My first dog Nip with Mum & Dad, 1970
Sharing stories together
Grandpa in the army, Winter 1945
Bath-time 1960s style!
The Crew, Austrian F1, 1988
Gran's famous baking captured, 2025
Your FOREVER Vault For Family, Friends & Furry Companions
From your grandparents' untold stories to today's precious moments — capture life as it happens. One person starts it, the whole family keeps it alive. We make it so easy that nothing gets lost to time.
Not just blood family. Best mates, mentors, chosen family, and yes—your pets too. All organised by person, searchable by moment, protected forever.
Effortless Story Capture
Choose from hundreds of story prompts, hit record, and share your memories in your own voice. Want more? Add optional AI transcription to turn your recording into text, or use our smart summary feature to create a polished overview—complete stories in minutes.
Add photos, videos, and documents. Watch it come alive as an instant slideshow. Share with family, friends—or even on social if you fancy. Every story saved securely in your vault and beautifully displayed on your timeline.
And you're never on your own—meet Vaulty, your friendly AI helper. He's on hand on every screen to answer your questions and help you get the most out of the app.
Which brings you here today?
I want to capture Mum's stories before it's too late
Or Dad's, or Nan's — the voice you can't imagine losing. You ask the questions, she just talks, and every word is kept in her own voice. No tech skills needed on her end.
See how the interview works →I want to tell my own story
Your life, your voice, your way — spoken, filmed or written, with a helping hand that turns a rambling chat into a beautiful story. Free to start, with 2 GB of story space.
See everything your story gets →Family or a friend invited me
Lovely — you've been asked in because your stories matter to them, and joining is free. Enter the code from your invitation — for a vault, a circle or an interview session — and you'll land right where they're waiting for you.
Got a link instead of a code? Just tap it — it takes you straight in.
"A private space for the people who matter—no algorithms, no strangers, no drama. Just your family, your friends, and the stories you'll treasure forever."
No Algorithms
Your stories aren't ranked, filtered, or monetised. They're simply yours.
No Strangers
You control who sees what. Invite only the people who matter.
No Drama
No likes, no comments section battles. Just meaningful sharing.
Every day, priceless stories are lost forever
When someone passes away, their stories go with them. The way Grandpa laughed. Mum's secret recipe and the story behind it. Your best friend's perspective on that wild road trip. Your dog's quirky habits that made everyone smile.
of family stories are lost within two generations
stories your grandparents have that you've never heard
is the best day to start capturing those stories
But here's the good news...
It only takes 5 minutes to capture a story that will last FOREVER
Start capturing stories todayEvery family story told is a thread of resilience— The philosophy behind everything we build
woven into the next generation.
"The single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest of all: develop a strong family narrative."
Story sharing isn't just heartwarming. It's science.
At Dive Deep Dialogues, we didn't build MyStories FOREVER Vault just because stories are precious. We built it because research proves that families who share stories raise more resilient children, maintain stronger bonds, and create communities that support each other.
The "Do You Know?" scale developed by researchers at Emory University found that children's knowledge of family history was the single best predictor of emotional health and happiness. And as Professor Marshall Duke emphasises, it's not just knowing the facts — it's the act of sharing and re-sharing these stories that builds resilience.
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Dive Deep DialoguesPredictor of Resilience
Children's knowledge of family history was the single best predictor of emotional well-being, self-esteem, and ability to cope with adversity.
Duke & Fivush, Emory University (2008)
"Do You Know?" Questions
The DYK scale asks children 20 questions about their family narrative — from where grandparents grew up to how parents met. Higher scores consistently correlate with greater resilience.
Duke & Fivush, Emory University (2008)
The Active Ingredient
It's not just knowing the facts — it's the collaborative act of sharing and re-sharing stories together that builds the 'intergenerational self' and strengthens family bonds.
Duke & Fivush, Emory University (2008)
What the Researchers Say
"Children who have the most self-confidence have what we call a strong 'intergenerational self.' They know they belong to something bigger than themselves."
"Our research has continued to show that the act of storytelling, rather than just knowing the facts of family history, creates these positive outcomes."
"The answers have to do with a child's sense of being part of a larger family."
"It helps them make sense of their experiences when something senseless happens... When we don't know what to do, we look for stories about how people have coped in the past."
Simple Enough for Grandparents. Powerful Enough for Everything.
If you can record a voice memo, you can preserve your family's legacy. Seriously.
Create Your Free Account
Your account is your passport to every vault you'll ever need. Set up your family's private storytelling space in 2 minutes, join vaults you're invited to, or both. One account, unlimited family connections.
Capture Stories Together
Tell us your situation — sitting together, miles apart, or going through old photos — and we take you straight to the easiest way to record. Pick a prompt, hit record, and talk. Add optional AI transcription and summary if you want text. Everyone contributes — no tech skills needed.
