Comparison

Echoes vs. Storyworth

Storyworth builds a printed book from a year of weekly questions. Echoes turns real conversations into an audio memoir, at their own pace.

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An iPhone app · one purchase · everything included

Why Echoes

Every session is a real conversation that follows up and remembers, and it becomes a memoir you can hear.

At a glance

Echoes vs. Storyworth

Echoes Storyworth
How the questions work A live conversation that follows up and remembers Weekly questions by email or text; live follow-ups by phone on Unlimited
Pace Their pace — no weekly schedule About a year of weekly questions
What it becomes An audio memoir in their voice, plus a print-ready PDF & ePub A printed book and ebook; phone recordings play online
Price $199 once, nothing to renew $59–$199 a year; Unlimited renews at $99
Primary capture The storyteller talks in the Echoes iPhone app; nothing to write. Weekly questions by email or text, answered in writing or by phone.
Writing required None. Echoes is voice-first from start to finish. Not required — phone answers are transcribed — but the book itself is text.
Voice preserved as audio Yes — every story is recorded in the storyteller’s real voice, and the finished memoir is audio built from those recordings. For phone-recorded stories — play them online, from one QR code in the book, or as an audiobook.
Where it runs An iPhone app (iOS). The storyteller records in the app; family members listen and comment in it too. Any device, even a landline — no passwords needed.
Family & collaboration Family sharing — everyone listens and comments; record multiple storytellers. Unlimited storytellers on the top plan; collaborative books with family and friends.
Gift option Yes — a gift arrives as a link that sets up their account, already unlocked. Yes — widely given as a gift.
Best for Families who want a real conversation, kept in the storyteller’s own voice. Families who want a printed book built from a year of weekly questions.

Storyworth details verified on September 13, 2026 from their website. Plans change — check their site for the latest.

$199 · one-time · everything included

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Which is right for you

Who should choose each

Choose Echoes if…

  • The storyteller would rather talk than write.
  • You want every session to be a conversation that follows up and remembers earlier stories.
  • A produced audio memoir in their voice means more than a printed book.
  • One purchase with nothing to renew.

Choose Storyworth if…

  • You specifically want a printed hardcover keepsake book.
  • A weekly question by email or text suits the storyteller.
  • Writing and photo collection are central to the experience.
  • The lowest entry price and a large base of existing reviews matter most.
What Echoes delivers

A story you can hear, in their real voice.

The warmth, the laugh, the pause before a name — kept in their real recordings, and a produced audio memoir built from them, with transcripts of every session and a print-ready PDF & ePub, in the Echoes iPhone app. One purchase, $199, everything included.

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Telling your own story? Start Your Story in the App Store.

The research behind Echoes

[laughs softly][pauses]

And that's when your grandfather looked at me and said…

Common questions

Echoes vs. Storyworth

Is Echoes a Storyworth alternative?

Yes. Both turn a loved one’s stories into a keepsake you can give. Echoes holds a guided spoken conversation and delivers a produced audio memoir; Storyworth sends weekly questions and prints a book.

Does Storyworth ask follow-up questions?

On its Unlimited plan, yes: Magic Interviews asks follow-up questions during a phone call about one question. In Echoes the interviewer is part of every session, follows up within the conversation, and remembers what was shared in earlier sessions. (Verified September 13, 2026.)

Does Storyworth preserve the original voice?

For stories told by phone, yes: family can play the recording online, reach it from a QR code in the book, or download an audiobook. Stories answered in writing have no audio. Every Echoes story is recorded in the storyteller’s own voice. (Verified September 13, 2026.)

Is Echoes a printed book?

Echoes’ primary keepsake is a produced audio memoir, plus transcripts of every session and a print-ready PDF & ePub — not a physical hardcover.

How long does each memoir take?

Storyworth runs on about a year of weekly questions by default before the book prints. Echoes has no schedule: sessions of up to an hour, as often as the storyteller likes.

Can I give either service as a gift?

Yes — both are giftable. An Echoes gift arrives as a link that sets their account up with the full experience already unlocked.

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