# The Best Digital Scrapbook App for iPhone

> Make digital scrapbook and junk journal pages on your iPhone with paper textures, washi tape, frames, and handwriting. Here's the app to use and how to build a page.

Digital scrapbooking is having a moment, and most photo apps are the wrong tool for it. They want clean grids and filters. A scrapbook page wants the opposite: paper that looks like paper, a strip of washi tape holding down a corner, a photo in a slightly crooked frame, a line of handwriting. Here's the app that's built for that look on an iPhone, and how to put a page together.

## What a scrapbook app actually needs

A real digital scrapbook or junk journal page comes down to a few ingredients:

- **Paper.** A textured background, not a flat color. Kraft, linen, grid, or a soft scrapbook texture.
- **Bits and pieces.** Washi tape, frames, stickers, little decorations to layer around the photos.
- **Handwriting.** Fonts that read like a real pen, for a date or a note.
- **Freeform placement.** You arrange everything by hand and let it sit a little off-grid.

Plenty of apps do one of these. The one below does all of them in the same place.

## Jodu: built for the handmade look

[Jodu](https://apps.apple.com/app/jodu-app/id6759936736) is a free-to-download iPhone app whose whole aesthetic is cut-and-paste, so a scrapbook page is right in its wheelhouse.

- **Paper textures and patterns** in the background picker, so the page starts as paper.
- **887 stickers**, including washi tape, hearts, letters, and decorations, plus **13 fillable frames** like Polaroid and postcard to drop photos into.
- **40+ fonts**, from clean sans-serifs to a handwritten script for captions and dates.
- **One-tap cutouts** to lift a subject out of a photo and paste it down like a sticker.
- **A freeform canvas** with layers, so nothing snaps to a grid and you place everything yourself.
- **Pages that save** to your device, ready to add to later, and you can pull photos from your camera roll or from [Pinterest](/blog/pinterest-collage-app/).

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## How to build a scrapbook page

1. **Start with paper.** Open a new collage and tap **BG**, then pick a texture like Kraft or Linen.
2. **Frame a photo.** Tap **Sticker**, open **Frames**, drop in a Polaroid or postcard, and add your photo.
3. **Tape it down.** Add a strip of washi tape across a corner so the photo looks held in place.
4. **Write on it.** Tap **Text** and add a date or a short note in a handwritten font.
5. **Decorate.** Scatter a few small stickers, overlap edges, and let it sit slightly off-center.
6. **Save the page.** Export it at full resolution, or keep building the next page in the same project.

For the longer version with backgrounds and effects, see [how to make a collage on iPhone](/blog/photo-collage-iphone/).

## Where this fits

A scrapbook page, a moodboard, and a [vision board](/blog/vision-board-app/) are cousins, all handmade, all layered. If you came here from the moodboard side, this post is part of our guide to the [best aesthetic collage apps](/blog/best-aesthetic-collage-apps/), and if you loved the old [Landing app](/blog/landing-collage-alternative/), the same tools apply.

## FAQ

### What is the best digital scrapbook app for iPhone?
Jodu. It has the pieces a scrapbook page needs in one app: paper textures, washi tape, frames, handwriting fonts, one-tap cutouts, and a freeform canvas, and it's free to download.

### Is there a free digital scrapbooking app?
Yes. Jodu is free to download on iPhone, and you can build a page from your camera roll with no account required.

### Can I make a junk journal page on my phone?
Yes. Junk journal pages use the same ingredients as scrapbook pages, textured paper, tape, frames, and handwriting, all of which are built into Jodu.

### Can I add my own photos to a scrapbook page?
Yes. Add photos from your camera roll or import pins from Pinterest, then frame them, cut them out, or paste them straight onto the page.

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Source: https://jodu.app/blog/digital-scrapbook-app/

Jodu is a free-to-download iPhone app for digital scrapbook pages, with paper textures, washi tape, frames, 40+ fonts, one-tap cutouts, and a freeform canvas.