Whose stories will you keep?
A gift for a parent or grandparent, for a colleague, or for a good friend — or your own life, in your own words. There are more ways to use Storykept than you'd think. Here are a few.
The people in your life
A gift for your parents
Give your mom or dad an easy way to tell their life — the childhood you never heard about, how they met, the years before you came along. You'll have it all in their own voice, long after.
Grandparents, to the grandkids
They'll grow up with your voice and your stories — not just photos they can't place. Tell them where the family came from, the way things used to be, the things only you remember.
Your child, as they grow
Capture the small things while your kids are small — first words, the funny way they see the world, the moments you swear you'll never forget but always do. Give it back to them when they're grown.
Your own life, in your own words
Maybe it's just for you. Talk through your own chapters one at a time — no writing, no pressure — and leave something your family will be grateful to have.
Brothers and sisters
No one else remembers your childhood the way a sibling does — the same parents, the same house, the same stories told a hundred different ways. Record them together, before the details fade.
The whole family, together
The best stories come out when everyone's around the table — the in-jokes, the arguments, the way each of you tells it differently. Record the family as a family, and keep the whole picture.
For the moments worth keeping
A gift, a goodbye, a milestone, a place about to change hands. The occasion gets you started — the stories are what last.
A milestone birthday
A 50th, a 60th, a 70th. The people who love them record the stories behind the years, and it arrives wrapped on the day — the story of a whole life, in their own voice and everyone else's.
When someone's leaving
Retirement, a promotion, a goodbye. Colleagues and friends each record a memory — the one they still laugh about, the thing they learned. The one gift that cannot be bought in a shop.
Old friends, years later
Classmates, a crew, the people you grew up with. Before the reunion, everyone records a 'remember when' — school days, first jobs, where life took them — and it lands on the table as one book.
A couple's journey
A long trip, a sabbatical, the year abroad. Record the places, the mishaps, the people you met and what changed between you — a travel memoir in both your voices, not just a camera roll.
Friends after the adventure
A road trip, a festival, a camino, a stag or hen weekend. Everyone remembers it differently — so let everyone tell it. The stories you will want long after the photos blur.
An anniversary, in both their voices
How they met, the early years, what they built. Family and friends — or the couple themselves — record the story of a marriage, kept the way no photo album ever could.
Where the family came from
The village, the leaving, the arriving, raising children between two languages. Record a parent or grandparent telling the story of home before it can no longer be told first-hand. Works in their language.
The recipes, and the stories behind them
Grandma's recipes don't have to die with her. Record the dish, the ritual, the holiday it belongs to — in her own voice, with the story that makes it hers.
The family home, before it's sold
Before the keys change hands, walk the rooms and record what happened in them — the holidays, the neighbours, the marks on the wall. Keep the house long after it belongs to someone else.
The first year
Not just photos. The first words, the sleepless nights, the funny way they already are. Record the small things while they are small — for the child to hear when they are grown.
A club or community's living history
A choir, a village football club, a volunteer crew at its twenty-fifth year. Everyone remembers a different chapter — record them all into one shared history before the founders are gone.
How our family came together
Adoptive, blended, step — every family has an origin story. Record how the parents met, the day the child arrived, the road to becoming a family — for the child to keep.
The stories you make up
The bedtime fairy tales you invent, the tall tales you can't help telling. If making up stories is your kind of fun, tell them out loud and keep them in a book — to read again, or to pass on.