Question 1

What is Memory Archive?

Accepted Answer

Memory Archive is a personal memory preservation app that helps you capture, organize, and share your life's most important moments. You can create rich memory entries with dates, locations, photos, and tags — then use our AI research agent to discover historical context about your memories.

Question 2

Is Memory Archive free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes! Memory Archive is free to start. You can create an account and begin preserving your memories at no cost. There is no credit card required to sign up.

Question 3

What devices does Memory Archive work on?

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Memory Archive is a web application that works on any modern browser — desktop, tablet, or mobile. It's designed to be fully responsive so you get a great experience on any screen size.

Question 4

What can I include in a memory?

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Each memory can include a title, rich text content, date (or date range), location, tags, photos, documents, and source links. You can add as much or as little detail as you'd like — every entry is flexible.

Question 5

How do collections work?

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Collections let you group related memories together into meaningful categories. For example, you might create collections like "Family Holidays," "School Years," or "My Athletic Career." A single memory can belong to multiple collections.

Question 6

Can I add photos and files to my memories?

Accepted Answer

Yes! You can upload photos, documents, and other media files to any memory. Files up to 10MB each are supported, including images (JPEG, PNG, WebP), videos, PDFs, and text files.

Question 7

Is there a limit to how many memories I can create?

Accepted Answer

There is no hard limit on the number of memories you can create. Build your archive as large as your life story requires.

Question 8

How does the AI research feature work?

Accepted Answer

Our AI research agent uses Google's Gemini model combined with real-time web search to help you discover information related to your memories. Ask it to find school records, sports stats, news articles, local history, or anything else — it searches the web and synthesizes what it finds into a helpful conversation.

Question 9

What kind of things can the AI find?

Accepted Answer

The AI can find publicly available information like news articles, yearbook records, sports statistics, historical events, property records, business listings, obituaries, and local history. It's especially useful for uncovering context about places, events, and time periods related to your memories.

Question 10

Is my data used to train AI models?

Accepted Answer

No. Your memories, personal information, and research conversations are never used to train AI models. Your data is used solely to provide the service to you.

Question 11

How does AI photo enhancement work?

Accepted Answer

When you upload a photo of a physical print, polaroid, or postcard, our AI automatically detects it and applies a full enhancement pipeline: perspective correction to straighten angled shots, automatic border trimming, rotation to orient the image correctly, plus brightness, contrast, saturation, and sharpness adjustments. The original photo is always preserved — you get the enhanced version uploaded to your memory.

Question 12

Are AI research results always accurate?

Accepted Answer

AI research results are generated by AI and sourced from public web results. While we strive for accuracy, results may occasionally contain errors or outdated information. We recommend verifying important findings independently. AI research is not a substitute for professional advice.

Question 13

How is my data protected?

Accepted Answer

Your data is stored in a secure database with Row-Level Security (RLS) enabled on every table — meaning you can only access your own data. All data in transit is encrypted with TLS/SSL. Media files are stored in secure cloud storage with user-scoped access controls. Passwords are hashed and never stored in plain text.

Question 14

Who can see my memories?

Accepted Answer

Your memories are private by default. No one can see them unless you explicitly create a share link. Even our team cannot access your content through the application — Row-Level Security enforces this at the database level.

Question 15

Can I delete all my data?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can delete individual memories, collections, AI chat sessions, or your entire account at any time. Account deletion permanently removes all associated data from our systems.

Question 16

How does sharing work?

Accepted Answer

You can share any memory or collection by creating a secure, token-based link. Anyone with the link can view the shared content without needing a Memory Archive account. The link is unique and unguessable.

Question 17

Can I stop sharing a memory?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can revoke sharing access at any time by deleting the share link from your memory's settings. Once deleted, the link will no longer work and the content will no longer be accessible to anyone else.

Question 18

Do people need an account to view shared memories?

Accepted Answer

No. Shared memories can be viewed by anyone with the link — no account or sign-in required. This makes it easy to share with family and friends, even if they don't use Memory Archive.

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