For everyday families who want to remember more

One day she'll want to know what this time felt like.

Not what happened, that's in the photos. But what it was like. Who was there. What dad was thinking and what grandma said. You write it together. We turn it into one printed book at the end of the year.

Mum
12 April · 21:14
"Today I realised this is it. Not the milestones I'd write down, this. Her breath on my neck."
Dad
14 April · 07:32
Perspective
"I never write. But if I don't hold on to this, I'll forget how she said 'dada' like it was a secret."
Grandma Marja
19 April · 16:48
"She fell asleep in my arms the way you used to. I want her to know one day, I have this moment too."
Three perspectives · one chapter · one printed book
YearChapter · edition
Our year
with Sofia
2026
By mum, dad & grandma
12 chapters a year
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Write with your whole circle
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No algorithm. Ever.
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One printed book a year
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One real tree a year
The difference that changes everything

Not your story. Your story together.

A photobook asks you to choose, write and assemble everything alone. YearChapter does it together, and makes sure dad's words, grandma's words and yours become one chapter, not three versions.
1 Capture

Everyone adds their own moments

Mum writes on Sunday, dad on Wednesday night, grandma after a visit. A photo, a few lines, done.

Dad · Today
"I never really write. But these three words I wanted to keep, exactly the way she said them."
2 Weave

The app weaves your stories together

At the end of the month, YearChapter brings all your moments together into one readable chapter. In your own words. No AI-speak.

Chapter ready · April
"End of April. Dad heard 'dada' for the first time. Mum noticed it from the sofa. Grandma was there, in the garden."
3 Keep

End of the year: one printed book

Twelve chapters, linen-bound. Nothing to select. No empty pages. Everything that mattered is there.

The book · December
Linen, hardcover, 21x28cm. Printed in Europe, delivered before the holidays.
A photobook shows what you saw. YearChapter keeps how it felt, for everyone who was there.
The deeper promise

A child becomes themselves through the words of those who love them.

Not just a memory for you later, but a mirror for them later. Who they become starts with how you see them.

Kind met boek, aandachtig kijkend
Today Age 2
Hetzelfde kind, jaren later, met een camera
One day Age 7
What only mum noticed
"Others see you take a photo. I see the moment after, when you stop and look at what you just did. At two you were already doing it with books: read a page, pause, then carry on. No one taught you that. It was as if you wanted to give every moment its own time. That in-between moment, that's you."
At 6
The first time they wonder who they are
They want to know something about when they were smaller. Other parents have to guess. You reach for the book.
At 14
The first time they doubt themselves
At the age when they no longer believe they're enough, the proof is on their bedside table. Written by the people who love them.
At 25
The first time they want to know where they come from
Not just which town, which surname. But who looked at them when they couldn't answer back. That's in here.

Reflection isn't a luxury. It's a voice that grows with them, even when yours changes.

Honestly compared

A photobook is lovely. But something's missing.

A traditional photobook

Once a year, on your own

  • You select everything, in December Scrolling back through 2,000 photos, picking 200, arranging spreads, an evening's work you keep putting off.
  • Only images, no words What she said, how she looked, what it meant, gone. What's left is what it looked like.
  • Grandma and dad are left out It's your selection, from your memory. Their version of the same year exists nowhere.
  • You forget along the way By December, you can't remember how she was in March. The small things are already gone.
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YearChapter

Every month, together

  • The book writes itself, month by month Each month you add 6 to 8 moments. By December your book is done. No sprint, no stress.
  • Images with words, in print The photos stay. But so do the lines, "she said mama", "she looked as if she already knew", printed in the book.
  • Everyone writes along Dad's perspective, grandma's afternoon, your evenings. Our app combines it into one coherent story.
  • You forget nothing Two minutes per moment, in the moment itself. Not reconstructed from memory, but caught in real life.
A photobook is a look back. YearChapter is a habit, and the look back comes free.
How the app feels

Made small, kept large.

Three moments from real life with YearChapter: capturing, weaving and looking back.
Step 1 · writing together

A perspective just came in

When someone in your circle adds something, you get a quiet signal. No push spam, just an invitation to write together.

All contributions in
Sofia's story is ready to be written. Bram shared a perspective. Combine the answers into a beautiful story about Sofia.
Bram
Write the story now
9 moments
Step 2 · the real moment

A photo with the words beside it

Everyone contributes in their own way. An honest line under an ordinary photo, that's what stays.

···
1/2
"You're almost 2 and you're growing so fast. I still find it daunting, but it's also so special to watch you."
Step 3 · the whole year

Chapters that fill up

Your library fills itself. Every month becomes a chapter. At year-end, everything heads to the printer.

Chapters Timeline Book
Year 1 · 9 of 12 chapters
To printer in 3 months
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09 Now
10
11
12 Printer
YearChapter × GreenSpark

Their year leaves a real forest behind.

For every year of their life you capture, we plant a real tree. Not a digital one, not a symbolic one, a real one, somewhere, with roots.

Their story grows twice: between the pages of the book, and in a forest in Oregon, Madagascar or Kenya.

Month 1 filled in
First tree planted
Month 12 filled in
Tree planted in Oregon
1 year = 1 tree
Twelve months kept up
The monthly cadence

One email a month. No obligation.

How it fits in your life

One appointment a month with the future.

No daily push, no feed begging for attention. One email on the 1st of the month with three gentle prompts.

The rest of the month, add when there's something to capture, not before.

1st The monthly prompt arrives, with three questions.
Month Add when something happens, averaging 6 to 8 moments.
Last The chapter is assembled automatically. One tap = done.
December The book is printed and delivered before the holidays.
Voices from YearChapter

Families who remember more than they expected to.

i.
"The prompt asked: 'what would you want her to know later?' I sat for 20 minutes writing. I would never have done that for a photobook."
Noor
Mother of Yusuf (1) · Rotterdam
ii.
"My husband writes one line a week. But they're lines I'd never hear from him out loud, and now they're in her book."
Sara
Mother of Mia (3) · Amsterdam
iii.
"Lars will never really remember the book, but his grandchildren will read one day how we lived through it. That's the point."
Mette & Joris
Parents of Lars (1) · The Hague
Give as a gift

For the people who are the world to you.

A box of nappies they'll forget by March. A year of their life, captured by everyone who loves them, that stays.

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YearChapter · edition
Our year
with
Sofia
2026
Printed in Europe
For you, Mum & Dad
Start today, free

One day they'll want to know what this time felt like.

You have the people, the phone and the moments. The only thing missing is the place where it all comes together.

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