Comparing the options
Every tool in this category stores family documents. They differ on what happens after that: what it costs over ten years, who can read what you store, whether it opens without internet, and what you are left holding if the company closes. These pages compare on those points, with prices quoted as of the month we checked them.
Facts last checked July 2026
What these pages compare on
- Price model One payment, or a bill that repeats. What happens to your records if you stop paying.
- Who holds the key Whether the company can read what you store, or only you can.
- Works offline Whether your documents open with no internet, and with no account to sign into.
- Platforms Which of your devices it actually runs on, including the ones your family uses.
- Getting out How you export everything, and what survives if the company closes.
The comparisons
- How to Verify End-to-End Encryption Yourself Start here MyLifePapers encrypts your records with a key created on your device. You don't have to take that on faith. Here are four tests you can run yourself to verify it, and an honest account of what you can't.
- End-to-end encryption, explained plainly Start here What end-to-end encryption really means, why "bank-grade" and "military-grade" answer a different question, and how to tell who can actually read your data.
We make one of these, so read our pages knowing that. Competitor details come from their own published pages and carry the date we checked them. If something here has gone out of date, tell us and we will fix it. Where MyLifePapers fits is on our pricing page: ninety nine dollars once, for the household.