Life Legacy Story
Preserve a full life story for children, grandchildren, and generations you'll never meet.
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A living family web
From the baby's first word to Grandpa's favorite one - every generation, one ribbon.
Not a museum for the past - a living story your whole family keeps writing.
Life Ribbon helps your family capture life as it happens, from first words to treasured traditions, into a private searchable archive. Capture the moment, preserve the voice, and let your family keep the thread alive.
Capture life as it happens, not just history before it’s gone.
4 ways
Record video, audio, writing, or import media.
Capture the moment
Preserve stories as they happen, then search and revisit when everyone is ready.
Always yours
Original recordings stay untouched.
Your grandmother's laugh. Your father's advice. The story behind the recipe.
The joke nobody writes down because everyone thinks they'll remember it.
Life Ribbon helps your family keep the good stuff before it drifts away.
Private by design. Your family archive is not a social feed wearing a cardigan.
Guided by Ribbon, so nobody has to open a blank page and suddenly forget their entire childhood.
Built for originals: video, audio, writing, photos, transcripts, chapters, and review-ready keepsakes.
Ribbon Memories
The story's already in your photos. Ribbon just asks.
Most story apps hand you a blank question and wait. Ribbon Memories hands you the memory first: a photo from your own library, a gentle question about that day, and one easy way to preserve the story while it is close.
On-device photo resurfacing
Template question on Free
AI warm question on trial or paid access
Text or voice answer
Photo plus story saved to Story Review
No streak pressure
Privacy promise: your photos never leave your phone until you choose to keep one in Life Ribbon.
Today's Memory
What word or sound was she trying to say that day?
Answer in text on Free, or use the trial to save the voice memory with Ribbon transcription.
Guided story paths
Choose your story.
Life Ribbon adapts to who you are, who you love, and what you want to preserve.
Parent-to-Child Story
A gift only you can give: your love, lessons, and hopes, told in your own voice.
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Baby and Childhood Memories
Capture your child's life as it unfolds, before the details blur and fade.
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Family History Story
Roots, ancestors, traditions, and the stories that define your family name.
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The process
Guided from the first question to the final export.
Real app screens anchor each step, with example story moments polished for the website so families can see what the journey actually feels like before they begin.
Example: a parent Story Pack prompt with a Ribbon follow-up and visible chapter progress.
Step 1 - Get prompted
You never have to wonder what to say.
Ribbon-guided Story Packs walk you through thoughtful prompts across childhood, family, values, love, loss, and wisdom. Add custom questions. Invite family to submit their own. The story grows one answer at a time.
- 100+ story prompts
- Ribbon follow-up questions
- Family-submitted questions
- Chapter-by-chapter progress
Example: real project cards paired with capture options for video, audio, writing, and photos.
Step 2 - Record your way
Video. Audio. Writing. Photos. All in one place.
Record video or audio in the app or web portal. Write long-form. Import photos from the device library or choose media from Files and cloud providers. Every original stays intact.
- Video recording
- Audio recording
- Long-form text
- Photo library import
- Files and cloud picker import
Example: a searched memory found inside a transcript with the original recording still attached.
Step 3 - Ribbon makes it searchable
Transcripts, details, and search without losing the original.
Eligible audio and video stories move into Life Ribbon-managed transcription. Story Review shows transcript status, original source details, people, places, dates, retry actions, and the preserved media.
- Managed transcription
- Transcript status
- People, places, and dates
- Original recording always preserved
Example: review-ready outputs for families who want a future book, film, private link, or full data export.
Step 4 - Review the legacy
Check the story before the keepsake.
Story Review protects each saved answer. Final Product Review Studio gives owners a whole-archive view before future PDF, media archive, book, and documentary outputs.
- Story Review
- Record another take
- Final Product Review Studio
- Export readiness checks
- Data export planning
Everything included
Built for how families actually work.
Guided Prompts That Open People Up
Ribbon starts with warm questions, Story Modes, and follow-ups, so a short answer can become a real memory instead of another unfinished note.
