Now available on iOS

Preserve the stories
that matter most

Roots helps families record, preserve and share the life stories of the people they love — before those stories are lost forever.

🍎 Download on iPhone See how it works

Free to download · No credit card required

🌳 The Dhaliwal Family
🌿 12 stories captured
✦ Question of the week
"What is your earliest memory?"
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Harjinder Singh Dhaliwal
New story · 2 days ago
"I grew up in a small village outside Jalandhar. Our house was made of mud brick and we had a well in the yard…"
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Gurpreet Kaur Dhaliwal
New story · 5 days ago
"Harjinder used to say my saag could cure any sadness. Food does that. It says what words cannot…"

Simple enough for
any generation

You don't need to be technical. If you can send a WhatsApp message, you can use Roots.

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Step 1

Create your family tree

Add the people you want to capture stories from. Invite family members with a simple code.

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Step 2

Send a question via WhatsApp

Choose from 315 curated questions and send a link to any family member — no app needed on their end.

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Step 3

They record their answer

They tap the link, tap record, and speak their answer. It takes two minutes and uploads automatically.

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Step 4

Stories are preserved forever

Answers appear in your family archive — searchable, shareable, and safe for generations to come.

Grandparents just tap a link

The hardest part of preserving family stories is getting older generations to participate. With Roots, they don't need to download anything.

  • Send any question directly via WhatsApp, iMessage or email
  • Recipient taps a link — opens in their browser, no download required
  • They record or type their answer in under 2 minutes
  • Answer appears in your family archive automatically
  • Works on any smartphone, any age, any tech ability

Everything your family needs

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Voice recording

Record answers in your own voice. Hear your grandmother's laugh, your grandfather's accent — preserved exactly as they are.

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315 curated questions

From childhood memories to life wisdom, love stories to world events. Questions that unlock the stories people forget to tell.

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Family tree

A visual generational tree connecting everyone's stories. See your family history laid out across the generations.

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Places & timeline

Map the places your family has lived, worked and travelled. A visual timeline of each person's life.

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Private & secure

Your family's stories are completely private. Only invited family members can access your archive. Bank-level encryption throughout.

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Printed books

Turn your family archive into a beautifully printed keepsake book. A physical heirloom to pass down through generations.

"Every family has extraordinary stories. Most of them are never written down. Roots exists to change that."
— The Roots team

Start preserving your family's stories today

Free to download. Your first family, unlimited members, and your first 50 stories are completely free.

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