The Ethos Blog
Honest writing about capturing a life story. How families actually got it done, what these services really cost, and what ends up in the finished book.
Before you choose
8 reasons families choose an interview over a question a week
A question lands in his inbox once a week, he writes the answer, and a year later you print whatever he wrote. What that actually gets you, and why families have him interviewed instead.
Honest review
StoryWorth review: what the three plans cost, and what turns up
$59, $109 or $199 a year. What each plan includes, what the printed book is, and the thing nobody says first: on the cheapest plan the weekly email asks her to type. With screenshots of their live product.
Honest comparison
StoryWorth alternatives: what to use instead, and why
Three real ones, compared on price, renewal, typing and page limits, plus the times StoryWorth is still the right answer.
Honest review
Remento review: what it costs, and what the book is like
We used it. Every price, what renews, the 8x10 hardcover and its QR codes, how the prompts really work, and five places Remento beats us. With screenshots from our own account.
Honest review
Memowrite review: the price, the renewal, and the book
Their page shows $57 and does not say the plan renews. What Memowrite publishes about the price, the A5 book, the 50 questions and the recordings, plus their Trustpilot rating.
Honest comparison
Memowrite vs Ethos: what it costs, and what renews
Their page shows $57 and does not say the plan renews. What Memowrite publishes about the price, the book, the 50 questions and the recordings, next to ours.
Honest comparison
StoryWorth vs Remento vs Ethos: a pile of stories, or a real memoir?
All three turn a life into a hardcover book. Two collect separate stories, one writes a narrative the way a biographer would. Real prices, real page limits, and the parts where the other two beat us.
A family story
My dad came home from Vietnam in 1969 and never talked about it.
How one family finally captured a Vietnam veteran's stories, in his own voice, without asking him to write a single word.
A family story
My father hated writing. So his life story almost went with him.
How one Utah family finally captured Grandpa's stories, in his own voice, without asking him to type a single word.