You can choose matte paper, but that's only available through mail order. You can crop and reposition the image to be printed, but you don't get a selection of borders like Nations' white and black border options. Walgreens’ editing tools worked as expected. Walgreens only offers two filters-B&W and Sepia-while Snapfish and CVS add a few more tints, but they’re nothing to write home about. The editing tools consist simply of sliders for Brightness and Contrast, and auto-correct switches for color correction, contrast, and Fill Flash. When it comes to image editing, Walgreens' interface is identical to that of CVS Photo and Snapfish. Otherwise, the menu in both services offer Rotate, Edit, Copy, Move, Make Album Cover, Download, Edit Date, and Delete. The gear icon in a photo’s thumbnail has one more choice in Snapfish-Share Photo-but don’t despair, you do get a Share Album button on the album page. The toolbar on the left side of the album page also offers the same choices: Order Prints, Make a Canvas, Make a Card, Make a Book, Make a Gift, and Options-thought the sites laudably use different icon designs for these choices. As with Snapfish and CVS, ordering multiple print sizes in Walgreens Photo is a simple matter of entering numbers in boxes on the order page, ranging from wallet-size to 8-by-10. That’s fine, since it’s not a bad interface, though it lacks the tools and slickness of Mpix. The Walgreens interface is suspiciously similar to Snapfish's as well as with CVS Photo’s, so I suspect a bit of technology sharing here. You can upload photos only in JPG or PNG format-no TIFF, as some of the more pro-level services offer. Uploading is simple via a standard file picker dialog box-there's no drag-and-drop support like that offered by some competitors-but you can select multiple files to upload in one fell swoop. You can either upload photos directly from your computer or import them from Facebook, Google Photos, or Instagram, but not from Flickr, as you can with Snapfish. By default, albums names are simply the current date, but you can name them whatever you want. To upload your photos, you first need to create an album. With Walgreens, you can optionally specify your local store branch and join the company's loyalty program. I prefer having an account for easy access to uploaded photos and previous orders. Target Photo lets you finish an order without even creating an account. This, surprisingly, is not universally the case for online photo printers: Some let you add photos and create print jobs without asking you to log in until the last moment before purchase. You need to create an account on Walgreen’s site to start. Like CVS Photo, Walgreens doesn't give you a discount for mail orders compared with same-day store pickup. For comparison, Walmart Photo charges only 69 cents for 5-by-7s and Amazon Photo charges just $1.79 for an 8-by-10.
Walgreens also charges a lot for larger print sizes: 5-by-7s cost $2.99 and 8-by-10s go for $3.99. Those services don't offer same-day pickup unless you happen to live in the area where their facilities are located. Our higher-end Editors' Choice photo finishers, Printique, Mpix, and Nations Photo Lab, also charge less than Walgreens, at 31, 29, and 32 cents for a 4-by-6, respectively. Target and Rite Aid sadly no longer offer local photo pickup they charge 29 and 30 cents per 4-by-6, respectively. Editors' Choice winner Walmart remarkably charges 9 cents for each 4-by-6 print even with 1-hour pickup, though CVS charges the same 35 cents per print as Walgreens. That puts Walgreens on the high end of the photo printing price spectrum-you pay for the convenience of local pickup. By comparison, Snapfish, Walmart, and York Photo Labs only charge 9 cents per 4-by-6 print by mail order. Walgreens charges 35 cents per print for the first 74 4-by-6-inch photos you print and 23 cents each beyond that number. You'll also pay for convenience: Walgreens is one of the more expensive photo printing services we tested. Walgreens Photo offers a good selection of print sizes, and while its print quality is not the best we’ve seen, it’s still acceptable. If you don't want to schlep over to your local pharmacy mega–chain store, the company can send your pictures to you as well. The drug chain's same-day printing offers near-instant photo gratification at thousands of store locations across the US. Your local Walgreens is not just for prescriptions, cough syrup, and toothpaste: It's also a convenient place to pick up your pictures.
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