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The tools families use today each keep one piece. Legacy keeps the piece that gives the others meaning: the story, in the voice of the person who lived it.
| What matters | Photo backup | Baby-book apps | Memoir-to-book services | Legacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organized around people, not dates or one child | No | One child per journal | No | Yes |
| The story behind each photo, in your voice | No | No | Prompts only, no photos tied | Yes |
| Works fully offline | Viewing only | No | No | Yes |
| Letters and messages that unlock later | No | No | No | Yes |
| Private by default, no feed, no ads | Ads in paid tiers common | Ads in paid tiers common | Yes | Yes |
| Export everything, originals included | Partial | Top tier only | Read-only after lapse | Always |
| Family adds their stories, no app needed | No | No | Email prompts, one person | Yes |
| A printed book | Photo books | Some | Yes | Yes, any time |
| Grows for decades, not one childhood | Storage only | No | One book | Yes |
Letters, messages for the future and full export are planned; see features. Comparisons describe each category in general, not any one product.
Where each one stops
Thirty years from now your family will know what you looked like. Not what you were thinking that day, why the picture mattered, or what your voice sounded like telling the story.
A journal per child, organized by age, that stops when the milestones do. Grandparents, parents and you are left out.
Weekly prompts that end in a printed book. The stories are separate from the photos, and the voice is gone.
Where Legacy fits
Legacy keeps the moment, the story, the voice and the person together, organized around the people in your life rather than dates or albums. Keep your photo backup. Legacy is where the photos that matter get their story.
On the web now. Coming to iPhone and Android.