The Print Shop App Reviews

Just bought it thinking it was an update of the old product. It isn't. I can't make heads or tails of it. I wish I'd read the reviews beforehand. Don't make the same mistake.

I have used MANY such programs on Windows operating computers including The Print Shop. When I switched to Macintosh, I tried two other programs. Frustrated with those, despite the poor ratings on the MAC version of The Print Shop, I decided to go for it! The Print Shop for MAC is by far—the best home publishing program I have ever used! It is easy to learn and contains a wealth of graphics. Items from the internet are easy to acquire and put into the project. This is a much better program than the Windows version. I highly recommend this program to everyone.

This software is terrible. I used Print Shop 3 and 4 and they were great. 4 keeps crashing so I purchased this version. The features to create are impossible.

Very similar to a former Print MASTER program I once had…nothing really easy to use and just lacking in choices. I find it very user un-friendly, struggling to find options that were once very obvious on a former Print Shop edition I once had. What did they go and change for? Applying pictures to address labels takes major contortions to bring them down to size. Font selections are missing that I use to use on a regular basis. The opitions for text are either missing or miss-named so it’s hard to find the details that you want. Nope, not worth it.

After using this software, specifically for banner making, I wanted to pull teeth. Would ask for a refund. Couldn’t move my images around without tons of spasms of ads that wouldn’t be there but its a glitch issue. Best way to be described as winning a game of solitare on the computer. You know how the cards jump off and theres like a constant layer by layer of where they’ve been every millisecond? its like that. I could not work because the ads on the side layered themelves into the work and I couldnt see what I was doing. To be super specific it was when I wanted to “Match” another color and paint.

This application must be a beta version what with all of its complicated steps and beyond slow respond times. Had I done more research, I would have saved myself the $29.00.

This product intrigued me, primarily because of the included royalty-free images and templates. Anyone who has done professional graphics work can attest to the fact that royalty-free art can be quite expensive. Many people don’t realize that you are really not allowed to use most free clipart for any commercial purposes. Although working with premade templates takes a bit of getting used to, I’m finding that Print Shop makes it quite easy to quickly put together a very professional looking flyer or newsletter. The included clip art is good and using art from a different source is very simple. There is a very good selection of templates included. If you need to create flyers or other materials for a club or group, I think this is a pretty solid choice. Likewise, if you have kids or grandkids that need to make nice looking school projects, this program is simple enough to be used by kids of most ages. Bottom line- Print Shop does what it says it will do for a very respectable price. I noticed a couple of reports saying people couldn’t get the program to run. I didn’t experience any such issues. Downloaded and launched without a hitch.

All I wanted was a program to print envelopes and labels since using Apple Pages is not user friendly. This program does not do this easily, if at all. I miss Microsoft Word that I used for many years and had no problems printing addresses on envelopes and labels. I would love to get my money back.

I have updated my Mac and met all necessarily system requirements, and my product will not open anything! I have tried to get in touch with The Print Shop Support and it’s like jumping through hoops only to end up with an app I still can’t open. I can not reach anyone to help me through the support department for this company. Definitely applying for a refund.

I purchased this download in order to make our church calendar on it. It will pull up a calendar but will not let you input in information on a daily basis! And then try and find help. Forget it! I should of looked at the 1 1/2 stars it received before I purchased it. I have been using Print Shop for years but this one for the Mac stinks!

The app I was looking for was The Print Shop by MacKiev. I thought this one was it, but it was not. I think others have made the same mistake, thus the bad reviews. Some of the graphics used in the advertising for this one look the same as the graphics used in The Print Shop by MacKiev, thus the confusion. After a lengthy process itunes says they will refund my money.

This software is a complete waste of money. It is nothing like the one I use at work. I will not be able to use it even once.

