For your parents
“I know the story. I’ve never heard their version.”
You may know where they grew up without knowing what it felt like. They install A Story on their iPhone once, you choose a comfortable hour, and the call rings in the app.
The stories between you
Give it to a parent, or begin together.
A Story rings them in its iPhone app and asks about their life. The whole family reads and adds, free.
Only your family hears the recordings. Nobody at A Story listens unless you ask us to help. Our privacy promises
Does your parent have an iPhone?
- Yes
- The calls ring in the A Story app on it, at the hour your family picked. The app is in a private beta, by invite: they install it once, and we help you set it up.
- No
- Today, A Story rings on an iPhone. On other phones it reminds them to write instead, and the family reads and adds in any browser.
The gift of a good question.
A birthdayWrap the first question.
Mother’s & Father’s DayAsk what they’ve never been asked.
Grandparents DayLet the grandchildren listen in.
The holidaysWhen everyone’s finally in one house.
An anniversaryFifty years, in both their words.
Giving it today
- Ask for an invite to the A Story iPhone app.
- Set up the archive for your relative, free.
- Choose a good time for the first call.
Express is the one-time plan, $79, and nothing renews.
It never assumes the story is finished, because it isn’t. Today is part of it too.
Only your family hears the recordings. Nobody at A Story listens unless you ask us to help. The storyteller owns it, not the person who paid for the gift. Our privacy promises
Daniel answers every email himself. Our story
Why a family begins.
For your own life
“I’d like them to know why.”
You don’t have to wait until your life feels finished. Talk about a decision, a friendship, an ordinary week - or write, when you’d rather write.
More than one version
“We were all there. We remember it differently.”
Invite the family at no extra cost. Your six-letter code, or the link that carries it, brings anyone into the family tree, and up to four iPhones can share one call in the app. Each version is kept in the teller’s name, and nobody’s replaces anybody else’s.
Invited to add to someone’s book?
Read what’s shared and add what you remember, under your own name. Nothing appears until the storyteller says yes. There is no fee per relative.
Open your invitationBegin it for the whole family.
The calls ring in the A Story iPhone app, which is in a private beta. Inviting family, writing and reading never cost extra.