LifeKept
Live on iPhone and the web

A life,
kept.

LifeKept walks you through the questions you'd want to ask your parent or grandparent, records their answer in their own voice, transcribes it, and saves it to a private archive your family keeps for as long as it matters.

Free during launch Private by design

What it is

More than a recording.

Most people never tell their full story. Not because they don't want to, but because nobody ever sat down and asked. LifeKept changes that with a quiet, guided way to capture a life: 37 real questions that move through where someone came from, who they became, the work they did, the love they built, and what they know now.

Every answer is recorded in their voice, transcribed automatically, and saved to a private archive that belongs to your family. Voice and text, side by side, for as long as it matters.

The three people in every story.

Roles
Role 1

Keeper

The adult child or grandchild leading the project. Asks the questions, runs the sessions, and holds the archive.

Role 2

Subject

The parent or grandparent whose story is being kept. Tells their own story, in their own voice, at their own pace.

Role 3

Contributor

An invited witness, a sibling, cousin, or family friend, adding the memories only they could know. No account needed.

How it works

Four steps, then just listening.

  1. 01

    Choose your path

    Capture someone else's story, or tell your own. Either way, the setup takes about three minutes.

  2. 02

    Pick a question

    37 prompts across 5 chapters, written to draw out real answers. Start anywhere. Take it at your pace.

  3. 03

    Tap. Record. Keep.

    Tap to start. Talk as long as you want. Save it, and your recording lands in the private archive with its transcript beside it, automatically.

  4. 04

    Invite the contributors

    Send a code to siblings or close friends. They add the memories only they could know. No account needed.

One question. One answer.

An example
Sample · Not a real person
Part One · Question 2 of 6

Walk us through the places you lived growing up.

Tap the button when you're ready to record.

Privacy

Private by design.

Your stories stay yours. Recordings live only in your archive and aren't used for anything else. You can delete everything, at any time.

Read the full privacy policy →
  • No ads. No tracking. We don't sell access to your data, ever, and we don't run advertising in the app.
  • No training on your stories. Your audio and transcripts are never used to train AI models, ours or anyone else's.
  • Your archive, your control. Export everything, delete everything, or pass it on. The keeper owns the archive.