Turn a Canva design
into a flipbook.

Does Canva make flipbooks by itself?

Canva is a good place to design a catalog, brochure, menu or magazine. Turning the pages is a different job. Canva's help center describes page transitions for presentations and videos, and says you share those as a video or GIF. We didn't find a built-in page flip for a link or a PDF there.

For flipbooks, Canva's help center points to an app from another company (Issuu), which needs its own Issuu account and doesn't run on Canva's mobile app. If you already use Issuu, that keeps everything inside Canva.

The other route works with any flipbook maker: download your design as a PDF, then upload the PDF. That's the route below.

Step 1: Download your Canva design as a PDF

These steps are from Canva's help center, checked in November 2026. Canva changes its menus now and then, so the labels may differ a little on your screen.

1. Open your design in Canva.
2. Go to Share, then select Download.
3. Choose PDF as the file type. Canva offers a version for screens (called Standard or Digital, depending on where you look) and a Print version at 300 dpi with options for bleed and crop marks. Either works. If you pick Print, leave crop marks off so they don't show on the pages.
4. Under Advanced Settings, leave Flatten PDF off. Canva says links only work in a downloaded PDF, and not in a flattened one.
5. Pick All pages, then select Download.

Two things to watch for. If your design uses Pro elements and you're on Canva Free, Canva asks you to buy a license, upgrade or download a watermarked draft. And Canva notes a known issue: links on text with the Lift or Neon effect don't work in downloaded PDFs. Put those links on plain text or a shape instead.

Don't download as JPG or PNG. Canva says links don't work in image files, and you'd lose them.

Step 2: Upload the PDF to FlipWild

Drop the PDF into FlipWild. Files up to 200 MB and 500 pages work, and the pages are made right in your browser. You can do this on a phone too: pick the PDF from Files, Google Drive, Dropbox or a mail attachment. Making and previewing is free, so you can see your Canva design turning pages before you pay anything.

The flipbook keeps your design as it looks in the PDF. On a computer, readers see two-page spreads. On a phone, one page at a time, and they swipe to turn.

Step 3: Check your links (they carry over)

Every web link, email link and page jump in the PDF works in the flipbook. So the Shop button you linked in Canva still goes to your store, and a "see page 8" link still jumps to page 8. Flip through the preview and tap each one once to be sure.

Missed a link in Canva? You don't have to go back. In FlipWild, open Links and video, drag a box over the spot, and add a web link or a page jump. On Pro you can also put a video, a photo gallery or an animation on any page, things a PDF can't hold.

Step 4: Publish and share it

When you publish, you get a link, an embed code and a downloadable QR code. Send the link, print the QR code on a flyer, or embed the flipbook on your website. A button at the top of the flipbook can say whatever you like, such as "Book now" or "Shop", and link to a page, an email address or a phone number.

Every plan shows readers and link taps for each flipbook. Pro adds page-by-page reading, time on each page and who read to the end.

When you edit the design in Canva later

Change your design in Canva, download the PDF again the same way, and replace the PDF in FlipWild. The link, the embed, the QR code and your reading stats all stay the same. Nobody needs a new link, and the QR code you already printed still works.

What it costs

Making and previewing is free. To publish, Starter is $15 a month billed yearly ($19 month to month) for 2 published flipbooks with links, embed and QR code. Plus is $32 a month billed yearly and swaps the small "Made with FlipWild" badge for your own logo. Pro is $74 a month billed yearly for video, galleries, an email form and Advanced Analytics. For a single flipbook there's Buy just one at $29 once, but it keeps text and images only, without web links, so it's a better fit for a design that doesn't need its links. See the pricing page for everything in each plan.

New to all this? PDF to flipbook covers the basics for any PDF, not only Canva ones. Or see a finished one in our brochure example.