Toombler vs Heyzine
Heyzine has a generous free tier and lots of features; Toombler keeps it free and embeds straight from your Google Drive. An honest look at both.
Heyzine is a polished flipbook maker with a friendly free plan. Toombler is narrower on purpose: a free, embed-anywhere flipbook from the PDF in your Drive.
| Toombler | Heyzine | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free (single ad on the inside cover) | Free tier; paid plans from about $4/mo |
| Free-plan flipbooks | Unlimited | Up to 5 |
| Branding | No watermark over your pages | Heyzine logo in the viewer corner on free |
| Reader statistics | Not yet (in development) | Yes, from the Professional plan (≈ $8/mo) |
| Where the PDF lives | Your own Google Drive | Hosted on Heyzine |
| Auto-update from source | Yes — edit the Drive file | Re-upload required |
Heyzine's plans and prices change; figures above are approximate — check heyzine.com for current details.
When Heyzine is the better choice
Heyzine offers an editor with interactive elements, reader statistics on paid plans, custom domains and a no-ads experience. If you want those extras and are happy to pay (or to show the Heyzine logo on the free tier), it's a strong tool.
When Toombler is the better choice
If you'd rather not cap out at 5 flipbooks, don't want any logo in the corner, and like that your PDF stays in your own Google Drive and updates automatically, Toombler is the simpler free option — and it has a dedicated WordPress plugin for easy embedding.
Frequently asked questions
Which is more generous on the free plan?
Toombler allows unlimited flipbooks for free; Heyzine's free plan caps you at 5 but shows no ads. Toombler shows a single ad on the inside cover and no logo in the viewer.
Does either keep my PDF in my own storage?
Toombler does — it reads the PDF from your Google Drive. Heyzine hosts the file on its own servers.