Technical issues with offline creator
I’m so disappointed in Photobox and am writing this to alert others to the problem I am experiencing in the hope they can avoid it happening for them.
Firstly I want to say I have used Photobox for many years. There was definitely a change in the quality of the books a while back but that has improved again lately and the books I have created in the last 12 - 18 months I am happy with.
I have been using the offline creator which until 15th April 2026 had been working well.
On this day I updated a book I have been working on since November. Everything seemed fine. I closed the application, having saved my project. Since then. I have been unable to open it again. It starts to open and then freezes.
I of course then needed to contact Photobox. I could not email directly and had to make contact via online chat and wait for them to contact me.
I heard back with a couple of suggestions which did not fix the problem. I then heard from their IT department who sent more instructions. This time I asked an IT specialist to fix the problem with their instructions.
He was unable to do so. He explained that the problem was with Photobox, that they needed to change the version or provide a work around.
I contacted Photobox again relaying what had been said in the hope I would get help from their IT department. That was last Friday (it’s now Wednesday evening).
I have had no response other than a holding email. I have tried to call and been told I cannot speak directly to the IT department. I have left a number for them to call and assist me without response. So, I can no longer use the offline creator and have lost a project I have been working on for 6 months.
Photobox are difficult to contact and not interested in helping.
My IT specialist noted that other people were reporting errors.
Maybe avoid this company for the time being. They clearly have technical problems. Photo books take a long time to create. It is very upsetting if this is the likely outcome.







