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KeepSaiQ vs Remento: one storyteller's book, or the whole family's voices
Remento is a paid service for one storyteller: a weekly prompt arrives by email or text, they record from any device, and a hardcover book follows with a QR code on each story that plays the original recording. The first year costs $99, with one storyteller and one book. KeepSaiQ is a private family archive where everyone you invite adds short voice recordings and photos. It has no printed book, a free plan, and one price per family: $99 a year or $11.99 a month. The key difference is a finished book about one person versus an archive the whole family keeps adding to.
Choose Remento if you want a book
A printed hardcover about one person, with a QR code that plays their voice, is what Remento does and KeepSaiQ does not.
Choose Remento if nothing can be installed
The storyteller records in a browser on any device. Remento says there are no apps to download and no logins to remember.
Choose KeepSaiQ if several relatives will record
Each extra Remento storyteller is another $99. KeepSaiQ has one price for the family, however many people you invite.
Choose KeepSaiQ if there is no finish line
Photos and short recordings keep accumulating in one private place, searchable by their transcripts, with no book to complete.
Pricing
Prices verified on 2026-10-25. Remento figures come from its own help center and FAQ, linked in the last column. Check them before you buy; prices change.
A worked example: three storytellers on Remento is $99 plus two extra storytellers at $99 each, so $297 in the first year. That $297 includes three printed books. KeepSaiQ's $99 includes no books. If you want the books, the Remento price buys something KeepSaiQ does not sell.
| Remento | KeepSaiQ | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First year | $99: one storyteller account with unlimited collaborators, one hardcover book credit (up to 200 pages, free US shipping). | Free to start, with a capacity cap. Family is $99 a year or $11.99 a month, one price per family. No printed book. | help.remento.co |
| Another storyteller | $99 one-time each, including a year and a book credit. Adding one resets the renewal date for every storyteller. | No per-person fee. | help.remento.co |
| Renewal | $99 a year or $12 a month, billed once per account. | Family stays $99 a year or $11.99 a month. | help.remento.co |
| Extra book copy | $69 each up to 200 pages; $99 each for 201 to 380 pages. | Not offered. | remento.co |
Features
Only features stated on each product's public pages are listed.
| Remento | KeepSaiQ | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Printed book | Hardcover, with a QR code on each story that plays the original recording. | None. | remento.co |
| How people record | A weekly prompt by email or text. Record on any device with internet; no apps or logins. | Short voice recordings in the iPhone, Android or browser app, from any invited family member. | remento.co |
| Who contributes | One storyteller per account; collaborators support them. | Everyone you invite adds to the same archive. | help.remento.co |
| Getting your data out | Text or PDF export and audio downloads from the dashboard. | Deletion details are on the security page. | remento.co |
| Where it runs | Browser on any device with internet. | Web, iPhone and iPad (iOS 17 or later), Android (9 or later). | remento.co |
Where Remento is better
The printed book. Remento delivers a hardcover with a QR code on each story that plays the person's original recording, so a grandchild can hold the book and hear the voice. KeepSaiQ prints nothing. For a gift that someone can unwrap, Remento is the better purchase.
A defined result. One storyteller, one year, one book gives the project an end, and projects with an end get finished more often than open-ended ones.
Nothing to install for the storyteller. Prompts arrive by email or text and the answer is recorded in a browser, which suits a parent who will not set up an app.
Longer stories. Remento allows up to 30 minutes per recording. KeepSaiQ is built around answers of about twenty seconds.
Switching, or using both
Step 1. Before your Remento year ends, download your text, PDF and audio from the Remento dashboard, and order the book if you want it.
Step 2. Create a family in KeepSaiQ for free and invite the relatives who should record. They need an email address, or a Google or Apple login.
Step 3. Have each person record their first short answer. A new recording takes about twenty seconds.
Step 4. Keep the Remento exports as your backup. We do not claim an automatic import from Remento, so treat KeepSaiQ as where new stories go.
Plenty of families will not need to switch: a Remento book about one parent and a KeepSaiQ archive for everyone else do different jobs.
Common questions
- How much does Remento cost compared with KeepSaiQ?
- Remento costs $99 for the first year with one storyteller and one book credit, and $99 more for each extra storyteller. KeepSaiQ has a free plan to start and Family at $99 a year or $11.99 a month for the whole family, with no printed book. Prices verified on 2026-10-25.
- Does KeepSaiQ print a book like Remento?
- No. KeepSaiQ does not print books. If a hardcover with scannable audio is what you want, Remento is the better choice.
- Do I pay per person on KeepSaiQ?
- No. Family is one price per family. On Remento, each additional storyteller is a $99 one-time fee that also resets the renewal date for all storytellers.
- Can I use Remento and KeepSaiQ together?
- Yes. They do different jobs: Remento produces a book about one storyteller, and KeepSaiQ keeps an ongoing private archive for the whole family.
- Is my family's content private on KeepSaiQ?
- It is visible only to the family members you invite, with no public feed and no advertising. It is encrypted in transit and at rest and is not used to train AI models. We do not claim end-to-end encryption.
Last reviewed 2026-10-25 by KeepSaiQ team.
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