A few photographs. Some handwriting on the backs of cards. Maybe a video at a wedding where she’s not really speaking.
The way she said your name, the story she always told about her mother’s house, the sound of her laugh — those go with her. They do not survive on their own.
This is the app for keeping them.
A relative starts a story. You press record. Your phone listens — and so does the archive, for the first time.
Speech becomes text right on your device, with speaker labels. Nothing is sent anywhere. Watch the transcript appear, word by word.
Where does Nana talk about the kitchen? What did Papa say about the war? Answers cite the recordings — and the exact moment inside them.
Family Museum lets you mark every story with one of three rings of trust — before you press record. It changes who can listen. And it changes how the app helps you.
Visible to every family member you've invited. The app helps you label speakers, places, and dates with a small AI we built carefully. We'll show you what it sees.
Visible only to the family members you've named as close. The app still helps with labels — but only the model on your iPhone runs. Nothing about these stories goes to any server, ever.
Visible to nobody but you and the person who recorded it. The app makes no guesses, sends no requests, asks no help. The recording, the transcript, the people in it — all of it stays in your own private iCloud, never touching a server we run.
Admins of the family — usually a grown child managing the archive — can see thata private story exists. They cannot see what’s in it. Not the title, not the transcript, not the audio. Privacy that admins can see through isn’t privacy.
Free for anyone who just wants to listen. If you’re the one doing the recording, a small subscription keeps us independent — and keeps your family’s voices out of someone else’s training data.