Preserve FOREVER
Your stories are protected with enterprise-grade security across multiple cloud providers. Shared guardianship means the vault persists even when life changes. Anyone in the family can contribute to the running costs.
One price. The whole family plays.
Other services charge per storyteller and leave one person doing the homework. A MyStories FOREVER Vault works the other way: one subscription covers the whole vault, and everyone you invite joins free — recording, commenting, asking the questions you'd never think of. It's not a chore for one. It's a place for everyone.
And the research says that's the point: it's the sharing together that builds resilient kids — not a book on a shelf.
Curious how much your family already knows? Take the two-minute "Do You Know?" quiz
Recording together has never been this easy
Not sure where to start? Tell us your situation and we take you straight to the easiest way to record — no menus to puzzle over, no tech skills needed.
One phone records. The other is your remote.
Set the recording phone in front of the person you're recording — it shows the questions and captures their voice. Then drive the whole session from a second device on your lap: move to the next question and start or stop recording, without reaching across.
The recording always lives on the phone in front of them, so nothing is ever in doubt — and if your remote loses signal, the recording simply keeps going.
Sitting together
Pop one phone on the table between you. The questions appear in big, easy-to-read type — your loved one just talks, and it saves itself.
Hands-free remote
Use a tablet or second phone as the remote: move the questions and start or stop the recording from your lap, while the recording phone quietly captures. You sit back and listen.
Going through old photos
Pull a photo out of the shoebox and snap it with your phone — it's instantly in your Media Library. Record the story behind it as you go: who, where, what happened next. The photo and its story stay together, forever.
Snap it now. Perfect it later.
Your stories shouldn't have to wait until your photos are digitised. Capture the memory today — and upgrade the picture whenever you're ready.
Snap the photo
Pull an old print from the shoebox and take a quick picture. It lands straight in your shared Media Library for the whole family to see.
Bring it to life
Enhance the image to lift faded colour and detail, then record the story behind it in voice or video. Picture and story are saved together as one keepsake.
Upgrade anytime
Later, have your most precious originals professionally scanned and simply swap your snap for the pro scan. Every enhancement and the recorded story stay exactly where they are — nothing to redo.
Record now, upgrade forever — you don't need a scanner to start, and you never lose a thing when you do.
Every story makes the picture richer
Nothing you add ever stands alone. It connects, it builds, and it's kept — so your vault is worth more every single time someone adds to it.
One shared Media Library
Every photo, video and recording lands in your vault's library — so the whole family can see them, and weave the same moments into their own stories.
Every story builds on the last
Recordings link to the people in your family tree and stack up on a living timeline. The more you add, the fuller the picture becomes — a collection that grows for generations.
Nothing is ever lost
Every story is saved to your vault the instant you finish, then copied to separate, secure off-site backups every day. Once it's in, it's kept — FOREVER.
Moments of today. Memories of yesterday.
MyStories FOREVER Vault isn't just for preserving the past — it's for capturing life as it happens. Today's moments become tomorrow's treasured memories.
Stories of Today
Life is happening right now. Capture it before it slips away.
Photos, videos, results — all in one story
Who you went with, what you felt
First bike ride, lost tooth, graduation
Moments Tools
"In 20 years, your daughter won't just have certificates in a drawer — she'll have the stories behind every achievement."
Stories of Yesterday
Capture the stories before they fade. Preserve the voices you love.
Their childhood, their wisdom, their voice
Where you came from, who came before
Add the stories behind the faces
Memories Tools
"Record Nan's stories now. In 10 years, you'll be so glad you did."
Both captured together. Both shared with the people who matter most. Family. Friends. Pets. Everyone contributes, everyone benefits.
Our Combined Story Creator weaves today's events and yesterday's memories into one seamless experience — photos, videos, voice, and text all together.
Start capturing your storyWatch them grow up. One moment at a time.
Childhood goes by in a blur, and the moments you swear you'll never forget are exactly the ones that fade. Growing Years captures them as they happen — the little firsts, the milestones, the phases that make them who they are — and keeps them safe across the whole journey, not just the baby days.
Take a photo on the first morning of school every year and watch them grow up in a gentle fade from Kindy to Year 12. Then turn a year of moments into a keepsake book at the tap of a button.
The little firsts, kept forever
First smile, first steps, first words, first day of daycare — guided prompts make each one a proper story with photos and voices, ready to become their yearly keepsake book.
First day of school, every year NEW
A photo on the front step each first morning. A faint outline of last year's photo helps you line the next one up, and the whole school journey plays back as one slow fade. Same for official school photos.
