You finally asked.
…and found out your mom might have been cooler than you. Mom's answers are wild.
Four thousand photos, and you can't name the stories behind most of them — the wild ones are still in their head. Sommos gets them out loud, in her voice, one small question at a time.
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People are already crying in their kitchens.
My grandparents met at the airport the day they arrived — married six months later. I’m 39, and no one ever told me.
Renée · granddaughter of immigrants
He drove to Reno at 3am to propose. My parents never told me — the app finally got it out of them.
Danielle · eldest daughter, 55
Definitely had a Sommos moment. I did it in a cafe and was afraid I was gonna start crying.
Zerline · two kids, one aging parent, 49
One Spark a day. Watch it snowball.
No film crew, no big sit-down interview. Just one small question a day that quietly turns into a whole archive of your family — in their own voices. Three minutes a day. That's the whole ask.
Answer today's Spark
One surprising little question lands each day — the kind you'd never think to ask but always wanted the answer to.
Send it to someone
Fire it off to Mom, Dad, Grandma, your sister. They answer by voice whenever they're ready — no pressure, no scheduling.
It's saved forever
Their answer gets transcribed and tucked into the Arkive™ automatically — real voice, every tangent, kept for good.
Everyone chimes in
Same Story Spark™, different answers — everyone in the family can chime in. The Arkive keeps growing and the stories get richer with every voice.
Blanking on what to ask? We got you.
Every day a surprising little prompt lands — today it's “What did your mom always keep in her purse?”, tomorrow something you'd never think to ask. Answer it yourself, or send it to Mom, Dad, or the whole family and hear their versions. No blank page, no idea where to start — just tap and talk.
Not one storyteller. The whole family.
Other apps record one person talking into the void. Sommos is the family Arkive: everyone contributes, everyone curates. Mom's version of that Sunday is not Dad's version — and honestly, hers is better. The more voices join, the richer it gets. That's the part nobody can copy.
Not files. Records.
A text vanishes. A photo can't talk. This is her — real voice, every tangent — playing like a real record, the kind you grew up with, warm and crackly, spinning right there on the screen. Drop the needle and it's her, with the whole family chiming in with their side.
Built for the one carrying everything.
You don't need another thing on your plate — you need the one on your “someday” list to finally take three minutes. Easy enough for the grandparents; quick enough that Gen Z will actually open it. A lifeline for everyone in the middle holding it all together with one hand.
The sandwich generation
Kids above, parents below, you holding the whole sandwich. Three minutes is a break, not a chore.
Grandparents who love a tangent
One big button. Talk as long as you like. For once, nobody's rushing you off the phone.
Siblings who mean well
Can't fly home this month? You can still show up in the group chat that actually matters.
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We are our stories.
Start the conversation you keep almost starting.
Join the early-access list. We'll send you the first Spark — and a genuinely good reason to text your mom back. First families get in first.
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