The book of your mum or dad’s life. Finally, a way to actually make it.
You’ve always wanted their stories written down. But you can’t make them wrestle an app or write essays, and doing it yourself never quite happens. So we do it for you - a friendly AI biographer phones them for warm, unhurried chats about their life, and it becomes a hardcover book your family keeps.
From $249, book included · 20 guided calls · built by an Australian company
Everyone has a story worth hearing. Almost nobody gets asked.
The awkwardness problem. When you pull out a recorder, everything changes. The conversation becomes self-conscious. The magic evaporates.
The “getting around to it” problem. Life is busy. You keep meaning to sit down and ask about the war, the immigration, the love story - but there’s never quite the right moment.
The accessibility problem. Almost nobody wants to type their memoirs. But almost anyone will happily talk for an hour about the night they met, or the day they arrived.
No apps. No screens. Just a friendly phone call.
Your loved one doesn’t need to learn anything new. They just answer the phone and talk - the way they always have.
Tell us about them
Share key life events, family relationships, and what makes them special. Takes less than 10 minutes.
A gentle AI guide calls and listens
A warm, patient call at the scheduled time. The guide is an AI, which is what lets it be completely unhurried - it never rushes, and it never has to be anywhere else. It mentions family by name, asks permission, and truly listens.
Stories come to life
Every call surfaces new stories in their voice. Chapter by chapter they build into the printed heirloom book your family will keep and hand around.
And it keeps growing
The digital memoir holds every story, voice recording and photo online - included for the first year, so the whole family can read, listen, and add to it.
“It feels like talking to a human, and it asks me really insightful questions.”
Like talking to a friend who’s genuinely interested in your life.
Have a listen. No script, no rush - just a friendly voice asking about their life, and really listening.
Oliver (AI): Hi, it’s Oliver here - an AI from LifeLoom, calling for our chat about your life stories. How are you going today?
Liane: I’m going well, thank you.
Oliver (AI): That’s great to hear. Before we dive in, is it alright with you if I record our chat today?
Liane: It is.
Oliver (AI): Wonderful, thank you, Liane. Lovely to hear from you again. So - is there something particular you’d love to add to your memoir today, or shall we pick up from that park-bench phone call with Richard we touched on last time?
Liane: Uh, let’s talk about my time in boarding school.
Oliver (AI): Ooh, boarding school - I don’t think we’ve talked about that before. What took you there, and how old were you?
It remembers - the way someone who truly knows them would
The AI guide doesn’t start over each call. It remembers what was shared last time, and it knows the people who matter - by name. It might ask how your mum’s sister in Adelaide is keeping, or pick up the thread of the story she started last week. Each conversation builds on the one before, so the memoir deepens call after call - the personal attention of a biographer who’s known the family for years.
It’s yours to shape
Leave it to us, or make it your own.
The AI does the hard part - it makes the calls, listens, and turns each conversation into chapters, so the memoir takes shape between calls, without you having to write a word. But it stays your family’s: add your own photographs, set aside anything you’d rather leave out, and shape it until it’s right. Invite the whole family to share it, wherever they live, or keep it private to the people you choose. As hands-off or as hands-on as you like.
An heirloom book your family will read again and again.
From the calls, the book takes shape
Chapter by chapter, in their own telling. Add photographs, set aside what you’d rather leave out, and shape it until it’s right. One beautiful hardcover is included - extra copies can be ordered at any time.
- ●Told in their own words - not a transcript, not a summary. Their stories, written into chapters.
- ●Six dimensions - not just what happened, but how it felt, who was there, and what it meant.
- ●Growing with every call - each conversation adds depth, new stories, new connections.
- ●Beautiful enough to frame - printed on cream stock with Lora serif typography. An heirloom, not a report.
A digital memoir, for the people you choose.
Every storyteller gets their own beautiful digital memoir - growing with every conversation. Share it with family near and far, or keep it private.
- ●Browse stories by theme, era, or person - not a wall of text, but an experience you can explore.
- ●Listen to highlights in their voice - audio moments pulled from the calls, so you hear them telling it.
- ●Add family photos - upload photos that match the stories. The memoir weaves them together.
- ●Invite the whole family - wherever they live - the memoir stays private to the people you choose.
