Features Guide

Android — Chrome

1. Open Moment Savor in Chrome.
2. Tap the three-dot menu, then Add to Home screen or Install app.
3. Tap Install.

Chrome may also show its own install message. Either route installs the same app.

Android — Brave

1. Open Moment Savor in Brave.
2. Tap the three-dot menu.
3. Choose Add to Home screen or Install app, then confirm.

Brave may not show an automatic install message. If it only creates a browser shortcut, use Chrome to install the full app instead.

iPhone or iPad — Safari

1. Open Moment Savor in Safari.
2. Tap the Share button. Depending on your Safari layout, first tap More, then Share.
3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen. If it is missing, tap Edit Actions to add it.
4. Leave Open as Web App turned on if that option appears, then tap Add.

Computer — Chrome, Brave, or Edge

Look for the install icon at the right side of the address bar. In Brave, you can also open the main menu and choose Save and Share, then Install Moment Savor. Chrome and Edge offer a similar install option in their menus.

Check that it worked

Open Moment Savor from its new home-screen or desktop icon. It should open in its own window without the usual browser address bar.

Recording a Memory

A memory is the heart of Moment Savor. You can record a memory by speaking into your device's microphone — it will be automatically transcribed and enriched with AI-generated metadata — or you can type a transcript directly in the Text Entry tab. A memory can also include a title, notes, location, language, and tags to help organize your stories over time.

Browsing Your Timeline

All your memories appear in a scrollable timeline on the Memories page. You can scroll through them chronologically, open any memory to view its full details, and use the search bar to find memories by keyword. The timeline shows your family's shared memories as they accumulate over time.

Choosing Who Can See a Memory

Each memory has an audience. Choose Contributors only for the owner, admins, and members who help build the archive. Choose Everyone in the family when you also want invited viewers to see it.

If you can edit a memory, open its detail page and click the Visible to value to switch its audience. Contributors can change the audience of memories they created; family owners and admins can change it for any memory in the family.

Viewers receive a curated, read-only timeline containing only the memories marked for everyone. Changing a memory's audience never gives a viewer permission to edit or delete it.

Searching Memories

Use the search field to look through your memories by title, transcript text, notes, tags, or any AI-extracted metadata. Typing a search term filters the timeline in real time, helping you quickly find a specific story or discover moments you may have forgotten.

Automatic Transcription & Metadata

When you record a memory by audio, Moment Savor uses AI to transcribe your speech into text and extract structured details such as people mentioned, dates, locations, and themes. This metadata makes your memories far easier to search and revisit later, and it happens automatically in the background after you save.

Managing Tokens

Navigate to Settings → API Tokens to manage tokens that grant programmatic access to your Moment Savor account. You can view all active tokens, see when each was last used, create new ones, rotate existing tokens, or revoke them at any time.

Creating a Token

On the API Tokens page, enter a descriptive name (so you remember what it's for) and choose a scope:

• Read-Only — can only retrieve data (GET endpoints)
• Read & Write — can create, update, and delete data

Saving Your Token

After you create a token, its full value is shown exactly once. Copy it immediately and store it securely — you will not be able to view it again from the app. If you lose a token value, rotate or revoke it and generate a new one.

Rotating a Token

Rotating a token invalidates the old value immediately and generates a new one. Use rotation if you suspect a token has been exposed. After rotating, update any integrations that were using the previous token value.

Revoking a Token

Revoking permanently deletes a token. Any requests made with it will be rejected immediately. Use revocation when you no longer need a token or when a token was created by mistake.

Family Roles

Roles separate stewardship, contribution, and viewing so you can invite family into the archive without giving everyone the same control:

• Owner — The archive's primary steward. Can manage every memory and family setting, change roles, export the archive, and delete the family.
• Admin — A trusted co-steward. Can invite and remove people, manage roles, and edit any memory alongside the owner.
• Member — A contributor. Can see contributor and family-view memories, add memories, and edit the memories they created.
• Viewer — An invited, read-only guest. Can see only memories deliberately shared with everyone in the family and cannot create, edit, or delete memories.

This gives you a curated way to share your family's legacy. A relative can be welcomed into the stories you choose without gaining the ability to rewrite the history you are preserving or seeing every private working detail behind it. You remain in control of both the record and the view you share.

Inviting a Family Member

Go to Settings → Family and enter the email address of the person you'd like to invite. Choose their role and send the invitation. The recipient will receive an email with a link to join your family.

Accepting an Invitation

Click the link in the invitation email. You'll be guided to create an account (if you don't already have one) and join the family. After accepting, you can see and interact with memories according to your assigned role.

Exporting Your Data

From Settings → Export, you can download your family's data as a packaged archive. This is useful for backups, migrating to another service, or preserving your history in a portable format. Only an Owner or Admin can initiate an export.

Direct JSON Export

The direct JSON download contains structured metadata for active memories, including transcripts, tags, notes, locations, associated people, AI metadata, and attachment metadata. It also includes each current family member's name, role, and join date. Audio and photo files are not included in this download.

ZIP Export with Audio & Photos

The ZIP archive includes a memories.json file in the same format as the direct JSON export, plus each attached audio recording and each active, attached original photo. This option produces a larger download but preserves the available recordings and images for archival purposes.