Stories in your own voice
Voice notes and videos on the phone, voice on the web. An automatic transcript helps them read along.
Messages for their future
Record today. Be there for them in the years ahead.
Leave your children, family and friends your stories, advice and love, in messages they can open in the future, even when you are no longer here. Choose who each message is for and when it opens.
Record voice messages on the web today. Android and iPhone apps, with video, are coming soon.
For AnikaYour 18th birthdayOpens 14 March 2035
See how it works
Step 1 of 5 · Add your people
Welcome to Pre-sent. First, add the people you’re recording for: a child, a parent, a friend.
Half a minute, with sound. Captions in your language.
How it works
Add your people
A child, a parent, a grandchild, a friend. Add their birthday if you like.
Record in your voice
Tap Record and just talk. A minute is enough. A question can help you start.
Choose when they hear it
Now, on a birthday years from today, when they’re ready, or when you decide.
It waits for them
It stays sealed until then, and only they can open it. When it opens, they have a month to save it to their phone. After that it leaves Pre-sent.
What you can do
Messages for the right day
A blessing for an 18th birthday, a letter for a wedding, words for a hard day. Set it once, and it opens on the day you chose.
Capsules with the whole family
Invite grandparents, uncles and friends to add their voices from a simple link, with no app needed. They open together.
Play all, like one recording
Everyone’s messages play one after another, each with their name, as one family moment.
Chapters of your life
Gather recordings into chapters, like “Where it began” or “Words to carry”.
English, हिन्दी and العربية
The whole app in three languages, with right-to-left Arabic. Record in any language you speak.
Private by default
- Only the people you choose can hear a message, and only when you said.
- Your recordings are stored privately in AWS in Mumbai, India, and are only reached through short-lived links.
- Family links stop working the moment you seal a capsule.
- Messages leave Pre-sent a month after they open, so everyone saves them to their phone. You can delete your account at any time.
Questions
Does it cost anything?
Pre-sent is free while we’re in early access.
Do my family need the app?
No. People you record for can listen on the web, and relatives can add their voices to a capsule from a link in their phone’s browser.
Can I record in Hindi or Arabic?
Yes. Record in any language. The app itself is in English, Hindi and Arabic.
What if I change my mind?
Until a message opens you can change who it’s for, when it opens, or delete it.
What happens to my messages if I’m no longer here?
Messages set for a date or a birthday open on that day, without you needing to do anything. Messages for “when they’re ready” open when they choose. A “someday” message is different: only you can release it, so if you can’t, it stays sealed. Choosing someone to release messages for you isn’t available yet.
How exactly does a message open?
Now: as soon as it’s saved. On a date or a birthday: at the time you chose, in the time zone you chose, usually within a few minutes. When they’re ready: they choose when to open it. Someday: when you release it.
Will they be told when it opens?
It appears for them in Pre-sent as soon as it opens. Phone notifications are still being set up, so for now it’s worth telling them where to look.
Is there a phone app?
Android and iPhone apps are coming soon, with video recording. Until then, everything works on the web, with voice recording.
Start with one message
A few minutes today. Something of you to return to, for years.
Create your first message