How it works
Stories adapts to how your family actually communicates — not the other way around. Four capture methods today, with a phone-based option on the way.
Hit record, tell the story, stop. Stories automatically transcribes the audio, suggests tags, and attaches the recording to whoever you're adding it to. Works on desktop and mobile — no app download needed.
Recording in progress...
A full rich-text editor for written stories. Paste from anywhere, format with headers and quotes, and add supporting photos. Great for long-form family history that deserves more than a voice note.
The Day Dad Got the Job
"He walked in the front door and didn't say a word. Just set his briefcase down on the kitchen table and looked at Mom with this expression she'd never seen before..."
Got a great story sitting in an email thread — a holiday note from an aunt, a long reply where your mom recounted the old neighborhood? Forward it to your family's dedicated inbox. The AI extracts the story, figures out who it's about, and asks you where it belongs on the tree.
"I haven't seen that photo in 40 years. That was the Christmas your grandfather surprised us all by bringing home a puppy he'd been hiding in the garage for three days..."
Don't start from scratch. Import your existing family tree from any genealogy platform with GEDCOM files. Upload recorded conversations, voicemails, or old audio — Stories transcribes, separates speakers, and turns a single dinner recording into individual stories attached to individual people.
Drop a GEDCOM file
or any audio file
For the relatives who will never download an app. An AI interviewer calls your grandmother at a scheduled time, asks gentle questions from our prompt library, follows up based on her answers, and saves the conversation straight to her profile. She just picks up the phone.
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After capture
Capture first, organize later. Every story you record runs through a pipeline that handles the tedious work automatically.
Every recording is automatically transcribed. Search across every word ever spoken in your family archive — even inside a two-hour conversation.
AI suggests tags for people, places, decades, and themes. You approve or reject — it learns your family's vocabulary over time.
AI cross-references all your stories to find overlapping events. When two family members describe the same moment differently, Stories surfaces the link.
After a story is captured, AI drafts follow-up prompts and emails them to likely witnesses: "You mentioned your father's workshop — what did he build?"
The prompt library
The hardest part of capturing a family story isn't recording — it's knowing what to ask. Stories ships with a curated library of 100+ questions, organized by theme and life stage, designed to draw out specific memories rather than summaries.
Family members can also submit their own questions. Someone adds "What did Grandpa's workshop smell like?" — and the next time Grandpa records, it's waiting as a suggested prompt.
"What did your childhood home smell like when you walked in the door?"
"What's a decision you'd make differently if you could go back?"
"Tell me about the first time you met my mother."
"What was your first job, and what did you learn there that you still use?"
The living tree
Every person on your tree has a profile built from their stories. The more stories attached to someone, the more their node blooms on the tree. Hover over any ancestor to hear their voice and see their world.
Free plan, no credit card. Invite your family when you're ready.
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