Your Originals Are Sacred
AI can transcribe, title, summarize, and organize, but the original recording stays untouched. The voice, pauses, jokes, and emotion remain the source of truth.
Family Collaboration Without Chaos
Invite a parent as storyteller, siblings as contributors, and children as viewers. Owners keep roles, requests, and approvals organized.
23 Story Packs for Real Life
Daily gratitude, childhood, parenthood, love, faith, military service, recipes, immigration, tribute, baby book, grandparents, healing, and more.
Full-Archive Search
Search across transcripts, notes, people, places, dates, and titles. Find the moment grandpa talked about his first car in seconds.
Ribbon Transcription Built In
Eligible audio and video stories use a Life Ribbon-managed transcription path with visible status, retries, and original-media preservation.
Review Before The Big Finish
Story Review and the Final Product Review Studio help families check originals, transcripts, details, chapters, and export readiness before keepsakes.
Capture Anywhere
Record on mobile or web, write long-form, import from the photo library, or choose media from Files and cloud providers through the device picker.
Dignified Progress
See stories preserved, chapters completed, and the archive taking shape. No cheap streaks, no confetti explosion where a quiet nod would do.
Ribbon in production
The final archive should feel alive while it is being made.
Life Ribbon is not only a recorder. It is a production room where every saved answer becomes part of a chapter, every chapter becomes part of the finished story, and Ribbon is visibly guiding the shape of the keepsake.
Now forming
Story Review, chapter readiness, and future keepsakes.
A clearer bridge from capture to the thing families eventually want to watch, read, and keep.
Ribbon listens for the thread
As stories are preserved, Ribbon keeps track of people, places, questions, and emotional beats that belong together.
Chapters become previewable
Story cards, transcripts, extracted details, and chapter readiness begin forming a finished family archive before export day.
The keepsake starts to shine
Families can see what is ready, what needs review, and which original recordings are protected before building final keepsakes.
Listening now
Meet Ribbon
Your story guide with a little soul.
Ribbon helps you capture the stories, memories, lessons, and moments that make up a life. Instead of staring at a blank page, talk with Ribbon. Ribbon listens for the people, places, and little details that matter, then gently helps turn your answers into Life Ribbons your family can keep forever.
Simple on purpose, but no longer plain: Ribbon can feel curious, attentive, and quietly celebratory without taking over the room.
Guided Storytelling
Ribbon listens first, then asks the next gentle question so a storyteller can relax into the memory instead of performing.
Memory Prompts
Ribbon notices names, places, and themes, then helps find the little details hiding behind them.
Voice to Story
Speak naturally. Ribbon keeps the warmth of the voice while shaping each answer into something easier to revisit.
Chapter Builder
Ribbon threads scattered answers into chapters that feel human, readable, searchable, and ready for a family keepsake.
Your Imprint
Legacy add-onWith consent and Legacy access, Ribbon can help carry a storyteller voice and personality forward in deeper future experiences.
Legacy Ready
Ribbon helps prepare each story for loved ones to read, hear, search, share, and keep with care.
For your whole family
One archive. Every generation.
The Project Owner sets up the archive and chooses who the story is for. Invite a grandparent to record. Let cousins send follow-up questions. Give children and grandchildren read access. Life Ribbon keeps everyone in the right role.
Project Owner
Creates, controls, and exports
Storyteller
Records answers to prompts
Contributor
Submits questions and photos
Viewer
Reads and watches, cannot edit
Follow along
Story prompts for the moments worth keeping.
We share simple questions, photo-memory ideas, and family-history prompts you can use whether you are in the app yet or just beginning to gather your people.
Save practical family-history prompts, grandparent questions, and photo-memory ideas for the next time everyone is together.
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Follow along for simple memory prompts, behind-the-scenes notes, and gentle reminders to capture the everyday moments.
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Join the conversation around family stories, reunion questions, and the memories relatives always mean to ask about.
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Preserve your family story. At any budget.
Start free. Upgrade as your archive grows.
