Five ways to keep a loved one’s life story: how each one asks, what it becomes, and who it suits. Checked against each company’s own site.
A good fit if the storyteller would rather talk than write, and the keepsake you want is one you can hear.
Checked September 13, 2026
A good fit if you specifically want a printed hardcover keepsake book.
Read Echoes vs. StoryworthChecked September 13, 2026
A good fit if a printed hardcover with the recordings attached is the keepsake you want.
Read Echoes vs. RementoChecked September 13, 2026
A good fit if multiple relatives want to co-author one project.
Read Echoes vs. KeepsakeA good fit if you have the time to do the asking, the follow-ups and the editing yourself.
Read our guides to asking and recordingCompetitor details come from each company’s public site on the date shown. Plans change, so check theirs for the latest.
Storyworth can record answers by phone, and Remento and Echoes are built around the spoken word. The difference is how the conversation runs: Storyworth sends a question a week, with live follow-ups by phone on its Unlimited plan; Remento sends a prompt a week and suggests one follow-up after each recording; Echoes holds a live conversation in every session, follows up in the moment, and remembers earlier sessions.
Storyworth runs on about a year of weekly questions by default, and Remento sends a prompt a week, though you can finish fast or take your time. Echoes has no schedule: the storyteller records whenever they like, in sessions of up to an hour.
Echoes is one purchase of $199, and recording it yourself is free. Storyworth costs $59–$199 a year, with Unlimited renewing at $99; Remento is $99 the first year and then renews unless you cancel; Keepsake is an annual or monthly subscription. (Verified September 13, 2026.)
Storyworth, Remento, Keepsake and Echoes all offer gifting. An Echoes gift is bought on this website and arrives as a link that sets up their account, already unlocked, and the code never expires.