Questions
Questions people ask
How is this different from…
Storyworth?
A subscription that prompts the recipient to write their own life story over a year. It’s self-narrated. It doesn’t gather what other people would say. It reads as autobiography, not as testimony from the people around them.
Kudoboard?
Multiple contributors, communal viewing, digital only. Tributes without a life story. Nothing to hold. It expires when the scrolling stops.
Kudoboard's book?
Yes, the digital board can become a book. It’s a 7×7 inch volume of messages and photos with no story or life-moments structure, very limited editing, and no design system. A Kudoboard with a cover.
Snapfish, Photobox or Papier?
A beautiful blank canvas. You design it from scratch, gather the photos yourself, write the captions yourself. Hours of work, no coordination, no structure, and no words from anyone else.
A card, or an office leaving card?
One voice, or many tiny ones. Gone within a week.
A handwritten letter?
Personal and considered, but it depends on the writer, has no photographs, and is easily lost.
So what do you do that none of them do?
Many voices by design. A three-part structure — era chapters, stories, and what people would say out loud. A book that exists from the moment you sign up rather than a blank page. And the coordination: asking the right people the right questions, telling you what’s missing, chasing what’s late.
Making the book
Can I add someone later?
Yes. Share the link with anyone, at any point — there’s no list to manage and no limit. Memorial boards often gather the most when the link travels beyond the first people you think to send it to.
If you’ve already ordered a book, the board stays open. New memories can go into a later edition.
What if a photo isn't good enough?
Most family photographs are smaller than a printer would ideally like, and that is completely normal. A photograph is never rejected for being small, and it is never enlarged to fake detail it doesn’t have.
Where it matters is cropping. When you zoom into a photograph, the editor stops you at the point where it would start to look soft and tells you that’s why. You can go past it if you want to — the limit is there to inform you, not to overrule you.
What we don’t do is flag photographs at upload. In a real family album most of them would be flagged, which helps nobody.
What if I miss the deadline?
There’s no deadline you can miss. You decide when the book is ready — after a month, after a year, or whenever enough has gathered. If you’ve set a date for contributions to close, you can change it.
Can I see it before it prints?
Yes. You approve the book before anything is ordered — you’ll see the finished pages exactly as they’ll print, and you can keep editing until you’re happy. Nothing is sent to the printer until you confirm.
The board over time
What happens after 10 years?
The board is included for 10years. Before that ends, we’ll contact the organiser with options to keep it online, download everything, create a printed edition, or close the board. We will never remove a memorial board without notice.
Can I download everything?
Yes. The organiser can download the board archive at any time, including photos, videos, messages, contributor names, and dates added.
Can the board stay online longer?
Yes. Before the included period ends, you can extend the board. We’ll show the available options well in advance.