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What it is

Book Creator is a classroom tool for students and teachers to create books and show learning through text, images, audio and video. Users can record voice, images or video in the app, work together on books in real time, and leave feedback as audio, video or text comments. The product describes more than 130 built-in accessibility features, including speech-to-text, text-to-speech, screen reader support and video captions. Translation can cover text, audio, comments, captions and entire books. Books and libraries can be published, shared by QR code, downloaded as ePub or printed as PDFs. It supports fixed-layout books and imports PDFs and EPUB files created with Book Creator. The free Starter plan costs nothing and includes one library with up to 40 books and unlimited students; a private My Books library can hold 40 more. There is no per-student cost or limit, and no limit on page count or audio and video duration. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows.

Spec sheet

What it does
Book Creator lets students and teachers make, read and publish multimedia books and portfolios with text, images, audio, video and drawings.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Purpose
Book Creator is a classroom tool for learners to create content and demonstrate learning.Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Audience
The maker describes Book Creator as being for students, teachers, schools and districts, and says it supports learners of all ages and abilities.Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Integrations
The pricing page lists LMS, Clever and ClassLink integrations for Schools & Districts, and SSO with Google, Microsoft, Clever or ClassLink accounts in its plan comparison.Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Support
The support page provides a knowledge base and chat with the Book Creator team; Premium also lists in-app chat support on the pricing page.Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Headquarters
Bristol, England, United KingdomRead 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Founded
2011Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Accessibility
The product advertises more than 130 built-in accessibility features.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Acquisition news
Book Creator announced on 16 September 2025 that Kami had acquired it; accounts, content, billing and products were to remain unchanged.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Assignments and feedback
Teachers can assign books to individuals or groups and comment with text, audio, video or stickers.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Audio transcripts
Recordings can receive automatically generated transcripts.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Browser and device support
The online app supports current Chrome, Safari and Edge browsers, while the iPad app requires iOS 15 or newer.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Collaboration and feedback
Users can collaborate on books in real time and provide feedback with audio, video or text comments.Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Company identity
LinkedIn lists Book Creator (Tools for Schools) as a privately held Bristol e-learning company founded in 2011 with 11–50 employees.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
Current service issue
The official site displayed a banner saying it was experiencing cloud-provider issues and working on resolution.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Digital portfolios
Students can maintain portfolios of books across grade levels.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
EU hosting limitation
The company says an EU-only hosting option is not currently viable because Google Cloud's EU sovereign offering lacks required services.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Free tier limits
The Starter plan includes one library with up to 40 books and unlimited students; the FAQ says an additional 40 books are available in a teacher's private My Books library.Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Help documentation
The Help Center lists 25 About articles, 15 Getting Started articles, 29 Creating Books articles, 27 Managing Books articles and dedicated collaboration, accessibility, sharing and administrator sections.Read 14 Oct 2026 · intercom.help
Identity integrations
School plans support single sign-on with Google, Microsoft, Clever and ClassLink accounts.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Independent comparison limits
Wifitalents says advanced design control, asset management, version tracking and complex multi-book automation are limited compared with professional tools.Read 14 Oct 2026 · wifitalents.com
Independent comparison praise
Wifitalents rates Book Creator 8.4/10 and highlights its page-first drag-and-drop editor, interactive media embeds, exports and collaboration.Read 14 Oct 2026 · wifitalents.com
Legal name and founder
Crunchbase lists the legal name as Tools for Schools, Inc., founder Dan Amos, Bristol headquarters and 11–50 employees.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
Limit: fixed-layout writing
The iPad listing says fixed-layout books are unsuitable for long novels with reflowing text and that large text pastes are not supported.Read 14 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Limit: speech bubbles and page controls
The sole Trustpilot reviewer rated Book Creator 1 out of 5 and complained that pages were too small and speech bubbles were difficult to control.Read 14 Oct 2026 · uk.trustpilot.com
LMS integration
The product page identifies Canvas and Schoology integrations for assigning and grading projects.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Multimedia creation
Books can combine text, images, audio and video, and users can record voice, images or video in the app.Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Multimodal authoring
The editor combines text, images, audio and video in one book.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Offline product separation
The iPad app works offline and does not synchronize with the web app.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Open-source components
The legal center publishes open-source and font-license information; listed OpenDyslexic and Noto fonts use the SIL Open Font License 1.1.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Platform support
The feature page lists the online app as compatible with Chrome, Safari and Edge, and says the separate Book Creator for iPad app requires iOS 15 or higher.Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Praise: ease of classroom use
An independent educator review describes Book Creator as easy to use, suitable for independent or group multimedia book creation, and useful for sharing classroom work.Read 14 Oct 2026 · avidopenaccess.org
Privacy and security
The Legal Center says Book Creator is COPPA, FERPA and GDPR compliant, encrypts data in transit and at rest, and stores data in Google Cloud.Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Publishing and exports
Users can publish books or libraries, share books with QR codes, and download books as ePub or print them as PDFs.Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Rating on Apple App Store
Book Creator for iPad is rated 4.1 out of 5 from 210 ratings in the US store.Read 14 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Rating on Apple App Store (Book Creator One)
Book Creator One is rated 3.4 out of 5 from 633 ratings in the US store.Read 14 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Rating on Trustpilot
Book Creator has a TrustScore of 3.2 out of 5 from 1 review.Read 14 Oct 2026 · uk.trustpilot.com
Read to Me
Read to Me provides synchronized narration, word highlighting and adjustable playback speed.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Real-time collaboration
Multiple people can work on a book simultaneously from different locations.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Remixing license
When remixing is enabled, a published book is distributed under a Creative Commons CC-BY license.Read 14 Oct 2026 · intercom.help
Security and privacy
The company states COPPA, FERPA and GDPR compliance, encryption in transit and at rest, Google Cloud storage, no advertising or sale of user data, and teacher-controlled sharing.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Sharing and export
Books can be published online, remixed, combined, exported as ePub, printed as PDF and shared by QR code or direct page link.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
SOC 2
Book Creator announced SOC 2 certification on 27 October 2025 and says customers can request the report through their Teacher Success Manager.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Speech and text conversion
The app supports speech-to-text dictation and text-to-speech for edited text and imported PDFs.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Student and book limits
The pricing FAQ says there is no cost or limit per student and no limit on book pages or audio and video duration.Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Support model
Book Creator says 90% of questions are answered by its articles and offers signed-in team chat for unresolved issues.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Templates and media
The service includes more than 900 page templates, Giphy GIFs, animated emojis, over two million Noun Project icons, Google Maps and 3D/AR embeds.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Translation
Users can translate text, audio, comments, video captions and entire books.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Video captions
Videos can receive auto-generated subtitles in more than 120 languages.Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com

