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The Companion App: A Game-Changer

One of my favorite features is the Storied mobile app.
This alone sets it apart from other platforms.

With the app:

• I can record a story on the go,
  
• save the audio,
  
• and get a word-for-word transcription of exactly what I said.
  

No paraphrasing. No “interpretation.” No rewriting.
Just my actual words—preserved perfectly.

For family history, that matters.

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The Family Tree Integration I Didn’t Know I Needed

Storied lets you build or import your family tree, and then—my favorite part—you can:

• Tag people mentioned in each story
  
• Even tag people who aren’t in your tree
  
• And automatically build indexes of all people and all places that appear in your book
  

Those two auto-generated indexes alone save hours (if not days) of work.

This is the kind of thoughtful detail that only genealogists usually think about—and Storied bakes it right in.

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Stories That Are Truly Multimedia

This is one area where Storied shines brighter than anything else I’ve tried.

Every story in Storied can include a QR code that links directly to the digital version of that story on the platform. When someone scans it, they can see up to:

• 100 media items per story
  
• Photos
  
• Newspaper clippings
  
• PDFs
  
• Audio recordings
  
• And more
  

It creates a book that feels delightfully old-meets-new—printable, tangible stories enhanced by deep digital collections your family can continue exploring.

For anyone preserving a legacy, this is huge.

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The Book Itself

The finished StoriedBook™ is a 6”x9” hardcover, the perfect size for both reading and shelf display.

I love that Storied offers:

• 20 different cover colors,
  
• And the flexibility to include:
  
  • full-page photos
    
  • half-page photos
    
  • or no photo at all
    

This gives you full creative control over the look and feel of each story spread, which is something I always appreciate.

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A Note About Newspapers

Using the integrated NewspaperArchive collection inside Storied is an additional charge.
For me? Totally worth it.

I use newspapers constantly for my family history projects, and being able to search, clip, and drop articles directly into my stories saves so much time. It keeps everything connected and centralized.

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The Most Comprehensive Experience

When I put all of these pieces together—the app, the transcription quality, the tagging and indexing, the flexibility, the multimedia options, the book design, and the genealogy focus—Storied offers the most complete experience of every platform I’ve tested.

If you love to write, curate, organize, and create meaningful family keepsakes, Storied simply gives you more.

And that’s why it’s my clear winner.