Ask something real
Choose a person, a memory, or an object. A thoughtful prompt removes the blank page and gives the conversation somewhere natural to begin.
Choose a question →
Begin with one conversation
Every life is
a story. Keep it.
You do not have to capture a whole life today. Ask one honest question, record the voice that answers, and let the story grow from there.
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A smaller first step
One question is enough to begin.
Most people put this off because preserving a whole life feels impossibly large. Golden Record makes the next step clear: choose someone, make ten quiet minutes, and ask what you have always meant to ask.
Keep the way they tell it
Record the laugh, the pause, and the detail only they remember. Ten quiet minutes is enough for a first story.
See recording →Let the record grow
Add a photograph, name the people, or invite one more voice. The archive becomes richer a little at a time.
See the tools →
A shared memory
No one remembers a life alone.
A sibling remembers childhood. A friend remembers who they became. A photograph brings back the name everyone had forgotten. Invite one person at a time and let each voice add a chapter without erasing the others.
See how stories come together →Designed for trust
The story remains yours.
A recording only matters if your family can still open it years from now. Golden Record keeps the originals and their context together—and never makes one app the only way back in.
- Private by default
- Export a complete copy
- Open beyond Golden Record
One continuous record
Capture where life happens. Continue when you have time.
Use the nearest device for the moment in front of you. Everything returns to the same private family record, ready to shape when there is time.
Golden Record Mobile
Capture the voice note, photograph, question, or memory that arrives while life is happening.
Golden Record for Mac
Import, organise, edit, back up, and prepare a complete family archive in a dedicated desktop workspace.
Golden Record on the web
Give the story a private home where family can listen, read, and contribute from anywhere.
Enough for today
One person.
One question.
Ten minutes.
That is all a family record needs to begin. Save one story now; the rest can grow when life brings it back.