Remento, the Storyworth® alternative.
You’ve probably heard of how Storyworth turns a loved one's stories into a keepsake book. If so, you might be wondering about the differences between Remento and Storyworth. Here's an overview to help you decide which of the two products is best for you.
Overview: Comparing Storyworth and Remento
You may already know how Storyworth works: a loved one answers weekly prompts, and at the end of the year, you get a printed book. But how does Remento compare? Both result in a keepsake book, but the journey and the final product are very different.
Watch our comparison: Storyworth v. Remento
Comparing how stories are captured
Storyworth: Storytellers type their responses on the website or reply by email.
Remento: Storytellers simply speak. Recordings can be made on any device - phone, tablet, or computer. Then, Remento's Speech-to-Story technology automatically transforms these recordings into either "cleaned transcripts" or more polished stories written in either the first or third person. Learn more here.
Key difference: Storyworth requires writing, while Remento captures voice/video recordings that are automatically converted to polished stories.
2025 Update: Storyworth recently added a phone dictation option. But unlike Remento’s polished Speech-to-Story, Storyworth’s tool only converts voice to plain text.
Comparing how prompts are delivered
Storyworth: Storytellers receive an email in their inbox each week with a new prompt.
Remento: Storytellers receive their storytelling prompts via either email, SMS text message, or both. These settings can be adjusted at any time.
Key difference: Storyworth only sends email prompts, while Remento offers both email and SMS text message options.
Comparing storytelling prompts
Storyworth: A question bank, plus the option to write your own.
Remento: A larger, curated bank of questions developed by professional storytellers and memory scientists, plus the ability to write your own questions. Remento storytellers can also share reflections about photos, which often result in far more vivid memory recall. With this capability, storytellers can offer memories behind childhood photos, share stories of yearbook pictures, and reflect on the meaning of photographed family heirlooms.
Key difference: Remento offers photo-based prompts and expert-crafted questions, while Storyworth relies primarily on text-based question banks.
Remento lets you use photos to inspire reflection as well as written prompts.
Comparing the final book
Storyworth: 6"×9", hardcover, standard paper. Written stories + photos.
Remento: 8" x 10" and feature a customizable hard cover, plus thicker paper that is designed to last for generations.
Key difference: Remento produces larger books with premium materials, while Storyworth creates smaller books with standard paper.
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Storyworth books (left) are 6" x 9". Remento books (right) are 8" x 10".
Comparing inside the book
Storyworth: Books feature written words and photographs.
Remento: Each chapter features a QR code that brings your loved one back to through their voice. You can learn more about Remento books and QR codes here. These pages also include color-printed photographs, which can easily be uploaded before or after a new recording is created.
Key difference: Remento books include QR codes linking to original voice/video recordings, while Storyworth books contain only written text and photos.
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Remento Books are color printed and feature QR codes that link to the original recordings.
Comparing how photos are used
Storyworth: Storytellers can add multiple photos after they write their stories, helping illustrate the memories they've documented.
Remento: Remento doesn’t just let you add photos after the fact, it uses them as prompts to unlock vivid memories that might otherwise stay buried. Through our partnership with Legacybox®, you can digitize old prints and seamlessly add them to your Remento account, inviting your storyteller to share the stories behind each image.
Key difference: Remento uses photos as story prompts and offers professional digitization services, while Storyworth only allows photo addition after stories are written.
Remento's partnership with Legacybox® makes it easy to invite a family member to share their memories of old photographs - no scanning required.
Comparing how easy it is to share stories
Storyworth: Storytellers type their stories, either from the Storyworth website or by responding to the weekly email prompts.
Remento: Unlike other storytelling platforms, Remento is completely web-based, which means there are no downloads or logins required to share a new recording each week. Most Storytellers speak their stories, which are automatically turned into polished written stories - written as either a "cleaned transcript" or transformed into a polished narrative (see how that works).
Key difference: Remento is completely web-based with no downloads required and voice recording capability, while Storyworth primarily relies on typing responses.
Hear about 89-year-old Gerald P’s experience using Remento. Read his full review.
Comparing family involvement
Storyworth: Families can receive updates on newly written stories, add questions, or write their own.
Remento: Built for family collaboration from day one. When a story is recorded, every family member instantly gets both the recording and written version. They can react, help choose future prompts, and vote on topics through "family polls." It's a shared family experience, not a solo writing project.
Key difference: Remento is built for real-time family collaboration with voting and reactions, while Storyworth focuses on individual storytelling with limited family participation.
Remento makes exploring family stories a family affair.
Comparing what people are saying
Storyworth: Customers love that it makes a great gift for aspiring autobiographers. However, many find the weekly writing assignments tedious and wish there were more ways to involve family in the year-long experience. Read more Storyworth reviews here.
Remento: Customers love that it's both a great gift to give and receive. Storytellers enjoy sharing stories without writing requirements and appreciate using any device without downloads or logins. Families love getting both written stories and voice recordings combined in books with QR codes. Both storytellers and families value that Remento makes memory collection a true family activity - anyone can pick questions, add photos, and participate in polls to vote on topics they want to hear most. Read more Remento reviews here.
Key difference: Storyworth appeals to aspiring autobiographers who want to write, while Remento attracts families who want effortless story capture with multimedia preservation.
Remento customers describe their experience using Remento.
What’s the overall summary?
Storyworth is a product best suited for aspiring autobiographers interested in writing a book themselves. If you or your loved one has been waiting for the chance to write a memoir, Storyworth is a great way to structure that process.
Remento is for those excited about capturing stories, but less excited about writing them all down. Remento makes the capture of stories easy and quick, meaning it's perfect for those with a bit less patience. It's also well suited for those eager to collect the stories behind old photos. Plus, by documenting more than just written words, Remento offers a mixed-media final product designed to feel more like a living collection of stories versus a static book.
Remento customer Jeanne Black describes her experience using Remento. Read her full review.
The story book that writes itself
Preserve family stories. No writing required.