Forevermore alternatives: voice time capsules, with or without AI
The short answer
Stay with Forevermore for an app that interviews someone and keeps their stories in their voice. For a message sealed for a wedding or a birthday, choose Carry Echo: a written letter with your own voice note, photos or video, delivered on the morning, up to sixty years ahead. Choose dear.you for one video letter. Choose Remento if what you want is their stories in a printed book.
Forevermore launched in February 2026 and has grown quickly: on 2 October 2026 it was rated 4.7 from 631 ratings on the App Store. An AI interviewer asks questions and records the answers; time capsules seal a voice message for a wedding, a graduation or a birthday; and a feature it calls Echo makes a typed message sound like someone, from a recording of them.
We make Carry Echo. It is an alternative to Forevermore’s time capsules, not to its story interviews, and the similar names are a coincidence.
When Forevermore is the right choice
- You want an app on your phone, and an interviewer to ask the questions.
- You want a whole life’s stories kept in someone’s voice, not one message.
- You’d like a recreated voice, and your family is comfortable with it.
Why people look for an alternative
- Generated voices. Hearing a voice say words its owner never said comforts some families and unsettles others.
- A short record. Forevermore is under a year old. That isn’t a fault, but for a message meant to wait twenty years it is worth weighing.
- Writing as well as speaking. Some people want a written letter, with photos, that arrives on the day.
The alternatives
1. Carry Echo: a letter with your own voice, on the day
A letter on paper in one of five handwriting faces, with photos you place and a voice note or a video you record yourself, delivered by email on a wedding morning or an 18th birthday up to sixty years ahead, at the part of the day you choose. Text letters are free; a plan for photos, voice notes and video starts at $5.99 a month or $49 a year. It doesn’t interview anyone or recreate a voice.
2. dear.you: one video letter
Record a video of up to ten minutes; it is emailed on a day up to twenty years ahead and opened from a private link. $39 a letter, once.
3. Remento: stories in their voice, in a book
If it’s the story interviews you want, Remento sends weekly prompts, the storyteller talks on any phone with no app, and you get a hardcover where each chapter has a QR code that plays the recording. $99 for a year and a book. It took a deal on Shark Tank.
4. StoryCorps: free, and archived
The nonprofit’s free app records a conversation, and uploads go to the StoryCorps Archive and the Library of Congress. No AI, no capsule, no book.
At a glance
| What you get | Price on 2 October 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Forevermore | Recorded stories and voice time capsules in an app | From $9.99/month |
| Carry Echo | A letter with your voice note, delivered on a future day | Text free; plans from $5.99 a month or $49 a year |
| dear.you | One video letter, up to 20 years ahead | $39 a letter |
| Remento | A printed book with a QR code to each recording | $99 for a year and a book |
| StoryCorps | A recorded conversation, archived | Free |
Checked on 2 October 2026. Prices and features change, so check each site before you decide. We make Carry Echo, so weigh this page accordingly. Sources: forevermoreapp.com and its App Store listing; dear.you; remento.co; storycorps.org; carryecho.com/en/pricing/.
Questions people ask
Is there an alternative to Forevermore without AI voices?
Yes. Carry Echo, dear.you, Remento and StoryCorps all keep a person’s own recorded voice or written words; none of them generate a voice.
Is Carry Echo the same as Forevermore?
No. They are separate companies. Forevermore keeps life stories in an app; Carry Echo delivers a letter on a day you choose.