dear.you alternatives: a letter for later, written, spoken or filmed
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Stay with dear.you for one video letter, $39 once, delivered up to twenty years ahead. Choose Carry Echo for written letters with photos, a voice note or a video, up to sixty years ahead, with text letters free. Choose Letters Forever for your own handwriting, posted on the day. Choose Sealed for an inexpensive capsule that can be printed. Choose Forevermore for voice messages in an app.
dear.you does one thing: you record a video of up to ten minutes for a grandchild, a child or a partner, choose a day up to twenty years ahead, and on that day they get an email with a private link. No app, no account. $39, once. By its own count over 2,000 families have used it.
It is the service closest to ours, and it is good at what it does. We make Carry Echo, one of the alternatives below.
When dear.you is the right choice
- What you want to leave is your face and your voice, not a written page.
- You want one letter and one price, paid once.
- You’d rather film in the browser, with as many retakes as you like, than write.
Why people look for an alternative
- Writing, not filming. Many people say more on a page than to a camera, and some would rather not be filmed at all.
- More than one letter. $39 covers one letter. A parent writing for each birthday, or to each child, pays for each.
- How it’s framed. dear.you presents itself as posthumous video letters. Some people want a letter for a happy day while they’re still here to share it.
- How far ahead. Up to twenty years. A letter for a newborn’s 21st, or a wedding decades away, is further.
The alternatives
1. Carry Echo: a written letter, with photos, voice and video
A letter on paper in one of five handwriting faces, with photos you place, and a voice note or a video if you want one. Choose a day up to sixty years ahead and the part of that day, on their clock; they open it from an email with no account. Write as many as you like. Text letters are free; a plan for photos, voice notes and video starts at $5.99 a month or $49 a year.
2. Letters Forever: your own handwriting, in the post
A family business that keeps your handwritten letter sealed and posts it with USPS on your date, from 60 days to ten years ahead, anywhere in the world. $15 a letter. The only option here where they hold the paper you wrote on.
3. Sealed: an inexpensive capsule, printed if you like
Letters, photos and voice notes, arriving at 8am on the day. The first is free, then $2.99 each; $9.98 prints and posts it to the US, UK, Canada or the EU. New, with no track record shown.
4. Forevermore: voice messages in an app
An app for recording stories in your own voice, with time capsules that seal a voice message for a wedding or a graduation. From $9.99 a month for the person recording; family listen free. Rated 4.7 from 631 App Store ratings on 2 October 2026.
At a glance
| What arrives | Price on 2 October 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| dear.you | One video, up to 20 years ahead | $39 a letter |
| Carry Echo | A written letter with photos, voice or video, up to 60 years ahead | Text free; plans from $5.99 a month or $49 a year |
| Letters Forever | Your handwritten letter, posted, up to 10 years ahead | $15 a letter |
| Sealed | A capsule by email, or printed and posted | First free; $2.99 each; posted $9.98 |
| Forevermore | Voice messages in an app | From $9.99/month |
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: dear.you; letters-forever.com/pricing and /faq; openwhenitstime.com; forevermoreapp.com and its App Store listing; carryecho.com/en/pricing/.
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Is there a cheaper alternative to dear.you?
Carry Echo’s text letters are free, and video needs a plan from $5.99 a month or $49 a year. Sealed’s first capsule is free, then $2.99.
Can I send a video letter that arrives on my child’s 18th birthday?
Yes. dear.you sends one up to twenty years ahead. Carry Echo can attach a video to a written letter and deliver it on that morning, up to sixty years ahead.