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Tellforth vs Storii
Storii calls the storyteller on a schedule (several times a week), asks a recorded question, records the answer and transcribes it. It is the lowest-tech option in the category and good for people who will not use an app. The output is a transcript archive, not a book.
What Storii does well
- Works on any phone, including a landline
- Scheduled calls mean no homework and no app
- Audio archive with transcripts
Where Storii falls short
- The question is recorded; nobody listens to the answer and follows up
- What you get is transcripts; a book means editing them yourself
- Subscription pricing
Side by side
| Storii | Tellforth | |
|---|---|---|
| How stories are gathered | Scheduled automated calls; one recorded question each | Visits are by voice in the app, with a live interviewer who listens and follows up; phone-call visits at a set time are a premium add-on |
| Follow-up questions | None | One record of every person, place, saying and story; the next question comes from what is still missing |
| What you get | Audio and transcripts | A designed, finished book: a memoir in the teller's own words, or a novel built on the true story with what was invented listed at the back |
| Ownership | Subscription; check current terms | You own every recording and word; export everything free, any time; no subscription |
| Price | About $99 to $119 a year (check their site) | One-time price; no renewal |
Verdict
Choose Storii if an automated call and an audio archive are enough. Choose this if you want the conversation to be real and the result to be a book; phone-call visits are available here too, as a premium add-on.
Sources
Prices and features of other products are as published on their own sites at the time of writing and may have changed. If something here is wrong, write to hello@tellforth.com and we will fix it.