If the storyteller types willingly
Storyworth
RoundThe stronger product. Written answers run long, and the weekly email is the lowest-friction prompt anyone has designed.
Remento
Works, but you are paying for voice capture you may not need.
Head to Head
Storyworth vs Remento
Here are the two biggest names in the category judged against each other with ours left out of it entirely. If neither of the below suits, that is a useful answer too.
Storyworth
$59 – $199 per year
One question a week by email for twelve months, ending in a hardcover book.
3 rounds won · our pick
Remento
Around $99 per year
Weekly prompts answered by voice or video, with QR codes in the book that play the recording.
2 rounds won
The verdict
Storyworth wins
Storyworth wins on the finished book — typed answers run longer, the top tiers produce a substantial colour hardcover, and years of delivered books sit behind it. Remento wins the round that decides it for a lot of families: if the storyteller will not type, Storyworth produces nothing and Remento produces a book with their voice in it.
How we compared these
Desk research against published pricing, page limits and terms read in September 2026, plus public customer reports. Neither service was run to completion by us — a memoir takes a year. LifePages is deliberately excluded from this comparison.
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.
If the storyteller will not type
Storyworth
Voice recording and Story Calls exist, but the product is built around written replies.
Remento
RoundBuilt end to end around speaking. This is the whole reason Remento exists and it is the right answer for most people over eighty.
Total cost
Storyworth
$59 to $199 by tier, plus per-page overage beyond each ceiling — which can add $40 to $200 at print time.
Remento
RoundAround $99 a year, with fewer surprises at the end.
The finished book
Storyworth
RoundUp to 480 pages mono or 300 colour. The more substantial object.
Remento
Spoken answers run shorter, so books come out thinner — but carry QR codes that play the original recording.
Track record
Storyworth
RoundThe largest customer base and the longest delivery history in the category.
Remento
Newer, though well regarded.
In fairness to the runner-up
When you should choose the Remento instead
Buy Remento whenever the honest answer to "will they actually sit down and write?" is no. A thinner book that exists beats a longer one that never got past week five, and hearing the voice afterwards is the thing families consistently say mattered most.
Questions
What people ask about this comparison
- Storyworth or Remento — which should I buy?
- Storyworth if the storyteller writes willingly; it produces the fuller book and has the longer track record. Remento if they would rather talk, which describes most people over eighty. That single question decides it more reliably than any feature comparison.
- Does Storyworth charge extra at the end?
- It can. Each tier has a page ceiling and additional pages are charged per page at print time, which for a chatty storyteller can add $40 to $200 to a $59 purchase. Check the page limit before you buy.
- Why is LifePages not in this comparison?
- A page comparing the two biggest names in the category is more useful on its own. LifePages is compared to each of them separately.