FlipBuilder
flipbuilder.comSummary
FlipBuilder provides software that allows users to convert PDF documents into interactive digital flipbooks. These flipbooks can be enhanced with multimedia elements, animations, and branding, and then published in various formats for online or offline distribution. The platform also offers hosting services and tools for selling the created flipbooks.
Features10/13
See allMust Have
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Rich Text Editor
Membership & Monetization
Community Feedback Tools
Distribution & Recommendation Engine
Reader Engagement Metrics
Other
7 of 8
User Profiles & Following
Tags & Topics
Email Newsletter Integration
Audio Story Playback
Mobile App Access
Social Sharing & Embedding
Search & Discovery
Publication Management
PricingOne-time
See allFlip PDF Plus
- 1 license for 1 computer
- Convert PDFs or images to HTML5 flipbooks
- Merge PDFs into a single flipbook
- Batch conversion
- Import TOC, hyperlinks, text from PDFs
- Max 1GB PDF size, 1,000 pages
- 17 pre-designed templates
- 20 elegant themes
- 17 dynamic scenes
- Add TOC, bookmark, voice assistant
- Customize background color, image, music
- 19 toolbar languages
- Customize toolbar buttons (print, download, share)
- Save book configuration as new template
- Add flipbooks logo
- Add book loading logo and video
- Read flipbooks on multiple devices
- Share flipbooks on Facebook & Twitter
- Embed books on your site
- Password protection
- No multimedia integration
- Hosting Add-on Service requires subscription or pay-as-you-go
Flip PDF Plus Pro
- 1 license for 2 computers
- Everything in Flip PDF Plus
- Multimedia and Animation Editor
- Add links, images, text, audio, videos
- Add trigger actions
- Add animation effects
- 40+ dynamic hotspots
- 70+ pre-designed buttons
- 13 slideshow styles
- 90+ editable shapes
- Add YouTube/Vimeo/local video
- 200+ animation effects
- Add phone call for book pages
- Add QR-code for custom link
- Vectorized texts added with editor
- Add animated text, shapes
- Shape and line brush to draw any graph
- Animation timeline to adjust timing of each animation effect
- 1-year free Hosting Add-on Service (for 1 account, up to 1,000 books)
- 1-year free online bookcase
- Sell flipbooks in the bookcase
- Google Analytics 4 event tracking
- Upload to FlipBuilder Server
- Amazon S3 storage service
Flip PDF Plus Corporate
- 1 license for 4 computers (additional seats $50 each)
- Everything in Flip PDF Plus Pro
- Editor with Commercial Use Asset
- 2-year free Hosting Add-on Service (for 1 account, up to 1,000 books)
- 2-year free online bookcase
Rationale
FlipBuilder offers software to convert PDFs into interactive flipbooks, which can include multimedia, animations, and various customization options. While it provides tools for creating content and distributing it (via HTML, EXE, APP, APK, or their hosting service), it lacks a core 'distribution & recommendation engine' that algorithmically surfaces content to readers based on their interests, which is a must-have for the 'Medium' concept. It also doesn't have 'reader engagement metrics' in the same vein as Medium (e.g., read ratio, claps for performance), nor does it have a direct 'membership monetization' model where writers earn based on reading time, though it does allow selling flipbooks. The 'rich-text-editor' is present in the form of a multimedia editor for adding content to the flipbooks. Community feedback tools are limited to sharing options rather than direct interaction on the platform itself. However, it does offer features like user profiles (implied through author branding), tags/topics (for organization), email newsletter integration (for authors to send updates), audio story playback (voice assistant), mobile app access (APK/APP output), social sharing, and search/discovery within the flipbooks.
