Storii and EverTold: how they differ
Storii 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 Storii comes from its own website (storii.com).
How Storii works, from its website
- Places automated phone calls that ask a question, or the storyteller can call in. No internet or smartphone is required.
- Recordings can be downloaded as audiobooks or as a transcript e-book, with printing offered.
- Sold as a monthly or annual subscription, or a gift box with twelve months of calls.
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 your parent does not use the internet or a smartphone and prefers a regular phone call, Storii is designed for that. EverTold needs a web browser.
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 Storii?
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 Storii’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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