Human-led, AI-assisted keepsakes
Every memory deserves a book
Turn any memory into a personalised storybook to treasure or gift — crafted in your style, with AI by your side ready in less than 20 minutes.
How it works
Four easy steps from a memory to a keepsake
Most families finish their first storybook in about 20 minutes.
01
Speak or write your memory
Dictate it in your own voice or type a few notes. No structure needed; Heirloom listens.
02
Add the people who belong in it
Upload photos of your loved ones once. They stay recognisable on every page, across every story.
03
Choose your writing and illustration style
Warm memoir, funny, fairytale, superhero comic — pair it with watercolour, 3D, ink & wash and more. You can rewrite any sentence yourself, any time.
04
Receive your book — digital in minutes, hardcover in the post
Download the finished PDF right away and, if you like, order a real hardcover printed and shipped from our UK partner within a few days.
Other tools spit out an AI book in one click.
Heirloom is slower on purpose.
Every page is yours to write, rewrite, and decide who appears in it. AI just helps you shape the words and pictures — you stay in the writer's seat.
Art styles
A look for every memory
From soft watercolours for a bedtime story to inked linework for a great-uncle's adventure. Prefer no AI at all? Use the real photos you've already got.
Watercolor
Soft washes, textured paper, muted warmth.
Classic storybook
Ink outlines, warm gouache, mid-century picture book.
Vintage nostalgia
Sepia tones and hand-painted grain from the 1950s.
Ink & wash
Quiet linework with delicate watercolor bleed.
3D storybook
Cinematic modern animation, warm and lantern-lit.
Superhero comic
Bold ink, halftone dots, saturated primaries.
Real photos
Use your own family photographs — no AI faces at all.
A sample Heirloom hardcover. Yours will look like your family's story.
Also as a real book
Hold the story in your hands
Every Heirloom story can be printed as a proper hardcover keepsake — the kind of book that sits on a shelf for decades. Perfect for a birthday, a memorial, a grandparent's Christmas gift.
- Hardcover binding on premium matte paper — built to last a lifetime.
- Up to 50 pages, printed exactly as you designed them in the app.
- Printed and shipped from a small UK partner near us. 5–10 working days.