Plans and prices

Starter Free 1 library · 40 books · unlimited students · core creativity features Read 14 Oct 2026 · bookcreator.com
Book Creator for iPad $3.99, paid once one-time purchase offline iPad app · no login or Wi-Fi required · exports ePub, PDF and video Read 14 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Premium monthly $14 a month per teacher, billed monthly unlimited libraries · 1,000 books · real-time collaboration · Class View · translation · 900+ templates · co-teachers · premium AppSmashing apps · analytics map · in-app chat Read 14 Oct 2026 · intercom.help
Premium annual $150 a year per teacher, billed annually unlimited libraries · 1,000 books · paid admin and collaboration features Read 14 Oct 2026 · intercom.help
Premium Price not published Annual subscription; the page does not state a price. Unlimited libraries · 1,000 books · real-time collaboration · Class View · translation tool · over 900 page templates · co-teachers · in-app chat support Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Premium Price not published Monthly subscription; the page does not state a price. Unlimited libraries · 1,000 books · real-time collaboration · Class View · translation tool · over 900 page templates · co-teachers · in-app chat support Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com
Schools & Districts Priced on request Quote required; volume discounts listed for 5+ teachers. Premium plan for all teachers · admin dashboard · central libraries · K-12 student portfolios · live analytics · LMS, Clever and ClassLink integrations · custom professional development · dedicated Teacher Success Manager Read 28 Sep 2026 · bookcreator.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Combines text, images, audio and video in books
  • Includes more than 130 accessibility features
  • Translates text, audio, comments and whole books
  • Supports real-time collaboration and multimedia feedback
  • Free Starter plan allows unlimited students

Limits

  • Starter is limited to one library and 40 books
  • iPad app requires iOS 15 or higher

Who it suits

Book Creator suits students, teachers, schools and districts looking for a multimedia book-making tool. Its accessibility features and translation tools may also suit learners of different ages and abilities.

Verdict

Book Creator covers creation, collaboration, accessibility and publishing in a classroom-focused tool, with a free Starter plan. Check the Starter library limit and the unlisted paid-plan prices against your needs.

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