The questions families ask before they start.

No. Traditional baby books demand a perfect, chronological timeline, but Kinlet is built around one memory at a time. You can start journaling today with a single prompt or photo, then add more when life allows. Let our design studio handle organizing and formatting your stories whenever you're ready to make a book.

You can save everyday stories, milestones, photos, videos, voice notes, scanned handwriting, and book drafts. Kinlet is flexible enough for pregnancy, first year, adoption, pets, holidays, love letters, caregiving, and the ordinary days between.

Yes. Printing is optional. You can use Kinlet as a private family journal and a shareable photo archive.

Yes. Free lets you begin a family journal, respond to prompts, upload photos and videos, and test out AI-assisted book generation. We include limits so that our media storage and AI infrastructure costs stay sustainable for our small team.

Pro adds more storage, broader AI usage, unlimited voice and handwriting capture tools, full design studio access for book creation, and Family Journal collaboration — invite 1 Contributor and unlimited Viewers. It is meant for families whose archive is growing past the free limits.

Your memories are yours, always. You can export everything as a .zip file and keep it forever, whether you stay on Kinlet or not. If your account exceeds free limits after cancellation, you may need Pro again before adding more media or using Pro-only tools.

No. Pro covers the software tools. Physical books, taxes, and shipping are priced separately at checkout so you only pay for the keepsakes you choose to order.

No. Kinlet can suggest prompts, transcribe voice notes, and help shape a book layout, but your original words stay central and editable.

Yes. Nothing AI produces is final. Edit or reject any suggested text, then bring that same control to your book — adjust layouts, customize fonts, choose from templates, or add your own look and feel. The finished product should feel like you made it, because you did.

That is exactly what Kinlet is designed to avoid. The product should help you preserve your voice, memorable moments, and context instead of replacing them with stock scrapbook copy.

You do. Kinlet is a tool for collecting, shaping, and ordering your family memories. Your journal and photos are private by default.

Your Family Journal is private by default. On Kinlet Pro, you can invite a Contributor (who answers prompts in their own voice) and Viewers (read-only access you control). Separately, shared albums let family view, like, and comment on the photos you choose to share — that is not the same as journal collaboration.

No. You choose what to save. Kinlet can work with what you provide and does not require a perfect timeline, a traditional family structure, or private details you do not want to record.

Free includes 250 MiB of storage and 30 photo uploads per month. Generated files such as export ZIPs and print-ready PDFs count toward storage, even after download links expire. Kinlet Pro includes 100 GiB for families with more photos, recordings, and keepsake drafts.

Yes. Kinlet can help turn recordings into editable text.

Yes, with some limits. Our Free plan supports videos up to 2 minutes each. Pro supports videos up to 5 minutes each.

Kinlet works with local print partners through our print network. We currently ship hardcover books to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Monaco. More countries may come later.

Hardcover books start at about CA$34 for a 30-page interior in the Studio. Common Canada examples: about CA$34 (30 pages), CA$44 (50 pages), and CA$69 (100 pages). These are print prices only — taxes and shipping are extra. Use the estimator below or see your exact total at checkout.

Shipping is separate from your Kinlet subscription and the book print price. For Canada, budget delivery is usually around CA$20–22 for a single hardcover book. The exact rate depends on destination and service and is shown at checkout before you pay.

Yes. You can review your book in the design studio or download it as a print-ready PDF at any time. Kinlet ensures you have full access to edit and check your digital keepsake so you feel completely confident before sending it to print.

Kinlet partners with trusted print providers based on what you're ordering and where it's going. That keeps production and shipping tied to each order instead of your subscription, so you only pay for the keepsakes you choose to print.

A Contributor is one invited adult who answers prompts in their own voice on your Family Journal. They use your Pro entitlements, and there is one Contributor seat per Family Journal.

A Viewer has read-only access you grant to your Family Journal. On Kinlet Pro, Viewer seats are uncapped.

Inviting collaborators requires Kinlet Pro. If you downgrade later, existing collaborators are not removed — you may need Pro again before inviting or promoting anyone new.

Yes — on Kinlet Pro you can invite a Contributor and Viewers to your Family Journal. That is separate from shared albums. See the Family Journal collaboration FAQ for roles and Pro requirements.

Invited viewers can see the album photos, leave comments, and add reactions. It is meant for family enjoyment and conversation, not collaborative editing of the archive.

Yes, if the album author allows it. Keepsake creation is enabled by default, so viewers can make their own prints or books from shared album content unless the author turns that permission off.

Only if the album owner enables original downloads. Viewing, commenting, liking, and making an authorized keepsake do not automatically grant access to original files.