Frequently asked questions.
General
What is a yeerbook?
A yeerbook is a yearbook for a meaningful chapter of life, printed as a beautiful hardcover to treasure and hold. You add your photos and words, and the people who shared that chapter can leave their mark with signatures, drawings and notes. Make one on your own or with family or friends. Worldwide shipping included.
Why is it called yeerbook?
"Yeer" is an old spelling of "year," and it's also a nod to "peer": your year, and the people who shared it, in one book. It is a yearbook, spelled our way.
How does it work?
Start with your own year. Add photos, words, or a voice note whenever life happens, or build the whole book at once from a past year, trip, or season. Our monthly prompts are there if you want a little help getting going.
Then bring in your people. Send a private link, and friends and family can sign, draw, leave a note, add photo stickers, or record a voice message. No account needed.
Making it with family or friends? Share one invite link. Each month everyone adds a recap, then the recaps are revealed together and you all read them and sign each other's pages. You can edit and adjust any page along the way.
When you're ready, we print your hardcover and ship it to your door.
Why does yeerbook cost money, and what is included?
A yeerbook is something to hold and revisit years from now: a way to see who you were at the time, and remember the moments and people who shaped you. $129 includes worldwide shipping and gets you a printed hardcover and a digital book, with up to 120 pages on premium paper, a keepsake of your year and the people in it. At other premium print services, a 120-page hardcover of similar quality runs $200 to $250 before shipping. With yeerbook, all 120 pages are included in one flat price, which works out to less than $11 a month over a full year.
It is also more than a photo album. Beyond your photos and reflections, your book gives the people who shared that chapter a place to leave their mark through signatures, handwritten notes, and drawings. It becomes a meaningful excuse to reach out and capture their presence before time slips by. What you share stays private and end-to-end encrypted, we never sell your data, and we never show ads. And if your book doesn't turn into something you want to keep, you can request a full refund at any time before you finalize it for printing.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. You can request a full refund at any time before you finalize your book for printing. Finalizing is when we compile your final book and submit it to the printer, so nothing is lost while you're still building. After that, the book is custom-printed for you and can't be canceled or refunded. If it arrives damaged or with a defect, contact support within 14 days of delivery for a free reprint or resolution. Extra copies are printed to order and can't be refunded, except if they arrive damaged or we can't print and ship them. Gifts have their own rules, which you can read in our Terms.
Is my data private?
Absolutely. In a personal yeerbook, your memories are end-to-end encrypted from the moment you save them. The only time they're briefly decrypted is for printing, to generate the print file that's securely sent to our print partner. That's solely for producing and shipping your physical book. Group yeerbooks for families and friends are protected differently so members can read the book without a password. The content is encrypted before it is stored, but we keep a shared key on our servers, so they are not end-to-end encrypted.
Can AI see my photos or use them?
No. No AI ever sees your photos, and we never use your photos, writing or voice notes to train AI. Photos are encrypted before they are stored, and we don't send them to any AI service.
yeerbook has a few optional AI features, and they only work with text and voice. One suggests a writing question, and one turns a voice note into text. Each runs only when you tap it, never automatically. When you do, just that text or recording is sent to be processed, and the result is saved back encrypted.
One more thing to know: when you order a printed book, our printing system needs to see your photos for a short time to build the print file. That is only for printing.
Do I need to download an app?
No. Yeerbook works in the browser on your phone or computer. The friends and family you invite to sign or add recaps open a link, with no app and no account needed either.
What does the finished book look like?
A premium A4 matte hardcover, printed on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell (120 gsm) textured art paper. Designed to be a beautiful record of your year, and something you'll reach for long after it's on your shelf.
Do you ship internationally?
Yes, we ship worldwide. Shipping is included in the price of your yeerbook and in the price of any extra copies, so there is nothing extra to pay at checkout.
How is a yeerbook different from a standard photo book?
A photo book arranges your photos. A yeerbook captures what they meant. Add your words while they're still fresh, then invite the people who shared those moments to leave their signatures, notes, and custom photo stickers. The result is a book nobody else could own.
How many pages can my yeerbook have?
Your yeerbook includes up to 120 pages of photos and reflections for one flat price, and signer notes are always printed free (they don't count against your 120 pages). In a family or friend group book, everyone's pages count toward the same total. A 120-page hardcover on similar quality paper runs $200+ elsewhere before shipping. With yeerbook, your book has plenty of room to breathe, and global shipping is always included. If you had an action-packed year, you can add extra memory pages for $1.00 per page (or the local equivalent, based on your shipping address), up to a maximum of 250 total printed pages due to the physical limits of hardcover binding.
Personal yearbooks
Can I make a yeerbook for something that already happened?
Yes. Build it from photos and memories you already have, whether it's a past year, a semester abroad, or a trip. Drop in your photos, add a few words for each moment, and the pages lay themselves out. Then send a link to the people who were there so they can sign.
Which period can my yeerbook cover?
Anywhere from 3 to 12 months, past, current, or ahead, whichever fits the chapter. That could be a calendar year, a semester abroad, a trip, birthday to birthday, an anniversary, a season with your family or team, or another meaningful chapter. It doesn't need to start today. If it has already happened, you can build it from photos and memories you already have. Once you're ready, it prints and ships as a hardcover.
How do I invite people to sign my book?
