Fablr
A finished Fablr hardcover book of a parent's life story.

The easiest gift for an older parent.

Your parent tells their story. We make it into a book and website.

A personal biography service by voice: real follow-up questions, written chapters, and a hardcover book.

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  • Works on any phoneYour parent can talk with their biographer on any phone, even a landline. No app, no screen, no password.
  • Privacy focusedOnly the people you invite can see or add to it. Nothing is ever public or sold.
  • 30-day money-backChanged your mind? One-click refund within 30 days — no questions asked, no forms, no phone call.
  • Family ownedFablr is owned by the family that builds it, with no outside investors to answer to. So you can cancel in one click, there are no surprise charges, and we never sell your data. Your stories stay yours.
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See it from start to finish.

What your parent does, what Fablr does, and what your family keeps.

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An open Fablr hardcover beside a phone on a stand playing the chapter in the storyteller's own voice
A phone camera scanning the code printed in a chapter to hear it in the storyteller's own voice
Their Voice, Kept

Read the story. Then hear them tell it.

A small code is printed in every chapter. Point any phone camera at it, and you hear them tell it.

  1. 1They talk.Their voice is saved as they go.
  2. 2We print the code.One in each chapter of the book.
  3. 3Scan it.No app. Their voice plays.

Included with every hardcover · also plays on the web  ·  Read a sample chapter →

By phone

No app? Just a phone call.

Your parent can talk with their biographer on any phone they already have, even a landline. Nothing to install, no screen to read, no password to remember.

  • They call one number whenever they feel like talking.
  • Or we call them at the times you choose.
  • Every call starts with a clear choice: press 1 to talk, press 9 to stop the calls.
  • Every call goes into the same story and the same book.
The sample family website on a computer: the cover of The River and the Workbench
The same family website on a phone: Chapter 1, with an old photo of the family house

The family website

Their whole story, one link for the family.

Every chapter, photo and recording on one private page. Send the link to the grandkids, the cousins and old friends. They read and listen in their browser, with no app and no account.

  • Private: only people with the link can open it.
  • Choose how long the link lasts, and turn it off anytime.
  • Three designs to pick from, and the whole book as a PDF.
See a sample family website
Two ways to begin

Start the story today. Print when it's ready.

A retired architect in a worn leather chair, smiling as he talks toward a tablet

Monthly

$25 a month

  • About one visit a week. Unused hours don't roll over, and extra hours are $10 each.
  • Cancel in Subscription settings. Your first month is refundable within 30 days, and your stories stay yours after you cancel, with nothing more to pay to keep them.
  • Full color, 8.5×11: $79 up to 300 pages, or $99 up to 480 pages, plus $7.99 shipping in the US.
  • No questions to fill in. It listens, asks real follow-up questions, and remembers earlier visits.
  • Each conversation becomes written chapters, in their own words.
  • Invite family and friends to add their memories to the book. They share the plan's hours.
  • Snap an old photo or keepsake, and the Biographer asks about it.
  • A small code is printed in every chapter. Point a phone camera at it, and their voice plays. No app.
  • One private link where the family reads the whole book. Only people with the link can open it. See a sample
  • For a loved one you set up: the Biographer calls at the weekly times you pick, on their US phone number, landline or mobile.
Choose monthly

For your own story, one you help a loved one tell, or a gift.

The finished hardcover open beside a phone playing the chapter in the storyteller's own voice

Whole Story

Best value

$149 once

On monthly, 15 hours is 5 months at $25 ($125), and the hardcover is $79 plus $7.99 shipping: about $212 in all. Whole Story is $149, with the book included and shipped free in the US.

  • Spread them across as many visits as you like in the year after you buy. Unlike monthly hours, nothing runs out at the end of a month. Family contributors share the same hours.
  • A full-color 8.5×11 hardcover, up to 300 pages, printed and shipped free in the US whenever they're ready. On its own it is $79 plus $7.99 shipping.
  • One payment of $149 covers the 15 hours and the hardcover. It never renews, and it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
  • No questions to fill in. It listens, asks real follow-up questions, and remembers earlier visits.
  • Each conversation becomes written chapters, in their own words.
  • Invite family and friends to add their memories to the book. They share the plan's hours.
  • Snap an old photo or keepsake, and the Biographer asks about it.
  • A small code is printed in every chapter. Point a phone camera at it, and their voice plays. No app.
  • One private link where the family reads the whole book. Only people with the link can open it. See a sample
  • For a loved one you set up: the Biographer calls at the weekly times you pick, on their US phone number, landline or mobile.
Choose Whole Story

One payment for the year, with the book. Also a gift.

