Deserves.com

Your parents have stories
you've never heard.

Guided questions. Their voice. Recorded and saved forever — in 10 minutes a week.

No credit card required. Cancel anytime.

My dad passed on a Tuesday in October. He was 74. Sharp mind, bad heart.

After the funeral I kept thinking — I never asked him about the night he met my mom. I never recorded him telling the story about hitchhiking across Canada at 19. I never asked what he was most proud of.

I had his voicemail saved on my phone. 11 seconds. That was it.

"I had so many chances. I just kept thinking there'd be more time."

Deserves exists for people who aren't going to wait anymore. Simple guided questions. A gentle weekly reminder. Their voice, their stories — saved and shared with everyone who loves them.

You don't need a journalist's skills. You just need to start.

How it works

Three steps. Ten minutes. Stories that last forever.

Pick a question

We give you a guided question each week — crafted to unlock the stories your parents have never thought to tell.

Record their answer

Call them, visit, or send them the app. They answer in their own voice. You capture it in one tap.

Share with family

Every recording is saved to a private family library. Kids, grandkids, cousins — everyone gets access forever.

What families are saying

"My mom has Alzheimer's. We started Deserves six months ago. Those recordings are the most precious thing our family owns."

— Sarah K., Vancouver BC

"Dad laughed so hard telling me about his first car. I've listened to that recording probably 30 times. He passed last spring."

— Marcus T., Calgary AB

"I thought my parents' stories were ordinary. Every single recording proved me wrong. This is the best gift I've ever given my kids."

— Jennifer M., Toronto ON

The average person waits until it's too late.

We don't say that to scare you. We say it because we've heard from thousands of families who wish they'd started sooner. The stories don't disappear all at once — they fade, slowly, until one day they're gone.

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7 days free. Then $19/month or $149/year. Cancel anytime.

What you actually get

Not features. Real outcomes.

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Their voice. Forever.

Not a transcript. Not notes. Their actual voice — the laugh, the pause, the way they tell a story. Audio recordings that last as long as your family does.

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Stories they've never told anyone

Our questions are designed to unlock memories that never come up in normal conversation. You'll hear things you've never heard — guaranteed.

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Your whole family gets access

Share the library with siblings, cousins, grandkids. Everyone listens. Everyone adds to it. One account, the whole family benefits.

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It actually happens — automatically

A new question arrives every week. No planning, no prep, no remembering. You open the email, read the question, press record. Done.

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Private and secure

Your family's recordings are private by default. Only people you invite can listen. Encrypted storage, no ads, no data selling. Ever.

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Works on any device

Phone, tablet, computer — record anywhere. No app download required. Your parents don't need to do anything except talk.

"I keep meaning to do this
but never actually do it."

We hear this constantly. And we built Deserves specifically to solve it.

Most people who want to capture their parents' stories never do — not because they don't care, but because there's no system that makes it happen automatically.

Deserves is that system.

Every Monday, a question arrives in your inbox. You don't have to think of what to ask. You don't have to plan a session. You just read it — at dinner, on your Sunday call, whenever it feels right — and record the answer.

52 questions a year. 52 recordings. In 3 years, you have 156 stories in their voice.

That's the whole system. It works because it removes every excuse.

This week's question

"What's the bravest thing you've ever done?"

📱 Record their answer →

Next week

"What do you wish you'd told your younger self?"

Week after

"When did you feel most proud of our family?"

Why Deserves — not the alternatives

You have options. Here's how they stack up.

	Deserves	Novavo	DIY (phone/notebook)	Doing nothing
Guided questions provided	✅ Weekly	✅ Prompt cards	❌ You figure it out	❌
Voice recordings	✅ Unlimited	✅ Physical recorder	⚠️ Scattered files	❌
Recordings saved securely forever	✅ Cloud library	⚠️ On physical device	❌ Easily lost	❌
Share with whole family	✅ Instant sharing	❌ Physical only	⚠️ Manual effort	❌
System that makes it actually happen	✅ Weekly reminders	❌ Up to you	❌ Up to you	❌
Works on any device	✅ Any phone/computer	⚠️ Requires hardware	⚠️ Requires setup	❌
Price	$19/mo or $149/yr	$79 one-time	Free (but never happens)	Free (stories disappear)

Your parents have storiesyou've never heard.