Just share a private link however you like (text, social, or email). Your friends and family click it and sign directly from their phone or computer, with no app download or account required. That includes friends who have moved far away.
What if I forget to add memories?
That's okay. Yeerbook reminds you once a month, but you can add memories anytime. Whether you check in every week or catch up later, your book grows at your pace.
Can people sign the printed book too?
Of course. Once your hardcover arrives, it's yours to pass around. Friends and family can add their signatures and handwritten notes in person.
Family yearbooks
Can my family add to the book, not just sign it?
Yes. Start a family yearbook and invite everyone with a link, with no app or account needed. Each month, family members add a recap with photos and words. Those recaps stay private until the monthly reveal, when everyone's appear together and the group can read them and sign each other's pages. As the organizer, you can always edit and adjust the pages. At the end of the year it becomes a printed hardcover to look through and pass around. You can invite up to 25 people.
How does the monthly reveal work in a family yearbook?
On the 1st of each month, everyone gets an email asking for a recap of the month that just ended. A few photos and a line or two is plenty. A week later, everyone's recaps appear at once, and the whole group gets an email so you can all catch up on each other's month together. Sign or doodle on any page you love, if you feel like it.
Can our family start a yearbook in the middle of the year?
Yes. You can start whenever you like. Add the memories you already have, and everyone is asked to share theirs from the months that have passed, all at once. After that, the monthly rhythm carries on as usual.
Who pays for a family yearbook?
You do, as the organizer. One price ($129) covers the printed hardcover, the digital book and worldwide shipping. Everyone else can contribute and read the digital book for free.
Can family members get their own copy?
Yes. Once the book is finished, any family member can order their own printed copy for $79, shipping included. Books longer than 120 pages add $1.00 per extra page, the same as for the organizer. Each copy is printed to order, so it can't be canceled once it has gone to the printer. If it arrives damaged or with a defect, contact support within 14 days of delivery for a free reprint, and if we can't print and ship it, you're refunded in full.
How is a yeerbook different from a group chat or a family newsletter?
Group chats and newsletters keep everyone in touch, but chats tend to stay light, with a few people sharing and the rest reacting, and newsletters are often just text in an inbox. A yeerbook turns the same monthly rhythm into something deeper. Monthly prompts invite everyone to share what's really going on in their lives, with photos and words, and to sign each other's pages, so you actually learn more about each other. At the end, it's a printed hardcover everyone can look back on for years.
Who can see our family book?
Only the people you invite. Members can see each other's names (never email addresses) and the pages you add to the book. Until each month's reveal, a recap is seen only by the person who wrote it and the organizer. Group books are protected differently from personal ones: the content is encrypted before it is stored, but so members can read the book without a password, we keep a shared key on our servers. That means a group book is not end-to-end encrypted like a personal one, and anyone with a member's personal link can open the book as that member, so links should stay private. We never sell your data.
Friend group yearbooks
Can my friends add to the book, not just sign it?
Yes. Start a friend group yearbook and invite everyone with a link, with no app or account needed. Each month, friends add a recap with photos and words. Those recaps stay private until the monthly reveal, when everyone's appear together and the group can read them and sign each other's pages. As the organizer, you can always edit and adjust the pages. At the end of the year it becomes a printed hardcover to look through and pass around. You can invite up to 25 people.
How does the monthly reveal work in a friend group yearbook?
On the 1st of each month, everyone gets an email asking for a recap of the month that just ended. A few photos and a line or two is plenty. A week later, everyone's recaps appear at once, and the whole group gets an email so you can all catch up on each other's month together. Sign or doodle on any page you love, if you feel like it.
Can our friend group start a yearbook in the middle of the year?
Yes. You can start whenever you like. Add the memories you already have, and everyone is asked to share theirs from the months that have passed, all at once. After that, the monthly rhythm carries on as usual.
Who pays for a friend group yearbook?
You do, as the organizer. One price ($129) covers the printed hardcover, the digital book and worldwide shipping. Everyone else can contribute and read the digital book for free.
Can my friends get their own copy?
Yes. Once the book is finished, any friend in the group can order their own printed copy for $79, shipping included. Books longer than 120 pages add $1.00 per extra page, the same as for the organizer. Each copy is printed to order, so it can't be canceled once it has gone to the printer. If it arrives damaged or with a defect, contact support within 14 days of delivery for a free reprint, and if we can't print and ship it, you're refunded in full.
How is a yeerbook different from a group chat or a friend newsletter?
Group chats and newsletters keep friends in touch, but chats tend to stay light, with a few people sharing and the rest reacting, and newsletters are often just text in an inbox. A yeerbook turns the same monthly rhythm into something deeper. Monthly prompts invite everyone to share what's really going on in their lives, with photos and words, and to sign each other's pages, so you actually learn more about each other. At the end, it's a printed hardcover you can pass around the next time you're all in one room.
Who can see our friend group book?
Only the people you invite. Members can see each other's names (never email addresses) and the pages you add to the book. Until each month's reveal, a recap is seen only by the person who wrote it and the organizer. Group books are protected differently from personal ones: the content is encrypted before it is stored, but so members can read the book without a password, we keep a shared key on our servers. That means a group book is not end-to-end encrypted like a personal one, and anyone with a member's personal link can open the book as that member, so links should stay private. We never sell your data.