How to Use Life Tape

A quick guide to capturing memories, organizing your timeline, and sharing only what you choose.

Five screens. One simple flow.

Capture in the moment, review later, and keep private thoughts private.

Timeline screen showing life chapters

Timeline

  • Create life chapters with keywords and date ranges—College, Military, Marriage, whatever your story holds.
  • When you speak a memory, Life Tape uses those chapter keywords to automatically place it in the right period.
  • The Lifeline ribbon shows all your chapters at a glance, including how they overlap.
  • Tap any chapter to filter and browse only the memories that belong to it.
Record screen capturing a spoken memory

Record

  • Tap the record button and speak naturally. Life Tape transcribes, titles, and dates your memory automatically.
  • Toggle Active Listening for hands-free capture—say "Tape Record" to start and "Stop Tape" to finish.
  • After recording, a 6-second review lets you save immediately or edit the title, date, or transcript first.
  • Fully bilingual—toggle between English and Spanish in settings and Life Tape listens and transcribes in the language you choose.
MyStory and MyThoughts showing two perspectives

My Story & My Thoughts

  • Browse all your memories in chronological order with a full-text search at the top.
  • Zoom in for titles and previews, or zoom out for a clean date-only view.
  • Use the bottom drawer to manually date any memory that couldn't be placed automatically.
  • My Thoughts is a mirror of My Story for undated notes, ideas, phrases, and things you want to hold onto without a timestamp.
Settings screen for privacy, exporting, and preferences

Settings

  • Define custom trigger words for recording start, stop, private content, and quick notes.
  • Set a 6-digit PIN to protect your Private Side—a completely separate space only you can access.
  • Export your memories as PDF or plain text: selected items, by chapter, or your entire archive.
  • Manage your profile, accessibility preferences, and links to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Life Weave

AI Narrative

Life Weave New in v2

  • Life Weave reads across all your memories and weaves them into a single, flowing narrative—written in a style you choose.
  • Choose from three writing styles: Reflective, Storyteller, or Legacy Letter. Each produces a different voice and tone.
  • Generated per life chapter, then knit together with continuity so the full document reads as one cohesive story.
  • Private memories stay private—your PIN-protected content is never included unless you explicitly choose to weave it.
  • View, edit, and export your Life Weave from the Web Companion as a PDF or plain text file.

View, edit, and export on the web.

The Life Tape Web Companion gives you a full reading and editing experience from any browser—no app required.

Open app.lifetape.app →