groovebook account maybe september 2020. Yet it is january 20,2021 and i'm still receiving charges of 4.99. I know that isn't half a year but why am i still receiving charges 5 months later?

Tip for consumers:
dont waste your time

Products used:
photos

Thumbnail of user harryw115
1 review
5 helpful votes
October 2nd, 2019

When you email for support, the replies are coded paragraphs making it look like your getting a personal response and just wait until you wrestle with understanding what they say. Total waste of Money

Thumbnail of user juliag311
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 24th, 2021

For the price it is definitely worth being able to print off so many at once. In a cute book too. Easy to send to family members too. Not perfect quality but great for the price. Made a photo book of family to help my grandpa who is struggling with dementia remember everyone. Easy to reorder and send copies to family who wanted it too.

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Thumbnail of user hunierl
1 review
5 helpful votes
April 16th, 2020

Please do not order from these ppl they are just taking your money and not sending out the books. I paid for two months definitely a waste of time.

Thumbnail of user margareth234
1 review
6 helpful votes
February 5th, 2019

This company has gone down hill. I have not received and photo albums since Oct 2018. It is now Feb 2019. They take their money every month from my account. My pictures have been uploaded and Groovebook does not print them. In January I snapped a screwshot of the app showing my pics were uploaded and ready for printing. I have sent them emails but they will not answer them.

Thumbnail of user rubyh81
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
May 17th, 2020

I love Groovebooks they make the best presents... I am actually buying one to put in a time capsule with my best friends and for my other best friends birthday

Thumbnail of user barts79
1 review
1 helpful vote
December 17th, 2020

Cons you into subscription. After 4 months I have yet to receive a product they have charged me for..

Thumbnail of user aliw60
1 review
3 helpful votes
November 6th, 2020

I can't speak to the quality of the product, because I didn't stay long enough to find out. However, the immediate censorship was enough for me. I have a lot of memes saved to my camera roll. While selecting the photos I wanted to add to my Groovebook I noticed there was a warning stamped over the memes about about Fauci, Biden, and others that defied the media's accepted ideas of humor. I didn't attempt to add them to my photo book (wouldn't have anyway), but it's not their place to tell me what jokes to find funny. I will upload my photos to my local 1 hour photo and create my own albums.

Thumbnail of user hannahf99
1 review
4 helpful votes
May 30th, 2020

I was a customer back in 2018- I got two Groovebooks sent to me before I decided to cancel my account. I sent an email to the Groovebook Help team and got a confirmation email stating I had successfully cancelled my account in March of 2018.
Two years later I was going through my bank statement and saw that I have still been getting charged a membership fee. I sent yet another email to the help team demanding to know why I am still being charged for a membership I cancelled over two years ago and telling them they will credit back to me any money they have wrongfully taken from my account after my cancellation date. I added three photos proving my cancellation email along with two photos of my card being charged from Groovebook. I got back an email stating "We see that your account is still active and we do not see any charge."

The customer service and overall company is an absolute joke and terror to work with. It is completely unacceptable for a company to start recharging a past customer of over two years ago money for something they have proof of them cancelling in the first place.

Thumbnail of user yolandaf43
1 review
6 helpful votes
March 13th, 2020

I haven't received a photo book in months! They are still charging my credit card. On top of that trying to contact them is a nightmare. There is no phone number but an email address that never responds.
Very disappointing.

Thumbnail of user ashleyf290
1 review
1 helpful vote
December 8th, 2020

I've had Groovebook for probably 1.5 years by now. I have ordered 26 books. I loved them. They had great pricing the quality was good. But they have gone downhill over the last several months. My most recent books I noticed not all pictures were being printed. A chunk would be selected a repeated for the entire 100 pages. Also for the past several months they have removed the "G" in the bottom corner of the pictures you have already printed. So I have kept them going to finish out my vacation photos but now I have absolutely no idea which pictures I still need to print without going through all my books. I will be canceling and will have to figure something else out.

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Every month, upload up to 100 photos of your choice to the GrooveBook App straight from your phone. In about 10-14 days, you'll receive a book filled with 4.5x6.5 glossy photos and each edge dated and perforated for easy removal. Just pay the $2.99 shi...

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