Mantle: Pass It Down
Memories, saved for your child
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Mantle is a place for parents to leave something real for their child — their voice, their words, their photos, the small moments that make up a life. So that one day, their child has something that really feels like them.
The name comes from "mantle": a cloak, an inheritance, a covering. Something passed down, hand to hand. The app is built around that exact idea — what gets passed on, before time takes the chance.
HOW IT WORKS
Each day, Mantle gives you one quiet prompt — a question or memory cue — and asks you to record an answer. It can be a voice memo, a written note, a photo with a caption, or a short video. Just one moment. A few minutes a day, no more.
Every entry files into a chapter — early childhood, holidays, advice, hard days, small joys, your own story before they were here, and so on. Over months and years, those entries become a book of you — in your voice, your words, your images. Something they can revisit at sixteen, at twenty-five, at fifty.
WHY DAILY PROMPTS
The hardest part of leaving something behind isn't deciding to do it — it's knowing what to say. Mantle removes that paralysis. The prompt for the day is already chosen. You just answer.
WHY IT MATTERS
Photos preserve faces. Voice captures personality. Written words carry thought. Whatever form feels natural to you — a quick recording, a few typed lines, a photo — Mantle holds it.
THE CAPSULE
Everything you record can be exported as a Capsule — a single self-contained file that holds your voice notes, photos, videos, and written entries arranged in a timeline. No app required to open it. No internet. No login. Works in any browser, on any device, forever.
Save it to iCloud. Drop it on a hard drive. Hand it to your child when they turn eighteen. The file will open on hardware that doesn't exist yet.
This is what Mantle is building toward — not just entries. A capsule.
HOW MANTLE HANDLES YOUR DATA
Everything stays on your device. Mantle has no servers, no accounts, no cloud sync, no analytics, no ads. Your recordings, photos, and notes are stored locally in the app. We can't read them, lose them, or sell them — they aren't ours to touch.
DAILY REMINDERS
Set one time and the days you want to be reminded. Mantle sends a quiet local notification with that day's prompt. Nothing is pulled from a server; everything is scheduled on your device.
PERMISSIONS WE ASK FOR
- Microphone — to record voice messages
- Camera — to record videos and capture photos
- Photo library — so you can attach existing photos to entries
- Notifications — for the daily reminder you set yourself
All of it stays local to your phone.
FREE, AND INTENDED TO STAY THAT WAY.
Pass it down.
Your exported capsule now displays perfectly on iPhone — photos, voice recordings, videos, and letters all open right inside the file, no computer needed.
The developer, Pearson Kilgore, 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
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Information
- Seller
- Pearson Kilgore
- Size
- 38.3 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 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 Pearson Kilgore