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 a book.

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

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Give Their Story $149
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  • Hardcover includedA full-color hardcover is included with every gift — printed and shipped when their stories are ready.
  • Privacy focusedOnly the people you invite can see or add to it. Nothing is ever public, sold, or used to train anything.
  • 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 — no outside investors to answer to. So there’s no auto-renewal, no upsells, and we never sell your data. The price is the price, and your stories stay yours.
A mother and her daughter in the kitchen, holding her finished hardcover

See it from start to finish.

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

Give Their Story $149
An older father and his adult daughter hold his finished hardcover
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 →

The Gift

One gift. Everything included.

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

Your story, at your pace.

Includes 15 hours of guided conversation time, used across as many conversations as you like.

$149 one-time

No auto-renewal · 30-day money-back guarantee

  • A full year to use your included conversation time
  • Their conversations, written into polished chapters in their voice
  • Family & friends invited to contribute memories
  • Premium hardcover book, printed and shipped when they're ready
  • Autosave, version history, and daily off-site backups
  • Free PDF of your book — download all your data anytime
  • 30-day money-back guarantee — no questions asked
Give Their Story $149

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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.

Each biography includes 15 hours of guided conversation time during its one-year term. Use that time across as many conversations as you like. Family contributors share the same 15 hours. A conversation already underway is never cut short when the included time is reached.

There's nothing to finish. The year is simply time set aside to talk — 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, sold, or used to train anything.

Whenever the family is ready — there's no deadline. The large-format hardcover is included and ships free in the US once you order it.

There's a 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. It's a one-time purchase — no subscription and no auto-renewal.

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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.

$149 one-time · no auto-renewal · 30-day money-back · no pressure, just stories.

Give Their Story $149