In their words
“I ended the call with a smile on my face. I wasn't expecting that. It was really nice to have someone, or something, genuinely interested in what I had to say.”
From the founder
Why I built LifeLoom
Damien, our founder, on why LifeLoom exists - and what it’s actually like to use.
- I never got my own parents’ stories down — and I’m no biographer.
- Yes, it uses AI. It turns out to be a genuinely natural conversation.
- The AI does the hard part; you shape it into the book.
What you’re joining.
One Living Memoir package. Three things for your family.
20 guided phone calls
Warm, patient conversations with your storyteller - scheduled around their week, never the other way around. The guide on those calls is an AI. It never rushes, and it never has to be anywhere else. Every call opens by telling them it’s recorded and asking permission. They can pause or stop at any time.
A printed heirloom book
A hardcover memoir, written from the stories they told. Beautiful enough to keep on the shelf for generations. Extra copies can be ordered at any time.
Your first year of digital memoir
A private, beautifully designed online home that grows with every call. After the first year it's optional: $9/month keeps it online for the family - keep adding photos, editing stories, and ordering new editions of the book. Or download everything at any time; it's yours either way.
Founding Storyteller price: $249 AUD. Becomes $349 after Father’s Day.
The best stories are the ones
you haven’t heard yet.
Founding Storyteller places open now - $249 through Father’s Day, then $349. Set up in minutes.
Get startedRather give it as a gift? Give a Living Memoir to someone you love.
Questions families ask
- Is it a real person who calls, or AI?
- It's AI - and we're glad to say so. A gentle LifeLoom guide calls your loved one, listens, and asks caring questions - remembering what was shared last time and the people who matter by name, following the thread call after call. It's not a person, and it's not a chatbot anyone has to operate; your loved one just answers the phone and talks. AI is what makes this possible - the patient attention that turns ordinary phone calls into chapters worth keeping. The stories are theirs; the book is your family's to keep, and the digital memoir stays online for as long as you keep it going.
- Isn't it impersonal to use an AI for something so personal?
- We understand the worry - but this was never a shortcut for time you'd rather not spend. It's around 20 unhurried phone conversations, recorded and woven into a printed book: a long, in-depth project most families never get to on their own, because few of us are biographers or have the tools to turn talk into an heirloom. The usual services still ask your parent to sit and write; LifeLoom asks nothing of them but to pick up the phone and talk. And far from being cold, it can do the opposite: our founder's mum began ringing her sister to compare memories, and dug out old family photos the family hadn't seen in years. You shape the result, too: edit any story, add your own photos, decide what's kept. The patient work of capturing it happens either way; the meaning stays entirely yours.
- My mum is in her 80s - will she find this hard?
- No. There are no apps, no screens, no logins. She just answers the phone and talks, like a chat with a friend who's genuinely interested in her life.
- How soon do we see something?
- The first stories appear in the family's digital memoir within the first couple of calls - written, readable, and ready to share. The heirloom book takes shape from there, call by call.
- What do we actually get?
- Twenty guided phone calls, a printed heirloom book, and the first year of a digital memoir that keeps growing as more stories are added. Extra printed copies can be ordered at any time.
- What happens to the stories?
- They're woven into the book your family keeps, and into a digital memoir you can keep adding to. The storyteller is always in charge of what's kept and what's set aside.
- Can I do this for my own stories?
- Yes - many storytellers set up LifeLoom for themselves. You don't have to write a word: answer the phone, talk about the life you've lived, and the chapters take shape in your digital memoir and heirloom book. You decide what's kept and what's set aside.
- Can the rest of the family take part?
- If you'd like. You can invite siblings, grandchildren, and in-laws to follow along and add their own photos and memories - always at your choosing.
- Is there an Australian version of Storyworth?
- Australia has its own service: LifeLoom, made in Sydney - 20 guided phone calls, and the guide is a friendly AI that listens. The conversations are woven into a hardcover heirloom book printed in Australia that the family keeps, plus a digital memoir everyone can read together. For an honest, dated comparison with Storyworth, Remento and others, see our comparison page.
Anything we haven't answered? Email us at support@lifeloom.ai - we're happy to help.
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