Size Does Matter: A Memorygram and Storyworth Comparison
When you spend a year of your life pouring memories into a memoir book, the last thing you want is to open the package and find something that looks like a paperback novel. Yet that is exactly what happens with one of the biggest names in the memoir space. Here is how the Memorygram Legacy Book and the Storyworth book actually compare, starting with the dimension that changes everything.
The Numbers Tell the Story
The Memorygram Legacy Book is printed at 8.5 inches by 11 inches. That is a true coffee table format, the size you picture when you imagine a premium keepsake that stands out in a room.
The Storyworth book is printed at 6 inches by 9 inches. That is the size of a mass market paperback novel.
The gap is not subtle. Memorygram's page offers roughly 60 percent more surface area than Storyworth's. When you are preserving a life, that difference matters more than almost any other feature on the spec sheet.
Lined up at the corner: the smaller Storyworth book sits on the larger Memorygram Legacy Book.
What 60 Percent More Page Actually Looks Like
A memoir is photos as much as it is words. Wedding portraits, baby pictures, faded snapshots from the 1950s, group shots at the reunion no one will ever recreate. These images are the heart of the book, and the page they sit on either honors them or shrinks them down.
On Storyworth's 6 by 9 page, photos are forced to compete for space with the text wrapping around them. A wide landscape image gets cropped, scaled down, or banished to its own page. Group photos lose the faces that make them worth keeping. You can fit one photo per spread comfortably. Two is a stretch.
On Memorygram's 8.5 by 11 page, photos finally get to breathe. A wedding portrait can run nearly the full height of the page. Multiple snapshots from the same era can share a spread the way you would lay them out in an album. Captions, headings, and story text can all coexist without anything feeling cramped. The page works the way a real photo book is supposed to work.
When you open the book the Memorygram book starts with a QR code to listen to the Storyteller. The Storyworth book just starts bland.
Memorygram allows more than one photo per page where Storyworth often limits one photo per page. Storyworth will include blank pages if the chapter were to begin on the left, whereas Memorygram maximizes the page usage.
Where the Book Lives After It Arrives
Size determines where a book ends up in your home, and that determines whether anyone actually reads it.
A 6 by 9 hardcover slides onto a bookshelf, spine out, indistinguishable from the dozen other books around it. Visitors do not see it. Grandchildren do not pull it down. It waits.
An 8.5 by 11 Memorygram book is a coffee table object. It is meant to be displayed. People notice it, pick it up, and start flipping through it. That is how stories get passed on, by being seen and handled, not by sitting on a shelf waiting for someone to remember they exist.
If the entire point of a legacy book is to keep memories alive for the next generation, the format that invites engagement is the one that does its job.
More Than Just a Bigger Book
The size difference is the headline, but Memorygram backs it up across the rest of the experience. The Memorygram Legacy Book supports up to 450 pages compared to Storyworth's 300 pages on the Storyworth Color plan. Every Memorygram book comes with a QR code that plays back the storyteller's actual voice. In addition, Memorygram includes a phone interview option for older relatives who would rather talk than type, which works on any landline without internet. Storyworth has sold the same weekly-email-and-paperback formula, while Memorygram keeps building the features families actually ask for. This is why families who want QR voice replay, phone interviews, and a book you can be proud of are choosing Memorygram instead.
Storyworth's model leans on annual subscriptions, recurring email prompts, and a print window that closes if you do not act fast enough. The book at the end is the small one.
A size comparison between the books
The Verdict
When you compare these two side by side, the gap is not close. Memorygram delivers a premium coffee table book in full color, holds more content, includes more features, and comes without the subscription strings. Storyworth delivers a paperback-sized hardcover that prints in black and white unless you pay to upgrade, and then you still have the small book.
For a keepsake that is meant to outlast everyone involved, size matters. Color matters. Features matter. So does the simple question of whether the finished product looks like something worthy of the stories inside it.
We really appreciate the opportunity to tell our story through Memorygram. We have met with challenges since embarking upon this project. Things are expected to improve soon. Slowly, but surely we aim to complete our story!
Such a great idea! I’m so glad we found this and am collecting my parents’ stories, in their own word, before it’s too late. I can’t speak to the quality of the book since we haven’t printed it yet, but the platform and process have all been really easy to use. Love it!
My 86 year old father LOVES this. We are still in the process with weekly calls which he loves because even though he can’t find his keys some days , his memory for things going back decades is unrivaled and he will talk for 45 minutes about such detailed things from his past! it’s quite fascinating. We work together to come up with the questions that he would like to answer. We have enough questions to last quite a long time. I don’t have any idea how we’re going to finally be able to edit and put it in a book, but we are enjoying the process. For him it’s perfect to be able to just talk and for it to be recorded.
Very nice platform and features. Support has been very helpful when experiencing issues with features. They are responsive and have taken care of everything I have uncovered. Needed an order that I couldn't place on the site, and they were very helpful in getting it adjusted per my request.
