About & FAQs

Memtastic is a memory capture and engagement platform that uses conversational reminiscence to capture the stories behind your photos, keep your family connected, and your parents engaged. The first conversation starts it. Every one after that adds to it. The more your family talks about a photo, the richer the story gets — and the closer you feel to it.

Neither. It runs in the web browser on any phone, tablet or computer, and your mobile number plus a code we text you signs you in.

Memtastic looks at the photo, then asks you about it, one question at a time. Answer in your own words; you can type, or tap the microphone and talk. Keep going as long as you like. When you're finished, tap Done: Memtastic writes a short summary of the memory, and it appears under the photo on your home screen.

Reminiscing means thinking or talking about past experiences, and a photo, song or familiar object often starts the process. It has been studied for more than sixty years in hospitals, care homes, community centers and living rooms [1][2][3], including dozens of randomized trials [4][5]. The results? They consistently show benefits for mood and life satisfaction and, among people with memory impairment, for thinking and memory [5][6][7].

Memtastic is a conversational reminiscing service built on the field’s core findings: a photo starts it, a conversation carries it, and every conversation is a chance to stay connected to a memory while saving the story behind the photo. Memtastic itself hasn’t been clinically studied.

Memtastic is built on five research-backed principles. Each starts with what the research found, then how Memtastic is designed around it.

Principle 1: Telling your own story.

In a 2026 analysis, the approaches with the largest effects asked people for their own story — narrative therapy, and dignity therapy, which asks what mattered most, what you’re proudest of, and what you’d want people to know [5][8].

Memtastic asks plain, unhurried questions, one memory at a time, and leaves the answer to the person.

Principle 2: Being heard by someone who matters.

As people age, they put more of their energy into the relationships that matter most [9]. And when older adults were asked why they reminisce, the reason that set them apart was to teach and pass on [10].

Memtastic keeps each story in the teller’s own words and shares it with family. It asks at most one question at a time, and a short reaction can just stand.

Principle 3: Some kinds of remembering help. Some don’t.

Researchers who mapped why people reminisce found some reasons nourishing — making sense of what happened, recalling how you got through it, passing experience on — and others not, like replaying old bitterness [11][2].

For the person whose story it is, Memtastic’s questions move from what happened, to what it took, to what it meant. When a memory is heavy, the conversation stays with the person.

Principle 4: Specific beats general.

Low mood tends to come with remembering in summaries (“we went to the lake a lot”) instead of moments. Practicing the recall of specific moments has become a studied approach of its own, including with older adults [12][13].

Memtastic starts with what’s in the photo and asks for one moment, not a summary.

Principle 5: A little at a time, over time.

Gains in life satisfaction were larger in programs that ran eight weeks or more [5][14].

When you come back to a memory, Memtastic picks up from what was captured before, and texts bring a photo back at a pace you set.

Memtastic is a family storytelling service. It is not a medical device, treatment, or therapy, it does not diagnose or assess anyone, and we make no claims about health outcomes. Research on reminiscence describes the practice as a field; it is not a claim about this product. Memtastic is meant to sit alongside the care you already give.

One person starts a plan and invites the others as members. Everyone on the plan sees everyone's memories, except ones marked private. Members can chat on, and add photos to, any memory not marked private.

They can add their own memories and photos, chat on yours, and add to the story of any memory on your plan. Everyone on the plan can edit a memory's title and story. Only you (the memory's owner) and the Admin can delete it, and only you can change who can see it by marking it “Private.”

It’s meant for a member who finds technology confusing. They skip setup and land straight on the family feed. The settings, profile and plan screens are hidden, as are the edit, share and add-photo controls on each card. They read, listen and chat. The Admin manages their account for them. It is activated by the Admin when they generate the member invite.

Both. Each card shows the memory's summary. If he opens a chat, every reply has a speaker button that reads it aloud, and he can answer by voice with the microphone.

Text messages from Memtastic that bring one of your memories back to you: a photo, a line about it, and a link. Tap the link and you are in a chat about that memory. They are texts, not alerts inside the app, and they are different from sharing a memory by link.

Every member of a plan gets notifications. Each member sets their own pace in Profile Settings. The Account Admin can also change it for any member, and sets it for Easy mode members.

Notifications are managed in Menu -> Profile Settings. Frequency options include: Weekly, Every Other Week, Monthly, or Off. You can also reply STOP to any text to stop all messages from Memtastic, and HELP for help. Message and data rates may apply.

Yes, up to ten per memory. On the card, tap the add-photo icon above the picture.

Yes. Tap the pencil above the card. Make your changes, then tap Save at the top. You can also tell Memtastic in a chat, but the boxes are the sure way to change what is shown.

Yes. Tap the pencil and switch on Private Memory. A private memory shows only in your own feed; other family members cannot see it, and it cannot be shared by link. Switch it off again any time.

Yes. Tap the pencil (Edit) above the card. At the bottom of that screen you will find Delete This Photo and Delete Memory. Deleted photos and memories go to Recently deleted items in Profile Settings. You, or your Account Admin, can bring them back for 30 days. After that they are permanently erased, along with their chats and what Memtastic learned from them.

No. Nothing you add is public, and nothing is searchable. A photo is seen only by the members of your plan, and by anyone you personally send a share link to. Mark a memory Private and only you can see it.

No and no. When you talk, your words are turned into text and the recording isn’t kept. It knows who’s in a photo only because you told it.

Deleting a photo or a memory hides it right away, along with its chats. It stays in Recently deleted items in Profile Settings for 30 days, where you or your Account Admin can bring it back. After 30 days the photo files, chats and what Memtastic learned from them are permanently erased. Deleting your account (in Profile Settings) turns off sign-in at once and removes your data after 30 days. Stories other members told about a shared memory stay with them.

Yes. Signing in gives you a free trial: no credit card required, and it never expires. It includes a small number of photos, chats and notifications so you can see how Memtastic works; the current amounts can be seen in Menu -> Subscriptions.

Paid plans offer more photos, chats and notifications each month for your family: the plan also sets how many members you can invite. Three sizes of family plans are offered and are available monthly or yearly; see the Pricing page.

Subscriptions in the menu shows your plan and usage. Manage Billing opens the billing page, where you can change or cancel; a cancelled plan runs to the end of the period you paid for, then returns to a free trial.