Always Here compared to other legacy vault apps

If you're choosing where to leave your voice for your family, here's an honest side by side. Where we can't verify something another company offers, we say "not stated" rather than guess. Details last checked in 2026, so check their sites before you decide.

Price

Always Here:: Free for 5 memories · $9.99/mo Premium · $19.99/mo Family (tax included)
Aeternum:: About $7.99/month
MyLifeLedger:: $49/year flat

Voice recording in the app

Always Here:: Yes, no time limit, up to 200 MB a file
Aeternum:: Yes
MyLifeLedger:: Limited

Every recording written out as text

Always Here:: Yes, and letters can be read aloud in a chosen voice
Aeternum:: Not stated
MyLifeLedger:: Not stated

Delivery on a date you pick

Always Here:: Yes, emailed automatically on the morning you choose
Aeternum:: Yes
MyLifeLedger:: Yes

Shared family vault

Always Here:: Up to 6 members, family timeline and shared albums
Aeternum:: Not stated
MyLifeLedger:: Not stated

Download everything you saved

Always Here:: Yes, a zip of your real files with instructions, any time
Aeternum:: Not stated
MyLifeLedger:: Not stated

Scanned keepsakes and documents

Always Here:: Yes, with a clean scanned look and PDF
Aeternum:: Not stated
MyLifeLedger:: Not stated

Free trial

Always Here:: 7 days of Premium, card required
Aeternum:: Not stated
MyLifeLedger:: Not stated

Who each one suits

A yearly flat fee like MyLifeLedger's is cheaper if all you want is a written record. Always Here is built around your voice and face: recording, transcribing, reading letters aloud, and delivering them to a specific person on a specific day, with a shared vault if your whole family wants to add to it.

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