Secure checkout 30-day money-back guarantee on your first plan purchase

How We Compare

The difference isn't just the questions. It's that we listen.

Every life is unique — so every Fablr interview is too. No templates, no weekly prompt lists, no script to march through.

vs.Storyworth
StoryworthIts standard plan emails one question a week, and you answer it in writing.
FablrHolds a real spoken conversation that adapts to every answer — and remembers it next visit.
See the full comparison →
vs.Remento
RementoRecords your answer to a prompt — then suggests one follow-up to record separately.
FablrAsks the follow-up while they’re still talking — so the interview actually goes somewhere.
See the full comparison →
See it for real

Don't take our word for it.

Open a finished story, or page through a real Fablr hardcover.

An open chapter spread — a printed story beside a family photograph.

Read a finished story

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Every story has value the moment it's told. The book comes whenever they're ready — the year is time to talk, not a deadline.

No pressure, no progress bars. Private by default — only the people you invite can ever see it.

Why I Built Fablr

Stories matter. I wanted telling them to feel like it.

Every story I ever loved from my dad was told, not written. Over dinner, in the garage, while we were waiting for something. Those stories are how I know him — and they're how I'll pass him on to my kids.

Read why I built this

So when my brother and I wanted to help him preserve all of them, we got him a written-memoir service. He used it. He really tried. But it felt like work — answering prompts, finding time to write, facing the blank page alone. The conversations we had together were alive. The homework wasn't.

So I spent two years building what I wished existed: a patient biographer that listens the way a good friend does. One button, no prompts. You talk, and it remembers.

What I want, more than anything, is for people to feel heard. That's the whole thing.

— Jim

Jim, founder of Fablr, with his dad
— Jim with his Dad
Why I built Fablr, in my own words.

Questions, answered.

If they can take a phone call, they can do this. They press one button and talk — no typing, no passwords, nothing to download (there's an optional iPhone and iPad app too, if they prefer). Help is one tap away if they ever need it.

Yes. Fablr's Managed Storyteller path is built for exactly this. You create and own the account, handle setup, and order the book. Your parent opens a private recording link in a web browser and talks, without signing in, choosing a password, or managing an account of their own. That link is the key to their recording space, so treat it like a house key and keep it in the family. You can pause or turn it off from your account at any time.

Monthly includes 3 hours of conversation a month, about one visit a week. Unused hours don't roll over, and extra hours are $10 each. Whole Story includes 15 hours to use across its one-year term, as many conversations as you like. Family contributors share the same hours. A conversation already underway is never cut short when the included time is reached.

There's nothing to finish. Whole Story sets a year aside to talk, and monthly runs for as long as you keep it; one story is worth it. Order the hardcover whenever they're ready, and the stories are yours to keep either way.

Completely. Stories are private by default. Only the people you invite can ever see or add to them. Nothing is public or sold. Fablr may learn from conversation transcripts, with names and personal details taken out, to become a better biographer. You can turn that off anytime in Privacy Settings.

Yes. Turn on the family website and you get one private link to the whole book: every chapter, photo and recording. Send it to anyone you like. They read and listen in their browser, with no app and no account. You choose how long the link lasts, and you can turn it off anytime. Once it's on, it stays up for free, with no yearly fee, even after your plan ends.

Whenever the family is ready; there's no deadline. With Whole Story the large-format hardcover is included and ships free in the US once you order it. On monthly, add it when the story's ready: $79 in full color up to 300 pages, or $99 up to 480 pages, plus shipping.

Your choice. Monthly is $25 a month, and you can cancel anytime in one click; your first month is refundable within 30 days. Whole Story is $149 once, with the hardcover included, and never renews, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Either way, the stories are yours.

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An open Fablr memoir rests on a side table in a warm, lamp-lit living room, beside reading glasses and a cup of tea.

Give them a year set aside for stories.

Start for $25 a month, cancel anytime in one click. Or $149 once with the hardcover included. 30-day money-back guarantee.

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