The best digital legacy app for you

The best digital legacy app in 2026 depends on the outcome you want: Afterlife.ai™ if you want a living Persona your family can actually talk with (free build of 25 memories, then $14.99 or $29.99 per month), StoryWorth if you want a printed memoir book, Storii if your storyteller does best on an ordinary phone call, and GoodTrust if the priority is wills, passwords and accounts. We build Afterlife.ai, so read this guide with that in mind: every price and availability note was re-checked in August 2026, including HereAfter AI's shutdown.

This guide is published by Afterlife AI, so read it with that in mind. We have tried to describe every other product fairly and accurately, and we tell you plainly where each one fits, including where it may suit you better than we do.

What should you look for in a digital legacy app?

Before comparing names, get clear on the criteria that actually matter.

• Consent model. Is the legacy built by the person themselves, while they are alive and able to agree to it? Consent-based capture is the cleanest ethical and legal footing, especially for anything involving a voice.

• Voice. Some apps preserve your real recorded voice; others only store text or written stories. If hearing the person again matters to you, ask exactly how voice is captured and how it is consented to.

• Governance and control after death. What happens to the legacy once the person passes? Can it be changed, who can access it, and is there a verified process before anyone gets in? This is the part most apps say least about.

• Data location and privacy. Where is your content stored, under which country's privacy laws, and how is it encrypted? For sensitive material like a voiceprint, jurisdiction matters.

• Interactivity. Do loved ones read a finished book, listen to recordings, or have a back-and-forth conversation? Each is valid; they are very different experiences.

• Free build or trial. Can you start, and see real value, before paying? Look closely at whether a free tier is a one-time build you keep or a countdown that expires.

• Price and what it really buys. Subscriptions, one-off books, and estate-planning fees are not comparable. Match the pricing model to the outcome you want.

What are the main digital legacy apps in 2026?

Afterlife AI™

Afterlife AI is an Australian company (built and Australian-hosted) that lets a living person build a governed AI Persona of themselves: their memories, stories, values and way of speaking, with consent-based voice preservation as the next layer.

• Consent and governance first. The Persona is built by you, while alive. Executor Lock™ governs what happens after death: your consent for posthumous playback is recorded, then locked, so what your family receives is exactly what you agreed to and cannot be changed afterward.

• Voice by consent. Your real voice is preserved from your own recordings with explicit consent that covers playback for family later. It is positioned as consent-based voice preservation, not a generic gadget.

• Generous free build. Start with 25 memories to build your Persona, free, no card, and your free build never expires.

• Three clear plans. Free, Legacy at $14.99/month, and Eternal at $29.99/month. Family inherits the time you have paid for.

HereAfter AI

HereAfter AI was a US interactive memory app: a virtual interviewer guided a person through prompts and saved the answers as real recorded audio, so family could later ask a question and hear the reply in their own voice. HereAfter AI announced its shutdown in July 2026. As of August 2026 the homepage no longer loads, the app has not been updated since September 2023, and the published route to retrieving recordings is email. If your family has recordings there, read how to save your recordings before anything else.

• Do not start a new subscription. The service is winding down and new interviews are time you may have to spend again elsewhere.

• Existing users: request a full export now. No retrieval deadline has been announced, and that is a reason to move, not to relax.

• The recordings themselves remain valuable. Once the files are in your hands they are yours, whatever you use next.

StoryFile

StoryFile pioneered conversational video: a person is filmed answering questions, and viewers can then ask questions and get life-like video responses. It has notable museum and historical work, including Holocaust survivor projects.

• Best if a filmed, on-camera conversation is the experience you want.

• The company restructured and changed ownership in 2025, and its consumer StoryFile Life app has operated on a waitlist while the platform is rebuilt, so check current availability before committing.

Storii

Storii records life stories over the phone. Your loved one receives scheduled calls (or calls in), answers questions from a large prompt library, and the recordings are transcribed and can become an audiobook or transcript.

• Excellent for older relatives who are not comfortable with apps; it works on any phone, including a landline, with no smartphone needed.

• Published pricing has been around $9.99/month or roughly $99/year. It captures and preserves stories rather than building an interactive AI persona.

