Which app records my parents' stories in Spanish?

GramGrams records the conversation in Spanish and returns the audio plus a transcript in both Spanish and English. StoryWorth offers a Spanish interface and lets stories be written in Spanish, but doesn't translate them. Storii places its automated calls in English or Spanish, and also doesn't translate. Only GramGrams gives you the same story in both languages.

Can my kids read their grandmother's stories if they don't speak Spanish?

With GramGrams, yes — every conversation produces an English transcript alongside the Spanish one, so a grandchild who doesn't read Spanish can still read what she said, and can hear her voice saying it. With products that don't translate, a story told in Spanish reaches them as a story in Spanish.

Does my mom need to use an app or write anything?

No. She talks, in Spanish, and that's all. The phone is in your hands, not hers — there is nothing for her to install, no account to make, and no writing at any point. This is the main practical difference from products that email a weekly question and wait for a written answer.

Is StoryWorth available in Spanish?

StoryWorth's site is offered in English and Spanish, and stories can be written in any language, though their printing doesn't support every one. What it doesn't do is translate — a story your mother writes in Spanish stays in Spanish, and the book prints it that way.

What do we end up with?

The full audio in her own voice, a transcript in Spanish and in English, and a keepsake page you can send to the rest of the family. There is no printed book — if you want a hardcover on the shelf, StoryWorth and Remento both make one.

How much does it cost?

The first three conversations are free. After that it's a single one-time payment with no subscription and no renewal.

GramGrams

Your mom tells it in Spanish. Your kids will only ever read English.

A Spanish interface is not the same thing as a Spanish product. Several services in this category let a story be written or told in Spanish, but the story then stays in Spanish — which is fine for you and useless to the grandchildren it was meant for.

GramGrams records the conversation in Spanish and gives you both: her voice as she actually said it, and a transcript in Spanish and English side by side. The translation happens while you're talking, so it's a conversation rather than a recording you decode later.

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Side by side

Every figure below was read on each company’s own website, not from a roundup, and re-checked on August 27, 2026.

GramGrams compared with StoryWorth, Remento, Storii, Baohua Stories
Feature	GramGrams	StoryWorth	Remento	Storii	Baohua Stories
What your parent has to do	Talk, in their own language. No writing, no typing, no app to install.	Write their answers, by email or on the website. Phone recording with transcription is included from the $109 tier up.	Speak into their phone on their own, answering a prompt. No writing.	Answer a scheduled phone call and talk. Nothing else.	Answer a weekly written prompt, on their own.
Languages	Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, English	The site itself is in English and Spanish. Stories can be written in any language, but printing may not support it.“We offer Storyworth in English and Spanish. […] stories can be written and viewed in any language on our website. Our printing software supports most but not all languages.”	Not published. The product and site are English.	Calls go out in English or Spanish only. Questions in other languages have to be submitted by hand.“At current we are only sending out calls in English or Spanish”	Chinese only — Mandarin and Cantonese in, English out. More immigrant-family languages are on their roadmap.
Translation between you	Yes, live — while the conversation is happening, so you can actually talk to each other.	None. A story written in Chinese stays in Chinese.	Not offered.	Not offered.	Yes, after the fact: the finished story is delivered in both languages.
Price	$99 one-time — first 3 conversations free	$59, $109, or $199 depending on tier	$99 for the first year	$59.99 for the gift box, listed as reduced from $119.99	$99 one-time, first story free
Subscription?	One payment. No subscription, no renewal, ever.	One-time for the $59 and $109 tiers. The $199 tier auto-renews at $99 a year.“auto-renews yearly at $99, cancel at any time”	One payment for the year. Renewal is optional, at $99 a year or $12 a month, and recordings stay yours either way.	Twelve months of calls on an activation code. Renewal pricing is not published; the FAQ says payment applies only while calls are being sent.	One payment covering the year.
Printed book	No. Audio, a transcript in both languages, and a keepsake page.	Yes — one hardcover included, shipping included in the US.	Yes — one full-colour hardcover included, with QR codes to the original audio on every page.	Audio-first. A book is not the deliverable.	Not published.

