Frequently Asked Questions
Last updated July 13, 2026. These answers reflect the current product behavior.
A Life Archive is a private digital home for a person's stories, photos, lessons, songs, voice notes, and memories. It can be connected to a QR code so family can return to the archive from a card, keychain, plaque, or other keepsake.
We inherit possessions, photographs, and names—but rarely the lifetime of wisdom gathered by those who came before us. The Life Archive preserves lessons, guidance, stories, and voices so descendants do not have to start from scratch every generation.
Creating a Life Archive is currently free. Optional physical keepsakes are purchased separately.
Private archives are for the owner and authorized members. Public archives can be viewed by anyone with the link or QR code.
A living archive is built while life is still being lived and can continue growing. A Living Archive can also become your Continuity Archive—a record of who you were, who you are, and who you are becoming across decades. A memorial archive is preserved in remembrance after Legacy Activation.
The activation flow verifies the code and relationship details, then transitions the archive into memorial mode when accepted. That protects the archive from being treated like an ordinary editable profile.
Yes. The archive slug and QR path stay connected to the archive, so the same QR code can continue opening the memorial experience after activation.
Archive owners and authorized editors can add memories. Public visitors can view public archives, and memorial archives may allow tributes through the guestbook experience.
Archive chapters support writing, photos, songs, and uploaded voice files. The Legacy Question starter flow can save written answers and voice memories; video recording is not available for starter archives yet.
Archive owners can edit archive details and add memories from their signed-in archive pages. Deletion support can be requested through support while the self-service deletion experience is still being finished.
A built-in export tool is not currently available in the inspected production routes. Contact support if you need help retrieving archive content.
If archive pricing changes in the future, members will be notified clearly before any change affects them. You retain ownership of the memories and content you add.
Choose a keepsake, connect it to an archive, complete secure Stripe Checkout, then confirm personalization details before production.
The archive and personalization are confirmed, a proof is prepared when needed, and customer approval happens before production.
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