Monthly and annual options are shown below.
Annual is the best value, but monthly billing is available on every paid plan.
Free
Start preserving memories today. No credit card required.
Free forever
- Ribbon: Begin with the full capture suite and a 7-day Ribbon transcription trial.
- 1 active story
- 1 Story Mode
- Video, audio, and text capture
- Storage for one story
- Basic prompts
- Ribbon Memories with text answers
- 7-day Ribbon transcription trial
Start today with no credit card required. Upgrade only when your archive needs more room.
Most Popular
Starter
Expanded Ribbon guidance, cloud storage, and social sharing for a growing story archive.
Monthly
Flexible billing
$7.99/mo
Annual
Best value
$79.99/yr
- Ribbon: Expanded Ribbon guidance with more prompts, follow-ups, and basic summaries.
- 5 active projects
- Expanded Ribbon guidance
- Ribbon Memories voice answers
- Photo and video enhancement
- 10GB cloud storage
- Social sharing of Life Ribbons
- Basic PDF exports
Most story tools charge annually for basic prompts. Life Ribbon includes Ribbon-guided sessions, transcription, and search in one place.
Legacy
Your story, in your own voice.
Monthly
Flexible billing
$14.99/mo
Annual
Best value
$149.99/yr
- Ribbon: Ribbon narrates your stories in your own voice after consent.
- Everything in Starter
- Deep Ribbon guidance
- Unlimited transcription
- 50GB+ storage
- Premium exports
- Full social sharing with private links
Add your Imprint separately to let Ribbon share your stories in your voice, in conversation, with your family.
Best on web
Family Bundle
Give your family a gift that outlasts anything you can buy. Cover Mom and Dad's stories, plus contributors, in one archive.
Monthly
Flexible billing
$29.99/mo
Annual
Best value
$299.99/yr
- Ribbon: Ribbon supports the whole family archive, from guided sessions to voice narration.
- 1 Legacy seat + 5 family seats
- Full Legacy for primary storyteller
- Shared cloud archive
- Enhanced multigenerational collaboration
- Gifting flows + extra token reserves
Current subscribers keep their rate if prices change later.
Private Pilot
Family Legacy
A whole-family archive layer for branches, shared registry, interview sprints, viewers, and succession planning.
Monthly
Flexible billing
$49.99/mo
Annual
Best value
$499/yr
- Ribbon: Ribbon helps connect stories across branches while preserving each original recording and each family member consent boundary.
- Up to 8 family branches
- Canonical people and events registry
- Interview sprints for relatives
- Unlimited viewers
- Family keepsake and Forever Archive path
Private launch cohort. Founding Family annual pricing is $399/yr when enabled for an approved family.
Daily Journal
A focused journaling experience with rich media and Ribbon reflection prompts.
Monthly
Flexible billing
$5.99/mo
Annual
Best value
$59.99/yr
- Ribbon: Ribbon guides your daily reflections with thoughtful prompts and rich media support.
- Unlimited daily entries
- Photos, videos, and audio
- Ribbon reflection prompts
- Searchable archive
- Cloud sync
Upgrade anytime to Legacy for guided family projects and full collaboration.
The moments worth keeping
The best stories are the ones someone finally asks for.
"I had never heard my dad talk about his childhood in this much detail. Ribbon asked the question I never would have thought to ask."
"We used Life Ribbon for my parents' anniversary. The family submitted questions, Mom and Dad recorded answers, and the Story Review made it feel like an archive was finally taking shape."
"I started the Personal Journal mode for myself and ended up recording hundreds of voice entries. It is the most honest record of my life I have ever kept."
Start preserving your family story today.
The stories you do not record today may be gone tomorrow. Life Ribbon takes 2 minutes to start and a lifetime to fill.
App Store
iOS beta via TestFlight
Android beta
Play internal test active
iOS uses TestFlight. Android Alpha access is reviewed through the request form, with a password-protected APK fallback for approved users.
Beta access is free to request. No credit card required.