A family storytelling platform · coming to iOS this fall

We are
our stories.

Every voice. Every story. Every photo. Kept forever.

Your mom's voice is on someone's old iPhone. Your dad's stories are in your head. 4,000 photos in your camera roll — and you don't know the story behind most of them. Sommos is the family Arkive: one place for the voices, the stories, the answers to the questions you've been meaning to ask. Less than 3 minutes a day. Go from chaos to connection.

Your spot is held.

You're on the early-access list for the iOS launch this fall. We'll bring families in in waves — yours is reserved. Watch your inbox; a confirmation just landed.

The Sommos home screen — Hey Nikki, your family has 13 stories from 5 voices, with a story from Mom ready to play

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See it work

Three minutes. Every day.

The Sommos record screen — Today's Spark with a thoughtful question for the family, a tap-to-record button, and a two-minute timer below
The daily ritual

What you actually get

  • A new Spark every day

    The questions you've been meaning to ask — finally easy to start. One thoughtful question every morning, two-minute voice answers, wherever you are. In line, on a walk, before bed. No notebook, no extra equipment, no someday. Today.

  • Every voice — not just one

    Most apps record a single storyteller. Sommos is built for your whole family — parents, siblings, partners, kids — because who you are comes from all of them. The version Mom tells of the same Sunday is never the version Dad tells. Both belong in your Arkive, organized by person and question.

  • An Arkive that grows forever

    Every funny story, every recipe nobody wrote down, every saying only your family knows, every "I never told anyone this." Added by everyone, for everyone. Your kids will hear it 10 years from now. Your grandkids in 20. Built one Spark at a time.

Get early access

You've been meaning to ask Dad about his life for years. Sommos asks for you.

From the first families

What people
say after a Spark

Definitely had a Sommos moment. I did it in a cafe and was afraid I was gonna start crying.
— Early tester
My mom answered the Tuesday question and I learned she once drove to Reno at 3am to see a band. Forty years and I never knew.
— Daughter, 44, Sacramento
My kids ask if there's a new Spark before they ask about screen time. It's the one app we open together.
— Dad of two, beta family