Entry price
LifePages
Round£44, about $56.
My Life in a Book
$79 base, sometimes lower with a promotional code.
Head to Head
LifePages vs My Life in a Book
My Life in a Book is structurally the closest thing to us in this comparison set: guided prompts, typed answers, a printed book at the end. It publishes a $79 base price with additional copies at $40, and we have not found the pattern of billing complaints that affects some rivals.
LifePages
getlifepages.com
£44 (about $56)
Fifty guided questions answered by typing or speaking at the storyteller’s own pace, printed as a hardback.
3 rounds won · our pick
My Life in a Book
$79 base, extra copies $40
Guided prompts answered in writing, printed as a book, with additional copies priced separately.
2 rounds won
The verdict
LifePages wins
LifePages wins on entry price — about $56 against $79 — and on answering by voice as well as by typing. My Life in a Book wins clearly on extra copies at $40 each, which matters enormously if there are four siblings who all want one, and it has a longer clean record on billing than we can claim.
How we compared these
Desk research against published pricing and terms read in September 2026, plus public customer reports. Prices for both move with promotions; check the current listing.
5 rounds
Round by round
Each round is one thing that actually decides the choice. The overall winner is not always the one that wins the most rounds — some rounds matter more, and we say which.
Copies for the rest of the family
LifePages
Additional copies are an extra cost, and for a family of four this is where the total moves.
My Life in a Book
Round$40 per additional copy, which is among the cheaper rates in this category and adds up far more gently than most.
How the storyteller answers
LifePages
RoundTyping or speaking, whichever suits on the day.
My Life in a Book
Written answers to guided prompts. If the parent will not type for months, what arrives is whatever they actually wrote.
Billing reputation
LifePages
Too new to have one.
My Life in a Book
RoundNo pattern of billing complaints found, which in this particular category is worth saying out loud.
Prompt library
LifePages
RoundFifty guided questions structured to produce a full life story.
My Life in a Book
A workable prompt set, though thinner than the largest services in this category.
In fairness to the runner-up
When you should choose the My Life in a Book instead
Buy My Life in a Book if several siblings each want a copy. At $40 an extra book it is materially cheaper to produce five copies than through most of this category, and for a large family that difference can outweigh the higher entry price entirely.
Questions
What people ask about this comparison
- How much does My Life in a Book cost?
- It publishes a $79 base price which includes one printed book, with additional copies at $40 each. Promotional codes appear regularly, so check before paying list.
- Which is better value for a big family?
- My Life in a Book, once you need three or more copies. Its $40 additional-copy price is among the cheapest in the category and changes the total more than the entry price does.
- What is the risk with a typing-only service?
- That the parent does not type. Every guided-prompt service depends on the storyteller answering, and a written-only format has no fallback if they find writing difficult. Ask first how they would prefer to answer.