StoryWorth

StoryWorth emails one life-story question a week for a year. The person replies by email, web or recorded phone call, and the answers are compiled into a printed hardcover book.

• A great gift if a keepsake memoir book is the goal.

• It is a written and printed product, not an interactive or AI experience, and the legacy lives mainly on paper. Plans have ranged from roughly $59 to $199 depending on book options.

GoodTrust

GoodTrust is a digital legacy and estate-planning platform. It helps create wills, trusts and directives, store important documents, and manage or memorialize online accounts after death.

• Best if your priority is the legal and account side of dying: paperwork, passwords and access, not story or voice.

• It is complementary to a memory app rather than a substitute. Pricing has centered on a one-off estate plan fee (around $149) plus a smaller annual update fee.

Eternos

Eternos began as a service to preserve a person's voice and stories after death and drew wide attention through an early terminally ill client.

• In 2025 it raised funding and pivoted toward Uare.ai, shifting focus from posthumous legacy toward professional AI versions of living people.

• Because of that shift, confirm its current consumer legacy offering directly before relying on it for an after-death use case.

The same options side by side. Prices and status re-checked by hand on 18 August 2026.

Which digital legacy app is right for you?

• You want loved ones to keep talking with you, with control over what happens after death: an interactive, governed AI persona like Afterlife AI™ fits, especially if consent, voice and after-death governance matter to you.

• You mainly want spoken stories in a real voice: HereAfter AI or Storii are strong, with Storii ideal for a non-technical older relative on the phone.

• You want a filmed, on-camera conversation: StoryFile, subject to its current availability.

• You want a printed memoir keepsake: StoryWorth.

• You want wills, accounts and estate logistics handled: GoodTrust, alongside a memory app rather than instead of one.

There is no single best digital legacy app, only the best fit for what you want to leave and how you want it cared for. If interactivity, consent and lasting control are at the top of your list, those are the criteria we built Afterlife AI around.

Frequently asked questions

Use the questions below to pressure-test any app you are considering.

What is a digital legacy app?

It is an app that captures your memories, stories, voice or values so loved ones can keep them after you pass. Some record audio or video, some print a memoir book, some manage accounts and estate paperwork, and newer ones build an interactive AI persona you can talk with.

What is the best digital legacy app?

There is no single best one. The right choice depends on what you want to leave and how much control you want afterward. For spoken stories Storii is strong, and HereAfter AI is winding down as of 2026 so it is no longer a safe starting point; for a printed memoir, StoryWorth; for estate and account logistics, GoodTrust; and for a governed, interactive AI persona with consent-based voice, Afterlife AI.

What is the difference between a memory book app and an AI persona app?

A memory book app, such as StoryWorth, compiles written answers into a finished keepsake your family reads. An AI persona app, such as Afterlife AI, builds an interactive version of you from your memories and voice that loved ones can have a back-and-forth conversation with.

How does consent work for a voice in these apps?

It varies, so ask directly. The cleanest approach is consent-based capture, where the person preserves their own voice from their own recordings while alive and explicitly agrees to how it may be used later. At Afterlife AI that consent also covers posthumous playback and is locked at Executor Lock so it cannot be changed after death.

Can I try a digital legacy app for free before paying?

Often, but check what free means. Some apps offer a short trial that ends, others let invited family listen at no cost. Afterlife AI gives a one-time free build of 25 memories, with no card, that never expires.

Does it matter where my data is stored?

Yes, especially for sensitive material like a voiceprint, because the country of storage sets the privacy rules that apply. Afterlife AI is an Australian company with Australian-hosted storage, where a voiceprint is treated as sensitive information requiring express consent.

Sources

• Afterlife AI, accessed 18 August 2026.

• HereAfter AI, accessed 18 August 2026.

• HereAfter AI pricing, accessed 18 August 2026.

• StoryFile, accessed 18 August 2026.

• Storii, accessed 18 August 2026.

• StoryWorth, accessed 18 August 2026.

• GoodTrust, accessed 18 August 2026.

• Eternos, accessed 18 August 2026.

• Uare.ai, accessed 18 August 2026.