Family Diary
Their voice.
Their story.
Remembered.
A gentle companion asks anyone (you, a parent, a grandparent) one question a day. You just talk, and your words become a beautifully written life story your family can read, and even hear in your own voice, in the app or on the web.
Built for storytellers
No typing. No tech skills. No pressure.
If they can answer the phone, they can write their life story.
A companion that listens
One warm, spoken question a day, in a natural voice they choose. It remembers every story already told and never asks twice.
A diary that writes itself
Rambling answers become graceful memoir chapters. Keep their exact words, or let it gently polish. The choice is theirs on every story.
Bring old journals in
Photograph a page from a handwritten journal or a letter, and Family Diary reads it and types it into the story for you.
How it works
Five minutes a day becomes a family heirloom.
Step 01: The question arrives
One gentle prompt, spoken aloud.
Every morning at their chosen time, the companion asks one personal question about childhood, work, love, or wisdom. Made personal by everything they've already shared.
Step 02: They just talk
Answer by voice, as long as they like.
No typing, no forms. Laugh, wander off topic, tell it out of order. The diary listens patiently and treasures all of it. Typing is always there for those who prefer it.
Step 03: The story takes shape
Words become chapters, automatically.
Their answer is gently polished into memoir prose, or kept word for word in their own voice if they prefer, and filed into the right chapter (Childhood, Love & Marriage, Work & Career) with photos beside the memories they belong to. Anything can be fixed, or continued, by just saying so.
Step 04: The family joins in
Read along, react, and ask for more.
Family join free with the diary's QR code: read or listen in the app or on its private web page, love a story with a tap, and ask a question they've always wondered about. Their question becomes the next day's prompt, so the people who love them help shape the story. The storyteller controls who's in, always.
The result
Not a chat log. A book about their life.
Soon it can sit on your shelf too: printed hardcover books are coming, with their voice inside. See the book →
Their voice, kept
They speak it. And your family can hear it in their voice.
Answering is just talking, and so are edits: "add that the dog was named Rex" is a complete instruction. Every chapter can be read aloud in a warm, natural voice, or, from a short recording, in the storyteller's own voice, so the people who love them can always hear them tell it, in the app or on the web.
More than a daily question
Everything a life story needs, in one place.
Old journals and letters
Already have handwritten diaries or letters? Photograph a page and Family Diary reads it, types it in, and files it into the right chapter. Their older writing joins the story.
Keep some things private
Not every page is for everyone. Mark any passage private and it stays yours alone, hidden from family in the app and on the web. Share it whenever you're ready, with one tap.
A website the family loves
Every diary has its own private web page. Family read it, listen to it, love a story with a heart, browse the photos, and make the text larger, all from any browser, no app needed.
"We built Family Diary after realizing the stories we loved most were the ones nobody had written down. One question a day is all it takes."The Family Diary team
Security first
A life story deserves a vault.
And a safety net. If a story or photo is ever removed by mistake, it waits in Recently removed for 7 days and comes back with one tap. Everything is copied to separate off-site storage every night, so a wrong tap can never cost your family a memory.
Start their story today.
They'll love being asked.
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