A Remento Alternative
Remento records a story, then turns it into a written hardcover book with a QR code to play it back. Dear Family keeps the actual video, their voice, their face, exactly as recorded — in one private Family Legacy Library that grows forever and stays yours.
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Dear Family vs. Remento
Remento and Dear Family both let people record instead of write. The difference is what you're left holding, a printed book to read, or the living video itself.
Remento details reflect publicly listed 2026 plans and may change. Dear Family is currently in pre-launch.
Why families choose Dear Family
Remento uses the recording to produce a written story you read. With Dear Family, the video itself is what you keep and return to, their expressions, their pauses, the whole moment, not a transcript of it.
Dear Family starts at $99 a year, at that price everyone in the family can record and contribute, all into one shared library. Remento's subscription centers on a single storyteller; adding another is $99 more each.
Not one storyteller account with paid add-ons. In Dear Family the whole family records, and every message lands in one organized library, plus private messages meant for a single person.
If your goal is a printed hardcover on the shelf, written stories, photos, and a QR code that plays the voice back, Remento does that genuinely well. We built Dear Family for families who want the recording itself to be the keepsake: a living library of real video, shared with everyone and kept for good. Choose the one that matches what you want to hold onto.
Common questions
Yes, if you want to keep the actual video of the people you love rather than turn it into a printed book. Both let families record instead of write, but Remento's end product is a hardcover book with QR codes, while Dear Family keeps every video in a private library your whole family can watch and add to forever.
The keepsake itself. Remento transcribes recordings into a written story and prints a book; the recording becomes a QR code on the page. Dear Family keeps the video front and center, you press play and watch the person, rather than reading a transcript of what they said.
You keep access to everything you've already recorded, you can view and download any of your existing videos any time. You just won't be able to record new messages until you resubscribe. (Remento locks recording the same way, but exporting your book as a PDF costs an extra $49.99.)
Yes. Dear Family includes prompt categories such as Childhood Memories, Faith & Values, Marriage & Love, Parenting, Hard Times, and Wisdom. Pick a question and press record, or skip the prompt and speak freely.
Everyone can record in Dear Family, and every recording is shared privately with the whole family. Remento centers on a single storyteller account, with each additional storyteller charged separately.
Dear Family will start at $99 a year, and at that price your whole family can record and contribute, not just one storyteller. It's currently in pre-launch, so joining the waitlist is free with no card required.
There's no right moment
Someone in your family has something left to say. Keep the whole moment, their voice, their face, and share it with everyone who comes after.
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