Compare Our Features	Easy Release (v. 1.5)	mRelease (v. 1.0.1)	Photographer’s Contract Maker (v. 1.0.34)	Notes
Cost	$9.99	$7.99	$2.99
Customization
Custom legal templates/versions	Unlimited	No	Up to 12
Placeholders to embed data in templates	Yes	No	Yes
Preformatted data section	Yes	No	No	Prevents having to embed most tags in custom templates
Per-release legal “Addendum”	Yes	No	No
Branding (of PDF output)
Logo	Yes	No	No
Company Name	Yes	No	No (but can include in custom legal templates)
Company Contact Info	Yes	No (but includes photographer’s email in PDF)	No (but can include in custom legal templates)
Ease of use
Import model data from address book	Yes	No	Yes (but new models must be added to address book)
Wizard	Yes (optional)	No	No
Easily clear edit fields	Yes	No	Yes	Clear (“x”) button in edit fields
Re-use previous shoot info	Yes	Yes	No
Re-use previous model info	Yes	No	Yes
Re-use previous witness info	Yes	Witness not supported	Witness not supported
Re-use previous property info	Yes	No	Does not collect property info
Save partially complete releases & return later	Yes	No	No	Accommodates more workflows
Release Integrity
Embed photo of model/property in release	Yes	Yes	No
Witness name and signature	Yes (optional)	No	No
Clears signatures if release text or data changes	Yes	No edits allowed after signature	No edits allowed after signature
Require model’s date of birth	Yes	No, not collected	No, not collected
Require parent’s name and signature for minors	Yes	No, since model’s age not collected	No, since model’s age not collected
Require photographer’s signature	Yes	No	No
Save and re-use default photographer signature	Yes (optional)	No	Yes
Localization
Built-in releases in multiple languages	Yes (13 langs)	No	No
UI localized	Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Italian and Swedish +more on the way!	No	No
Shoot Data Collected
Name and reference ID	Yes	Yes (name and production)	No
Location (country and region)	Yes	No	No
Date	Yes (required)	Yes	Yes (and time)
Photographer name, email, contact info	Yes (as default settings)	Yes, per shoot	Yes (as default settings)
Model Data Collected
Name	Yes (required)	Yes	Yes
Address	Yes	Yes	Yes
Contact Info	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gender	Yes	No	No
Ethnicity	Yes	No	No
Age	Yes	No	No
Parent Name	Yes (required for minors)	Yes (optional)	No
Release Format
Output a PDF	Yes	Yes	Yes
Email PDF	Yes	Yes	Yes
Attach JPEG of PDF to email	Yes	No	No
Release Management
Auto-delete old completed releases	Yes (optional)	No	No

Why you need Easy Release:

Excerpted from: ASMP: Release Tutorial

"A release is a written agreement between you and the person you are photographing, or the person who owns the property you are photographing. The purpose of the release is to protect you from any future lawsuits the person might file for claims such as defamation and invasion of privacy.

A model release says the person being photographed has given consent to be photographed and to the use of the images you capture. It doesn’t just apply to professional models or situations where people know they are posing for photos. You should seek to get a signed model release any time that your photos contain recognizable images of people, unless you are certain that you will never want to use them for anything other than editorial purposes.

A property release says that the owner of a certain property, such as a pet or a building, has given you consent to take and use images of the property. You don’t need one for public property, such as government buildings (although you may run into problems just from photographing them, for security reasons). But for images of private property — and particularly of objects that are closely identified with specific people — you are safer if you get a release.

The releases you obtain should be saved forever and should be linked in some way with the photographs to which they relate. You can expect to be asked to produce them whenever you license an image, and you will need them if you ever have to defend yourself in court."

Excerpted from: ASMP: Release Tutorial

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