ToldByMe
Tell Your Story in Your Voice
$14.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Tell your story in your own voice. Speak, don't type. Bring old photos to color. Family reads along on iPhone — no purchase needed.
Some stories are too good to lose.
ToldByMe helps you tell yours — in your own voice, on your own time.
Open the book. Five chapters of thoughtful questions ease you into your story — your name, the house you grew up in, the people who shaped you, what you've learned. Speak naturally; the app listens, types, and gently weaves your answers into your opening biography. Each volume after that follows you through the chapters of your life: childhood, building a life, the long view, and a photo album for the pictures you couldn't bring yourself to throw away.
Designed for older hands and eyes. Clear words. Big buttons. No accounts. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. One price, paid once.
WHAT IT DOES
Begin With a Book
ToldByMe opens to a virtual book. Five chapters, thirty questions. Each page asks one thing. You answer in your own voice; the app gently turns it into prose. By the end of Chapter 5, you have an opening biography — Volume I — that reads like the start of a published memoir.
Speak Your Stories
Tap the microphone. Start talking. Apple's on-device speech recognition turns your spoken words into text — works without internet. No typing required.
Guided Questions, Era by Era
After Volume I, the helper continues with the chapters of your life — childhood, school, work, family, the people you've loved. It listens to what you say and asks the next question that matters. Skip any question. End whenever you'd like. There is no finish line.
Polish, in Your Voice
With one tap, your raw words become smoother memoir prose. Your meaning stays yours; only the language is gently tidied.
Old Photos, Restored
Bring scratches, fading, and creases under control. Faces gently sharpened. Even bring black-and-white photos to color — your wedding day, your first house, the camp from 1953.
Hear Your Stories Read Aloud
Tap "Read it to me" and hear your polished memoir spoken back. A quiet way to know it sounds right.
Read with Family
Send an invite to family on iPhone or iPad — they read along on their own phone, no purchase needed. Only you can add or change a story. For family on other devices, save the whole memoir as a keepsake PDF and send it however you like.
DESIGNED FOR SENIORS — REALLY
- 18-point minimum text. Larger if you want it.
- Tap targets sized for older hands.
- Two taps to anywhere. You can't get lost.
- Autosaves as you go. You will not lose your work.
- Full VoiceOver support.
- WCAG AAA contrast.
- Designed so a parent can use it alone — no setup help needed after install.
YOUR STORIES BELONG TO YOU
No account. No login. No advertising. No tracking. Your memoir lives on your phone, with a safe copy in your private iCloud if you'd like one. When the helper polishes your text, only your words travel through our secure server — and they're never stored there.
ONE-TIME PURCHASE
$14.99, paid once, on the App Store. That is everything.
- No subscriptions.
- No in-app purchases.
- No "upgrade for more." There is no more to upgrade to.
- All future updates included.
Family on iPhone read your stories for free. The PDF keepsake works for anyone.
A NOTE ABOUT AI
We use AI three small ways: to weave your wizard answers into your opening biography, to gently rephrase your raw words into smoother prose (you choose when), and to restore old photographs. It does not invent memories. It does not change what you said. You're the author. The app is the helper.
We made this for our own parents and grandparents. We hope yours enjoys it too.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
Version 2.1 — your story, in book form.
What's new:
- A virtual book that opens to your story. Five chapters of thoughtful questions guide you to your opening biography — Volume I — which the app weaves from your answers.
- A library to hold the rest. Volumes II–V follow your life chapter by chapter, with a Photo Album for the pictures you couldn't throw away.
- One price, paid once. ToldByMe is now a $14.99 one-time purchase. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. No upgrades to chase. Everything is included.
- Bring black-and-white family photos to color, gently. Your wedding photo from 1953 in natural color.
- Old photo restoration: scratches, fading, and faces handled with care.
- "Read it to me" — hear your polished memoir spoken aloud, in a quiet, clear voice.
- Read-along for family on iPhone and iPad — they don't need to buy anything to read your stories. Only you can add or change them.
- A safe copy of your memoir kept in your private iCloud (if you'd like).
Quieter improvements: clearer language throughout, calmer wait messages while the helper works, larger targets in places we missed, and many small kindnesses.
Your existing stories are unchanged. Everything you wrote is still here.
Thank you for telling your story.
The developer, David Pickens, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- David Pickens
- Size
- 7.6 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Pixelwright Digital
