Capture the Stories Only They Can Tell
WhatsApp-native voice journaling that preserves your parents’ stories in their own words — no app downloads, no typing, no tech skills required.
Mama Ama
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🌅 Good morning Mama Ama! What is one thing your own mother taught you that you still carry with you today?
LivingStory · 9:05 AM
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“She told me about carrying water from the river each morning before school...”
24,000+
Stories captured
50+
Languages supported
96%
Message reply rate
4.9★
Rating from gifters
Two Paths, One Mission
Whether you’re preserving a loved one’s stories or documenting your own extraordinary journey, LivingStory meets you where you are.
Preserve Your Parents’ Stories
Your parents, grandparents, or any elder you love carries decades of wisdom and lived experience that exist nowhere else on earth. Whether they’re across the street or across the world, gift them a subscription and let us gently draw those stories out — week by week, in their own words, in their own language.
- WhatsApp prompts in their language
- Email prompts for non-WhatsApp users
- You receive a notification per story
- Private family library access
Document Your Own Story
You’ve lived a life worth documenting — a career built, a family raised, lessons learned the hard way. Daily prompts help you capture that story in your own voice, on your own schedule, one entry at a time. Your children will treasure it.
- Daily prompts tailored to your stage of life
- AI transcription & chapter organisation
- Export to PDF, EPUB, or audiobook
- Private searchable life library
The Stories Are Slipping Away
Every existing solution fails families who need it most in at least one critical way. We built LivingStory to close every gap.
Conversations get abandoned
Every year, millions of family stories disappear forever when elders pass. Traditional journaling requires tech skills, motivation, and equipment most parents simply don’t have.
Every tool demands a new download
Your parents already live on WhatsApp or email. Yet every legacy app demands a new download, a new login, a new habit. LivingStory meets them exactly where they are — no friction, no learning curve.
The non-English world is ignored
Most story-capture tools are English-only. Stories live in Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Mandarin, Portuguese, Tagalog, Italian — every language. Our AI transcribes in 50+ languages so no voice goes unheard.
Three Steps to a Living Legacy
Simple enough for an elderly parent who has never sent an email. Powerful enough to preserve a century of lived experience.
You Set It Up
Choose a subscription for a loved one or for yourself. We handle everything — just tell us how they’d like to be reached: WhatsApp, email, or the app.
They Receive Gentle Prompts
Every few days, a warm story prompt arrives by WhatsApp voice note, email, or app notification. They respond however they’re most comfortable — voice, text, or upload.
Stories Are Preserved Forever
We transcribe, translate, and organise every response into a beautiful, searchable family library that your whole family can access.
Built for Real Families, Real Stories
Every feature exists because real families told us something was missing from every other tool on the market.
WhatsApp-Native
Works entirely within WhatsApp — the app your family already uses every day. Zero new installs required.
Voice-First AI Transcription
Send voice notes. Our AI converts every word to searchable text, capturing tone, pauses, and personality.
50+ Languages
Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Mandarin, Portuguese, French, Korean, Japanese — and many more. Every language, every story.
Family Library
All stories, transcripts, and audio clips live in a shared, private library accessible to your whole family.
Gift Subscriptions
Give the most meaningful gift imaginable. Gift a subscription in 60 seconds — delivered instantly by WhatsApp.
Stories That Changed Everything
Families across six continents have used LivingStory to capture stories that would otherwise have been lost forever.
“My mother never wrote a diary in her life. But she’s been sending voice notes every week for six months. I’ve heard stories about her childhood I never knew existed. LivingStory gave me my mother back.”
Abena Mensah
London → gifted to her mother in Ghana
“My parents are in their 70s and still not comfortable with apps. When I heard my father describing his childhood village in Hindi, I cried. LivingStory captured something I would have lost forever.”
Priya Sharma
Toronto → gifted to her parents in Mumbai
“I’m 58 and kept telling myself I’d write my memoirs ‘someday’. The daily prompts made it real. I now have 60 stories spanning my childhood in Naples, my emigration, my career. My kids call it their favourite gift.”
Marco Ferretti
Sydney → documenting his own story
Simple, Transparent Pricing
One plan works whether you're capturing your own stories or gifting someone else's. All plans billed annually. 30-day money-back guarantee.
Starter
Gift a parent or loved one their own story archive — delivered to their WhatsApp.
- 1 invited narrator
- Weekly prompts via WhatsApp or email
- AI transcription in 50+ languages
- Up to 5 family viewers
- Unlimited voice story capture
Family
Capture stories from both parents — or invite the whole family to contribute.
- 2 invited narrators
- Weekly prompts via WhatsApp or email
- AI transcription in 50+ languages
- Unlimited family viewers
- Premium AI voice narration
- PDF story book export
Legacy
For large families, reunions, weddings, or memorials — unlimited contributors.
- Unlimited narrators
- Weekly prompts via WhatsApp or email
- AI transcription in 50+ languages
- Unlimited family viewers
- Premium AI voice narration
- PDF story book export
- Priority support
Not sure where to start?
Try it free — capture up to 10 stories with no credit card required. When you're ready, any plan works whether you're the storyteller or you're gifting someone else.
Starter — one narrator. Family — two narrators, PDF export. Legacy — unlimited narrators for big families & events.
The Only Tool Built for Every Family
See how we compare to the alternatives on the features that matter most when preserving stories across generations.
| Platform | WhatsApp-native | No app needed | Non-English AI | Gift subscriptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LivingStoryUs | ||||
| Storyworth | – | – | – | |
| Remento | – | – | – | – |
| MyStory.today | – | – | – |
Questions We Hear Often
Everything you need to know before gifting or starting your story.
Still have questions? Write to us — we reply within one business day.
Every Story Has a Last Telling
Your mother knows things no book will ever record. Your father carries a century of lived wisdom in his voice. Don’t wait for the perfect moment — capture the story only they can tell, exactly as only they can tell it.
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