I already completed my book for my children and siblings it was a great experience that I started in June and needed for Christmas.
Memorygram customer service ,
Kris in particular took care quickly of my many questions and concerns, and rushed it through well before Christmas.
When my wife said she wanted to try to write a memoir in chapters instead of questions I immediately suggested MemoryGram. She is still just getting started but finding it the perfect solution.
I captured many of my college fraternity stories using Memorygram as a 50th Reunion gift for my Colgate DU Brothers. It was a huge success and the guys loved the crazy memories presented in an attractive hard cover book! Well done!!
I love the memorial page and the Heart with the QR code is great. Being to scan it and go directly to his page knowing I won’t have to search for it is wonderful. I brought one for each of my parents as well and the loved it.
I love memorygram it has been wonderful to have a place for our memories of my decreased husband not just for me but his family and our children and grandchildren and one day their children.
I’m starting the process, but I’m so excited. This will be a fancy version of my grandma’s original family history!
(The Rose Tree).👵🏻🌹🧑🧑🧒🧒📖✍🏻
/JN (Jan/13/26)
This was an extra tag I’d purchased after I realized I should’ve gotten two. I could not figure out how to order one on the website so I went to Facebook and sent a message. I got a very prompt response with the help I needed. Within minutes I was able to place my order. I was very impressed and happy with the customer service. I’m also very satisfied with the memorial site I’ve been able to create for my son.
My mother absolutely loves this, thank you for such a thoughtful, amazing memory maker that I can pass down for generations to come to my children. What a gift!!!!!!
I have ordered books from Memorygram three times. I have found the pages of the books as well as the hardcover to be of extremely high quality, made to last for generations. The website is very user friendly and the customer service exceptional. I would highly recommend this company to anyone wishing to leave a legacy.
I found the Memorygram experience both easy and interesting. It was interesting in that the more I got into answering their question set, the more I remembered events in my life that gave me better insight to respond, It is a very solid product that lets you essentially design the book as you would like your life and experiences presented. The result is a keepsake that can be passed to future generations in a format which is easy for someone to read through. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to express their experiences and thoughts, either with a partner or individually.
I recently had a bench dedicated for my son. The plaque is nice, but I was very happy to see these medallions advertised. I immediately ordered one for the bench. The adhesive seems to be very strong and should last. My only issue has been uploading photos and a video. I figured out the photos but have not had luck with the video. Overall, I love this product and have suggested it to friends.
Store owner replied:
Hi Pamela!
Thank you so much for your kind words. We are truly honored to help preserve his legacy for you and your family. Our team is reaching out to you via email now to help get those videos uploaded so they can be included and cherished for years to come.
I love that I have an indoor memorial for my husband that I can share with our friends and family.
I ordered two, one for my daughter’s monument and one to have in our home. I love these and the customer service I have received from Danielle has been superb. She answers my emails the same day and has resolved any issues promptly. Best customer service ever!
I adore my dog tags. I made the memorial in honor of my dad, and the tags did not disappoint. Anytime I wanted to show my friends and family, the QR code worked wonderfully. Any problem that I might have had was resolved very quickly. Only thing is I wish you could add more pics at a time but otherwise it is fantastic.
Well, my daughter and I purchased it for my husband for Father's day. He has a lot of history and stories from his military experience, work as a postal executive and just life in general. We are a blended family. so this is something he can pass down to his grandchildren and great children...it's just an amazing way for him to share his life with his family, young and old.
Hello Memorygram,
I just want to say that things are going very well with the Memorygram tool. It’s not only easy to use, but it’s also deeply meaningful. It allows me to preserve, organize, and reflect on moments that matter—stories that might otherwise be forgotten.
It’s been a powerful part of my personal journey, especially as I work to honor family history, culture, and hard-earned wisdom across generations. Thank you for creating something that respects memory and empowers legacy.
Gratefully,
Murf
I love that it came with both the necklace and Keychain. I use it as a Keychain and shared the link with several friends and family who really love the idea to memorialize their own loved ones.
I lost my daughter a year ago. I was working on this for a couple of days to add pictures and videos of her life. It's a great idea to keep your loved ones alive. Thank you for creating this tool.
I am writing my own memoir stories instead of using the questions provided (although they are quite good), and am enjoying the experience. I am having difficulty adding photos to my stories, though. Any help would be appreciated.
Your site is easily navigated and easy to understand, so thanks for that.
S Pope
Store owner replied:
Hi Sarah. Thank you so much for your kind words! We designed Memorygram to be easy for every age and tech level. We’ll email you right away with simple steps for adding photos to make sure you are set —happy writing!
this is a good way to share your thought and memory to the love one who has left us too soon, no matter what age they were. they will always be young in our hearts
I love the heart I ordered for my son’s grave stone. I have not yet gotten to add Dominic’s memories to the QR but I can’t wait to share his memories and his life.
The heart plaque is very well made and quality material. I also ordered the dog tag necklace. I love wearing it in memory of My Dominic.