Let me start off by saying that I have been using The Print Shop products for YEARS - since The Print Shop Deluxe Version 20 came out - which was over 10 years ago. I got a new Mac and cannot install my PC version of The Print Shop Pro Publisher Deluxe 22 on it, but needed to create some postcards - so The Print Shop was the first software I thought of. I didn’t think twice before purchasing the software (as I had always had success with my projects in the past), but I am so gravely disappointed that I did. I purchased this software less than an hour ago and I already want my money back. The Avery templates that are available for postcards are disgraceful - not to mention that you cannot rotate the project so that it is vertical - you can only work horizontal (or at least that’s the case with the template I need). Want to have two projects open at once? Not with this version. You have to close out of the project you are in before you can open another one - which is a HORRIBLE setup, as I have always worked on multiple projects at once. The print settings are very limited and overall the software isn’t worth $0.01, let alone the $29.99 that I paid. I am heartbroken and saddened to be writing a review on a product that I loved the older PC versions of, but I regret ever purchasing this for my Mac. I WANT MY MONEY BACK! Anyone looking for software to create projects on - save your money and look elsewhere.

Hey, guys … this was the worse decision I’ve made. It was not compatible with any of the Print Shop 2 projects that I’d already completed and I couldn’t open anything. The program is not user-friendly, is a space-hog on the desktop, and is horrible to manipulate. I ended up putting it in the trash to free up space for the product I needed (The Print Shop for Mac, Version 3). It was a total waste of $29.99 and I could NOT recommend something like this to anyone.. Thanks, M. Tietgens

Was in a rush and should have read the reviews. Total waste of money and time. Very Disappointed!

Klugy 10 year old PC style interface and can’t seem to open old The Print Shop for Macintosh files (created by the Mac Kiev version) by any means… Working on and redoing old files is 99% of what I need this for, so I give it a fail.

Does nothing, could create more in paint. Save your money, its a joke.

I have used ThePrintShop for many years. I recently bought an Epson printer and was hoping that this new version of PS would allow me to print directly to CDs/DVDs. IT DOESN’T!!! It has also “improved” many of the old features making creativity hopeless. I’m so glad I didn’t throw out my old version, because I will certainly throw this one out. If this is the best this company can come up with, I hope they don’t make anymore “improvements."

The Print Shop freezes everytime I try to print. I have to force a close on the program. Very frustrating. wish there was a fix!! or another program to use!

I had Print Shop 2 and absolutely loved it. I did the yearbook for an organization for several years, stationery, labels, invitations, etc. It no longer worked under the latest operating system on my Mac, so I bought this. I could not get ANYTHING done that I wanted! Finally bought Swift Publisher 5 (for half the cost) which works like a dream. Why did Broderbund ruin a perfectly good product? I tried to create a party invitation and was unable to get anything started. Took no time with Swift. I do not intend to use it again and would love to get my money back.

Contrary to the other reviews, I believe the application works great and does what it is intended to do which is make projects easily. I have used a PC for years and have always used Print Shop and loved it. I just bought my first Macbook and wanted to make some business cards. It is impossible to do easily with Pages or Word, but very simple with Print Shop. I don’t believe there is a significant difference from the PC version.

I went on to the app store and purchase The Print Shop. Downloaded it and it will not do anything……so what to do now?

I have failed to produce one single product with this software. Many hours have been wasted in the process. I have uninstalled it. Do not buy this junk!

If you have used and loved older print shop versions, this is awesome. It’s a bit different than my old PC version, but with a bit of patience it works great. Easy to learn. It looks like some new features that I have yet to test. It took me about 20 Minutes to finish a project that I have worked on all day with no success. Now I can say “DONE!” and move on to the next thing. The old PC version now backed by some serious Mac power. I’m looking forward to the next time my mother asks me to print something out for her.

I owned The Print Shop years ago for the Mac and loved it tell they stoped giving updates. When I bought a new Mac laptop, it wouldn’t work on it. When I saw that there was a new Print Shop, I bought it. I’m so sorry that I did. It is nothing like the old one. I made a birthday card with it, and it was so hard to make. I didn’t like that it didn’t give the choice of what size card to print. Over all it is not worth the $3o I paid for it.

Unable to print after last iOS update. Selecting print freezes program forcing me to force close the program. Please fix this issue. No way to report issue to developer.