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Get Carded: The Best Apps for Sending Paper Greetings

These pixels-to-paper apps will help you create and send personalized snail mail cards that are anything but fuddy-duddy.

By Kipp Jarecke-Cheng November 2, 2016

E-cards are fine, of course, but nothing compares to the delight and surprise of receiving good-old-fashioned paper cards in the mail. There’s something about printed postcards and letters that just feel more personal, more thoughtful, and more real than digital greetings. Luckily, there’s a growing crop of smart, well-designed pixels-to-paper apps to help create and send personalized snail mail cards that show how much you really care. Flip through our picks of the best printed card apps that are anything but fuddy-duddy.

iGreet AR Cards

iGreet takes ho-hum traditional greeting cards to the next level by marrying printed cards with a neat augmented reality platform. Conceived and created by a Bulgarian startup, iGreet is now available in the U.S., in partnership with Walgreens, and in the U.K., in partnership with Kite. The company’s proprietary augmented reality technology allows paper card recipients to view additional, personalized digital content (such as video) associated with specific cards through a free mobile app available for both iOS and Android. Additionally, in-app purchases within AR greeting cards now can be delivered in more than 60 countries.

Free app for iOS and Android