Chorus or Meminto for a family memory book?
You're putting your family's memories into a book, and the people in it will treasure that!
On Chorus everyone in the family sends Mam a voice note, a video or a few written lines. We write out every message, we print and post the book for one price, and Mam can listen to them all in a podcast. Meminto prints a memory book with QR codes that play the recordings.
Start collecting, freeWe make Chorus. We read Meminto's site on 10 November 2026. Prices change, so check both before you buy.
In short
- Choose Chorus if you want to see what the family sends before you spend anything.
- Choose Chorus if you want every recording written out for you as part of the price.
- Choose Chorus if Mam would love to sit back and listen to the whole family in one podcast.
- Choose Meminto if you're writing one long life story over a year or two and want a book of up to 480 pages.
What it costs on day one
Nothing is charged while the family sends their memories.
Meminto's plans start at $99, paid up front. Its nine-question mini book is free to try.
Where Chorus goes further
See the memories first
Start the book, share the link and watch the messages come in. You pay when you order, and collecting stays free for any number of people. Meminto's plan is paid up front, after a free nine-question mini book to try it.
We write out every recording
Each voice note and video is written out as it arrives, and that's part of the price. On Meminto you press Transcribe on a recording and it uses credits, about 25 for five minutes of talking.
A podcast of the whole family
One link plays every voice in turn, so Mam can listen in the kitchen with a cup of tea! Meminto's recordings play one at a time from the QR code beside each story.
Postage is in the price
The printed book is $115 posted to 35 countries. Meminto's pricing page lists postage from $8.99, shown at the checkout.
Copies for the brothers and sisters
Your brothers and sisters can each have a copy for $45 with postage. Meminto's extra copies are $49, $59 or $69 by the number of pages.
Everyone can chip in
Turn on chip-in and each person who records can add to the pot, and it comes off your price. Meminto has one person pay for the plan.
Here's how Mam's Mother's Day book was made.
What families say
We gave a book of stories about Mam to her for Christmas and she said it was the best gift she had received. There were some stories she had never heard! She felt really surrounded by love.
Chorus, thanks so much! I'm not technical and found this just so easy!! The book is now a family heirloom, we are just delighted!
How Chorus and Meminto compare
Meminto's facts come from its own site, read on 10 November 2026.
| Chorus | Meminto | |
|---|---|---|
| What it costs | Nothing to pay until the book is ready. $45 for the podcast of every voice, $99 for the book online, $115 for the printed hardcover with postage. | $99 for Essential with up to 100 pages, $149 for Complete and $397 for Premium with three copies |
| When you pay | When the book is ready | Up front for the plan, after a free mini book. Extra pages and extra copies are paid when you approve the print. |
| Who takes part | Any number of people from one link, with no account | Any number of guests from one link, with no account. Each guest's answer waits for the owner to add it. |
| How people answer | A voice note, a video or writing, with photos | Writing or voice, with photos. The owner can add video. |
| Written out | Every message, as part of the price | On request, for credits. A book comes with some, and its pages give different numbers for each plan. |
| Hearing the voices | One podcast link plays every voice in turn, and each voice plays from its page online. | A QR code beside each story plays its audio or video. |
| The printed book | One hardcover. A linen binding with a foil title is $29 more. | A matte 5.8 x 8.3 inch colour hardcover of up to 480 pages |
| Extra copies | $45 each, postage included | $49 up to 100 pages, $59 up to 200 and $69 up to 300 |
| Postage | Included, to 35 countries | Its pricing page says from $8.99, by country. One help article says postage is waived for most countries. |
| Time to finish | A book has no closing date unless you set one. | Up to two years, then $25.90 for each six months more |
Where Meminto suits better
Meminto is built for a long book. A plan gives up to two years to write it, the book can reach 480 pages, and there are twelve kinds of memory book to start from.
Its life story questions come ready-made in English, German, Spanish and Portuguese, and its speech to text covers 23 language variants. A QR code in the printed book plays video as well as audio.
Questions people ask
Is Chorus an alternative to Meminto?
Yes. Meminto and Chorus both gather a family's memories by voice, video and writing and print them in a hardcover book. Meminto has a free mini book to try, then a plan you pay for up front. Chorus is free to fill, and you pay once for the podcast or the book when it's ready.
How do the prices compare?
The Chorus printed hardcover is $115 with postage and with every recording written out. Meminto's Essential plan is $99 for a book of up to 100 pages. Its pricing page lists postage from $8.99, and turning recordings into text uses credits.
Do both turn voice recordings into text?
Yes. On Chorus it happens by itself and costs nothing extra, and you can edit the words on any page. On Meminto you pick the recordings to transcribe, and each one uses credits.
Can the family hear all the recordings in one go?
On Chorus, yes. Send the family the podcast link and it runs from the first voice to the last. Meminto plays each recording from its own QR code.
Is there a deadline to finish the book?
You decide when a Chorus book closes. Meminto gives up to two years and then charges $25.90 for each six months more.
Sources: Chorus prices, Meminto, Meminto pricing, Meminto memory books, Meminto languages, Meminto collaboration, Meminto audio and video QR codes, Meminto help centre
Other alternatives to Meminto
We've read each of these on its own site too.