Remento v. Storyworth: Explore the differences
Both send weekly prompts. Both print a hardcover book. Only Remento keeps the recording, so every page can be heard in their own voice - not just read.
What's the same. What's different.
Both Remento and Storyworth turn family memories into a printed book. Storyworth may be a great fit if your loved one enjoys writing. Remento is built for families who want spoken stories, video or audio, and a book that keeps their voice on every page.
Remento isn't just preserving memories. It's preserving the actual voice and personality of our loved ones.
Both ask the questions. Only one keeps their voice.
Both send weekly prompts. Both print a hardcover book. Only Remento keeps the recording, so every page can be heard in their own voice, not just read.
Most storytellers write their answers. The book captures these answers, without any voice, video, or any way to hear the memories shared.
Perfect for writers, and families who care mostly about the book.
Your parent taps a link and talks. Speech-to-Story™ writes the chapter. A QR code on every page plays the original recording back. The words are saved. So is the voice, face, and the way they told it.
Perfect for talkers, and families who want to preserve voice.
Storyworth gives you their words. Remento gives you their voice.
When your grandkids scan the QR code, they won't just read. They'll get to see their grandfather tell the story. His expressions. His pause before the punchline. His laugh. That is what no printed book alone can give you.
"I heard about Storyworth and finished that program right about the time my sister told me about Remento. Those books are nice, but there is no audio. Having the voice is going to be so wonderful."
Shelley W., Remento customer
Preserve their stories. In their voice.
One year of weekly prompts. A hardcover book. Their voice on every page.
More and more families pick Remento. Here’s why:
Those books are nice, but there is no audio. Having the voice is going to be so wonderful.
Writing is really not an easy thing. So, go Remento. I love the idea.
The thing that stood out was that things are recorded audibly, not written down. My mom is not a writer. If she had to write these stories, it would probably not happen.
You don’t have to choose.
Many families use both - Storyworth to capture written reflections, Remento for the stories behind old photos and the prompts they’d rather answer out loud. If you’re ready to start fresh with voice, Remento captures everything going forward. Your Storyworth stories stay yours.
Here's why families chose Remento to preserve their most precious memories
With Storyworth®, your parent writes the book. With Remento, they just talk, and the book writes itself. Every chapter is their words, polished and printed, with a QR code on the page so your grandkids can watch them tell it in their own voice.
"We actually finished Storyworth right about the time my sister told me about Remento. Those books are very nice, but there is no audio. Having the voice is going to be so wonderful."
"It's a game changer. Having done Storyworth, this is so much easier, so much more user-friendly, and it's just open for everybody. Everyone can get their arms around it."
"My aunt was doing Storyworth. Writing is really not an easy thing. So, go Remento. I love the idea."
"The thing that stood out was that things are recorded audibly, not written down. My mom is not a writer. If she had to write these stories, it would probably not happen."
Three steps. No writing, ever.
One prompt a week
Delivered by email or text. Your loved one taps the link and talks. No app. No login. No writing.
Their voice becomes each chapter
Speech-to-Story™ turns the recording into polished, readable prose. They can edit anything before it's finalized, and nothing is printed without their approval.
A hardcover with their voice on every page
8″ × 10″ color printing, premium paper, QR codes throughout. Yours forever.
Remento was built for the parent who would never write a memoir.
When I gave my mom Storyworth, the subscription went unused. To her, it felt like homework.
So I set out to build a way to capture her stories that felt easy, natural, and still preserved the part I cared about most: her voice.
That became Remento, the no-writing memory book that captures a parent’s stories in their own voice, on every page.
Easy for them. And their voice on every page.
Your family's stories belong to your family. Forever.
Remento includes a full year of storytelling, a hardcover book, and permanent access to the memories you create. Even if you don’t renew.
Forever access your stories
Everything your storyteller records and creates during the year remains yours, even if you don’t renew.
One-click downloads
Save the original recordings to your own device anytime. Your data is never held hostage.
Option to renew
Purchase an additional year to continue telling new stories. Learn more.
Questions people ask before they buy
Not directly, but many families use both. Storyworth stories can be copied into Remento manually if you'd like them in the same book. Going forward, Remento captures everything in voice, so nothing gets left behind.
Yes. The QR codes in your book are tied to Remento's servers, and we're committed to keeping them live. Your recordings are also downloadable at any time, so even if anything ever changed, you'd always have the original files.
Most likely yes. Storyworth asks your parent to write. That's the single reason most subscriptions go quiet after a few weeks. With Remento, your parent speaks. Two clicks and they're recording. That one change is the reason this works when everything else hasn't.
If your loved one genuinely enjoys writing, Storyworth was built for that — and they’re really good at it. But most families tell us the same thing: their parent would spend hours talking if someone asked the right questions, and they’d never sit down to write. If there’s any chance they’d rather talk than type, Remento is the right choice. The weekly prompt arrives by text or email, they tap the link and talk. That’s the whole process.
Storyworth does offer dictation, but it works differently. What you speak is printed verbatim, without cleanup or polish. There are no voice recordings preserved in the book and no way to hear the storyteller later. With Remento, Speech-to-Story polishes every recording into a written chapter, and the original voice is saved on every page via QR code.
Both start at $99. What’s different is what you get. Remento’s base price includes a full-colour 8″×10″ hardcover, QR codes on every page that play the original recordings, and Speech-to-Story that automatically turns voice recordings into polished written chapters. Storyworth’s $99 base plan includes a 6″×9″ book printed in black and white, with no voice recordings preserved. Colour printing and voice features are available on Storyworth’s higher-priced plans. So the headline price is the same — but Remento’s standard plan includes voice preservation that Storyworth reserves for upgrades.
Yes. Many families use both. Storyworth captures one chapter of the story. Remento starts a new one, in their voice this time, with a book that plays it back.
Preserve their stories. In their voice.
One year of weekly story prompts, unlimited voice recording, and one hardcover book with their voice on every page.
- Over 1 million stories recorded
- No writing required
- No app, no login, no password
Their stories. Their voice. One book they’ll never have to write.
Remento's life story books turn memories of the past into a keepsake book for the future. No writing required.
