Relatives you invite read and add free, with no card. The calls ring in the A Story iPhone app, by invite in a private beta, and aren’t on sale yet. Asking for an invite is free, with no card.Giving it, or wary of renewals? Express is one time, and nothing renews.
The archive
Free
For as long as you like, and for every relative you invite to read and add.
The calls
$79one time, 30 days
Express: nothing renews. Or a plan by the month or the year, side by side below.
The book
Free
To print at home, every page. Printed editions are below.
Only your family hears the recordings. Nobody at A Story listens unless you ask us to help. Our privacy promises · Prices in US dollars.
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Watch the film · 49 sWhen the calls go on sale
A short visit
$79
one time · 30 days
Whatever you choose, it stays yours.
140 minutes of guided calls
Use them whenever you like inside the 30 days - no daily cap
A Classic Hardcover with the pass, or its $69 toward a finer editionPlus the Digital Edition · you pay only the shipping
One storyteller, everything open
$119
per year · ≈ $9.92/mo
90 minutes of guided calls a month
About three calls a week, and they roll on all year
A Classic Hardcover every year, or its $69 toward a finer editionPlus the Digital Edition · you pay only the shipping
Up to three storytellers
$229
per year · ≈ $19.08/mo
200 minutes a month, shared
Pooled, so minutes one storyteller doesn’t use go to the others
A Classic Hardcover for each storyteller every year, up to threePlus the Digital Edition · you pay only the shipping
The calls are the part that comes by invite. The rest works now.
Not sure yet? Watch the 49-second film
| Plan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who it’s for | Writing in your own words | A short visit | One storyteller, everything open | Up to three storytellers |
| Guided calls | One ten-minute conversationTo begin, on us | 140 minutes of guided callsUse them whenever you like inside the 30 days - no daily cap | 90 minutes of guided calls a monthAbout three calls a week, and they roll on all year | 200 minutes a month, sharedPooled, so minutes one storyteller doesn’t use go to the others |
| Questions | Three guided questions a day | All 620, every chapter | All 620, every chapter | All 620, every chapter |
| Writing | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Family reading & adding | Unlimited, free | Unlimited, free | Unlimited, free | Unlimited, free |
| Photos | Five photo uploads a week | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| The printed book | Print at home, freePrinted editions from $39 | Classic Hardcover includedOne with the pass · you pay shipping | Classic Hardcover includedOne every year · you pay shipping | Classic Hardcover includedOne a year for each storyteller |
| Digital Edition | $19Print-ready, for any print shop | Included | Included | Included |
| Renews | Never - it’s free | Never - one time | Yearly | Yearly |
From a PDF you print at the library to a linen Heirloom in its box, or an editor of ours doing all of it. No page limit.
Free
The whole book as a PDF, right now.
Instantly
$19
Print-shop ready, to print anywhere.
Instantly
$39$29 each extra copy
A paperback for every sibling’s shelf.
Ships in 7-10 days, once ordering opens
$69$49 each extra copy
The book, bound to last.
Ships in 7-10 days, once ordering opens
$149$119 each extra copy
Made to be handed down.
Ships in 2-3 weeks, once ordering opens
$499
A person of ours, start to finish.
Ready in 6-8 weeks, once ordering opens
With a plan: Individual, Family and Express include a Classic Hardcover - or its $69 toward a finer edition - and the Digital Edition. You pay only the shipping. Monthly includes the Digital Edition. One a year on Individual, one a year for each storyteller on Family, one with each Express pass.
One ten-minute conversation with A Story, once your family is in the iPhone beta. Three guided questions a day. Unlimited writing in your own words. Unlimited family members reading and contributing. Five photo uploads a week. The whole book to print at home, free. Guided calls after the first, unlimited photos, and the full 620-question bank open by chapter are not included.
Program pricing is quoted individually. Book a demo to talk about participants, consent and access.