What each one asks your parent to do

The products here divide cleanly by what they ask of the person telling the story. That matters more than any feature list, because a parent who won't do the thing the product requires produces nothing at all.

GramGrams

Talk, in their own language. No writing, no typing, no app to install.

StoryWorth

Emails your parent one question a week for a year, then prints their written answers as a hardcover book.

Write their answers, by email or on the website. Phone recording with transcription is included from the $109 tier up.

Remento

Sends a weekly prompt your parent answers by voice, alone; turns the recording into a written chapter and prints a book with QR codes back to the audio.

Speak into their phone on their own, answering a prompt. No writing.

Storii

Phones your parent three times a week and records their answers. Nothing to install, nothing to touch — the one other product usable by someone who won't use a screen.

Answer a scheduled phone call and talk. Nothing else.

Baohua Stories

Built for Chinese-American families specifically: a weekly question your parent answers in Chinese, returned to the family as a written story in both Chinese and English.

Answer a weekly written prompt, on their own.

What GramGrams doesn’t do

StoryWorth's entry tier is cheaper

GramGrams is $99 — the same as Remento and Baohua. StoryWorth's cheapest tier undercuts all three, for a black-and-white book your parent writes themselves. What the money buys here is the translation: your parent talking in their own language and you understanding them in the moment, rather than reading a translated version of it afterwards. If you and your parent are comfortable in the same language, one of the others will serve you better, and you should take it.

There's no printed book

StoryWorth, Remento and Baohua all end with a hardcover in your hands. We don't print one yet. What you get instead is the recording in their actual voice, a transcript in both languages, and a page you can send to the whole family. If the object on the shelf is the point of this for you, buy the one that prints it.

Questions people ask

Which app records my parents' stories in Spanish?: GramGrams records the conversation in Spanish and returns the audio plus a transcript in both Spanish and English. StoryWorth offers a Spanish interface and lets stories be written in Spanish, but doesn't translate them. Storii places its automated calls in English or Spanish, and also doesn't translate. Only GramGrams gives you the same story in both languages.
Can my kids read their grandmother's stories if they don't speak Spanish?: With GramGrams, yes — every conversation produces an English transcript alongside the Spanish one, so a grandchild who doesn't read Spanish can still read what she said, and can hear her voice saying it. With products that don't translate, a story told in Spanish reaches them as a story in Spanish.
Does my mom need to use an app or write anything?: No. She talks, in Spanish, and that's all. The phone is in your hands, not hers — there is nothing for her to install, no account to make, and no writing at any point. This is the main practical difference from products that email a weekly question and wait for a written answer.
Is StoryWorth available in Spanish?: StoryWorth's site is offered in English and Spanish, and stories can be written in any language, though their printing doesn't support every one. What it doesn't do is translate — a story your mother writes in Spanish stays in Spanish, and the book prints it that way.
What do we end up with?: The full audio in her own voice, a transcript in Spanish and in English, and a keepsake page you can send to the rest of the family. There is no printed book — if you want a hardcover on the shelf, StoryWorth and Remento both make one.
How much does it cost?: The first three conversations are free. After that it's a single one-time payment with no subscription and no renewal.

Have the conversation while you still can

The first three are free, and you don’t need a card to start. Sit down next to them, press record, and ask one question.

Record your first conversation free

How we checked

Every claim on this page was read on the vendor’s own website — never from a comparison roundup, including the ones these companies write about each other. Claims are re-read at least every ninety days; the oldest on this page was checked on August 27, 2026. If you find something out of date, we want to know.

StoryWorthwelcome.storyworth.com
Rementowww.remento.co
Storiiwww.storii.com
Baohua Storiesbaohua.app