How tall they're getting
A digital doorframe — pencil-marks of every height, plotted over the years. Compare siblings and friends side by side. A keepsake, never a clinical chart.
Shared with their other parent NEW
Co-parenting across two homes? Link the same child and you each add to one timeline — you choose exactly what you share, either parent can stop anytime, and nothing is ever copied between vaults.
First day of school · Kindy → Year 12
How tall they're getting
📏 112 cmBub's First Year
A year of moments → a printed keepsake book
Free to get started • No credit card required
Features You'll Actually Love
Beyond basic storage. These features make capturing and exploring memories genuinely enjoyable.
Places Lived
See Your Life Journey on a Map
Every home you've lived in appears on an interactive map. Watch your life unfold geographically—from your childhood home to your current address. Add photos, stories, and memories to each location.
Favourites Collection
Curate What Matters Most
Not just stories—favourite foods, songs, movies, books, places, traditions. Build a rich portrait of who you are through the things you love. Perfect for future generations to know the real you.
Growing Years
Watch a Child Grow Up
Capture a child's whole childhood — the little firsts, the first day of school every year as a slow fade, and how tall they're getting. Turn a year of moments into a keepsake book, and share it with a co-parent across two homes.
Do You Know Prompts
Psychology-Backed Question Sets
Based on the "Do You Know" scale that predicts childhood resilience. 30 questions — the research originals plus Australian place-based additions — like "Do you know where your parents met?", unlocking family stories children need to hear.
Interactive Family Tree
More Than Names and Dates
Click any person to see their stories, photos, and videos. See the web of relationships and the stories that connect generations. A living, breathing family history.
Deep Memory Prompts
750+ questions, each with follow-ups
"What sounds did you hear lying in bed at night as a child?" Questions that excavate stories people didn't know they had — across family, deep-memory, friendship and just-for-fun banks, each with follow-up prompts. Ten guided expeditions in the deep-memory set alone.
Visual Timeline
Your Life Story, Chronologically
Every story, photo, and video organised on a beautiful timeline. Filter by person, category, or date. See how stories interweave across your family's history.
FOREVER Moments
Collect Memories From a Crowd
A QR code at a wedding, birthday, funeral or reunion lets every guest add their photos, videos and messages — no app to download. All gathered into one shared keepsake for the family.
FOREVER Messages
Words That Arrive When They Matter
Write a message today and set it to unlock on a future date — a 21st birthday, a wedding, an anniversary. Your voice, arriving exactly when it will mean the most.
And So Much More...
Instant Slideshows
Turn any collection into a beautiful slideshow
Story Achievements
Earn badges as you capture more memories
AI Transcription
Turn voice recordings into searchable text
Book Building
Create printed memory books from your stories
Share Anywhere
Share individual stories or whole collections
Remote Interviews
Record anyone, anywhere—you control it all
Pet Profiles
Pets are family too—give them their own space
Friend Groups
Dedicated spaces for friend circles
One account. Every vault you'll ever need.
Create your own vault, join vaults you're invited to, or be part of several at once. Appoint guardians to share responsibility. Anyone can contribute to running costs. Your stories belong to you — wherever they live.
Want a Head Start? Let the Founder Help You Personally
A 90-minute one-on-one session where the founder personally helps you capture your first story and set up your vault.
Includes your first year's
Storyteller subscription
($99 value)
"I offer this because the first story is always the hardest. Once you've done one, you'll never stop."
See your friendships like never before. Literally.
Your friends aren't just names in a list. They're a constellation of connections spanning decades—childhood mates, work buddies, uni crews, gym friends. We've built something special to capture and visualise your entire social universe.
Organise friends into Circles, track how your closeness evolves over the years, and explore stunning interactive visualisations that reveal patterns you never noticed.
Friendship Constellation
You're the sun. Friends orbit around you as stars—the closer the orbit, the closer the friendship. Watch your social universe evolve over decades with the time slider.
Friendship Journey Map
See friendships flowing across your life chapters—childhood, school, uni, career, now. Gaps show when you lost touch. Reconnection markers show when you rekindled.
Social Ecosystem
Discover which friends connect your different worlds. Find your "bridge friends" who link work to gym to school. See the hidden structure of your social life.
My Circles
Organise friends into meaningful groups—Uni Crew, Work Mates, Gym Buddies, Inner Circle. Track closeness over time. Know who knows who.
Stay close, live NEW
It's not just nostalgia—stay genuinely in touch. Voice and video calls, group voice rooms, real-time chat and who's-around presence, right inside your circles. Miss a call? It turns into a voice note.
Weekly Reflections NEW
Thoughtful weekly prompts to deepen your understanding of your friendships. Keep them private, gift to a friend, or share with your circles. Psychology-backed archaeology prompts uncover deeper memories.
