Meminto and EverTold: how they differ
Meminto and EverTold both help a parent or grandparent share their life stories with the family. They work in different ways, and the right choice depends on the person telling the stories.
Everything below about Meminto comes from its own website (meminto.com).
How Meminto works, from its website
- Sends weekly questions by text, email or phone, and can call automatically with the next question. Answers are spoken.
- Offers a browser app plus iOS and Android apps.
- Produces a printed hardcover book, with voice and video available through QR codes.
- Sold as a one-time purchase with two years to tell the story.
How EverTold works
- The storyteller has a spoken conversation with a gentle interviewer, in a phone, tablet or computer browser. It asks, listens, follows up and waits for them to finish. Typing is optional.
- Every answer is written up as a story and narrated aloud. Their own recordings are kept privately for the family.
- Each relative hears every story told from their own place in the family: a daughter hears about "your uncle", a grandson about "your great-uncle".
- Children can choose a story-time telling of the same story, in simpler words at a gentler pace.
- Family members can send a question to the storyteller, and the answer comes back as a new story.
- One payment for lifetime access. No printed book: a printable PDF book, the audio, transcripts and photos can be downloaded any time.
Which is right for your family
If you want a printed book with spoken answers and video linked inside, Meminto is designed around that.
If your parent would rather talk than write, and you want every relative, including the youngest, to hear the stories told for them, EverTold is built for that.
Give EverTold
One storyteller, a lifetime family library, paid once.
Two storytellers, usually Mom and Dad, sharing one family library, paid once.
One payment, no subscription. 30 day refund. Delivered by email on the day you choose.
Give EverToldQuestions
What is the main difference between EverTold and Meminto?
EverTold is built around a spoken conversation and narrated stories that each relative hears from their own place in the family, with a story-time telling for children. See the side by side notes on this page, taken from Meminto’s own website.
Does EverTold print a book?
No. EverTold does not print or ship books. You can download a printable PDF book of the stories, plus the audio, transcripts and photos, at any time.
Sources
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