Friendship Constellation Preview
Your Circles
Sarah Chen
Friends since 2008
"Which friendship has surprised you the most in how it's evolved?"
Free to get started • No credit card required
Be There For Moments You Might Miss
Time-release messages, estate planning, and digital legacy tools. Because caring for your family doesn't stop.
Every member gets their own private legacy
Not just the account holder—each person in the vault has their own confidential legacy: their own key holders, will details, digital access and funeral wishes, edited only by them. When the time comes, only the people they nominate can unlock it—nobody else, not even the vault's owner.
Send Love Across Time
Record a video message today that unlocks on your grandchild's 18th birthday. Leave words of wisdom for your daughter's wedding day. Be there for moments you might not see—with messages that arrive exactly when they're needed most.
Messages that arrive exactly when they're needed most
18th Birthday
A message from grandpa about becoming an adult
Wedding Day
Words of wisdom recorded years before the big day
Graduation
Encouragement recorded when they started school
First Child
Parenting advice from those who came before
Anniversary
Messages that arrive on special milestones
Complete Legacy Planning Tools
Time-Release Messages
Record messages today that unlock on future dates. Be there for your grandchild's 21st birthday, your daughter's wedding, or milestones you might not see.
Will & Estate Information
Store details about your will, executor contacts, and important documents. Make things easier for those you leave behind.
Funeral Wishes
Record your preferences for your celebration of life. Music, readings, attendees, ceremony style—your wishes, clearly documented.
Digital Access Manager
Securely store password vault master keys, critical account access, and instructions for your digital estate. What happens to your social media, subscriptions, crypto?
Vault Continuation Plan
Instructions for maintaining your family vault after you're gone. Who takes over? How should it be managed? Keep the stories flowing.
Legacy Unlock System
Multi-key security (2-of-3 trusted people must approve). Choose what content becomes accessible and when. Bank-level protection for sensitive information.
Bank-Level Security for Sensitive Information
Your legacy planning information is protected with AES-256 encryption. The Legacy Unlock System ensures sensitive content is only accessible to the right people at the right time—with multi-key security that requires multiple trusted family members to approve access.
Master the Art of Family Storytelling
Twelve guides written by a professional storyteller with nearly 40 years of experience in immersive media — from patient stories for global health companies to helping families preserve their legacy.
Crafting a Compelling Legacy Book
Turn your family stories into a book they'll genuinely treasure. The 'curator not chronicler' approach. 9 chapters.
Download Free PDFDrawing Stories Out of Someone You Love
The interviewing guide your family needs. Questions that go beneath the surface. 8 chapters with question bank.
Download Free PDFWords That Wait — The Art of the FOREVER Message
Write messages that open on the day they matter — with the psychology behind them and 100 dad jokes. 9 chapters.
Download Free PDFTelling Stories That Come Alive
Transform stories from factual records into vivid, emotionally rich memories
Where Do I Start? 50 Story Sparks
Fifty curated prompts across 8 themes to trigger specific memories
Capturing Stories With Children
Age-appropriate approaches from toddlers to teenagers
Stories for Milestone Moments
Create story-based gifts for birthdays, weddings, and memorials
Creating a Photo Book That Tells a Story
The art of curation, visual narrative, and captions that add depth
Creating a Year Book Worth Revisiting
Capture the spirit of a year, not just the events
Conversation Design — Activity-Based Capture
Capture rich, honest stories during everyday activities together
Words That Wait — The Art of the FOREVER Message
Messages sealed today, opened on the day they matter — with 100 dad jokes
Legacy Book — Vault Edition
Complete legacy book guide with Vault tool integration
Not another genealogy app. Not another photo cloud.
MyStories FOREVER Vault captures the essence of a life - the stories, the laughter, the wisdom - not just names and dates.
Not another...
- Just names and dates
- One person doing all the work
- Family only
- Complicated software
- Another photo dump
This is MyStories FOREVER Vault
- The stories behind the names
Stories that capture who they really were
- Everyone contributes together
Family, friends - even neighbours can add memories
- Family, friends AND pets
Because our furry friends are family too
- So easy, grandparents love it
Guided prompts unlock forgotten memories
- A living, growing memorial
Add stories, photos, videos - forever
"We don't just preserve facts. We preserve the essence of a life."
Your Family Tree is Complete? Now Add the Soul.
You've spent years finding names and dates on Ancestry. But will your grandchildren know your voice? Import your GEDCOM into our Heritage Tree, pick the people who matter most, and start capturing the stories behind the names. The Vault is the perfect complement — show off your research by bringing it to life.
The best time to capture a story was yesterday.
The second best time is now.
Every day that passes is another story that might be forgotten. Start your MyStories FOREVER Vault today - it takes less than 5 minutes, and you can start for free.
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