Features Families Need

Learning new things about each other

Sometimes it can feel like we’re stuck in a never-ending cycle of small talk, when what we truly desire is to learn something meaningful about the people we care about.

When was the last time you discovered something new about your parents or siblings? Not their latest activities, but gained an insight into who they are? Simirity helps you focus on your family, free from distractions, by exploring rarely-discussed subjects where you learn about each other.

Experiences captured with more than just photos

Life is filled with emotions, thoughts and backstories that even 1,000 photos can’t capture. 

Simirity stories are super flexible, created with story blocks that let you add a multitude of photos, videos, audio recordings, documents, maps and more. So whatever the moment, from the birth of your child to your latest discovery, you’ll be able to bring your story to life. Keeping today’s family connected through stories, and ensuring there’s plenty to look back on in the future.

Optimised for past, present and future family

Too many apps provide instant enjoyment, but like fast food, they ultimately fail to meet our well-being needs.

This relentless emphasis on the present moment neglects the deep joy found in cherishing our past and working towards a meaningful future. For example, a family chat feed is entertaining in the present moment, but rarely delves into the past and is difficult to navigate through in later years. Simirity combines the immediate satisfaction of hearing from loved ones, with the inspiration to explore your family heritage, while creating a priceless legacy that links you to future generations.

No need to be a creative whiz

When asked to create stories about our lives, it’s easy to become overwhelmed and stick to the highlight reel that’s so common in social media. 

Our lives are so rich and diverse, but it can be hard deciding what makes a good story for your family. In Simirity, there is more than a blinking curser awaiting you – we offer inspiration to help family members of all ages build a priceless collection of stories on a wide range of topics.  

A shared family venture, not yours alone

How often do you engage with family in mentally stimulating and rewarding projects, such as a genealogy project or planning a holiday together?

At work, we build strong connections with colleagues through shared projects, but we often lack appropriate activities with our family. Simirity is an opportunity for you to enjoy a shared venture, focusing on learning about each other, not the destination.  Simirity provides all the tools you need to collaborate on stories, chat over your ideas, and even ask others to create stories that you would love.

No endless searching through feeds…

Sometimes the quick-win isn’t necessarily the best option in the long term.

Take social media or messaging feeds as an example – they are easy to add content to, but good luck finding what you are searching for in years to come. And revisiting the past is absolutely something you’ll want to do, squeezing every ounce of joy from the good times. That’s why Simirity is not an endless feed, but a searchable and filterable collection of stories, making the past easily accessible for future enjoyment.

Help family by sharing what you’ve learned

Wouldn’t it be a waste not to share some of the hard-fought lessons you’ve learned in life?

Sharing with family by word of mouth is best, but it’s hard to know who needs what advice and family outside the home will probably miss out. What’s needed is an online self-service system for family wisdom. Lessons can be added when they are fresh in people’s minds, and those seeking help can quickly find lessons of interest. Welcome to Life-Lessons in Simirity – short nuggets of wisdom embedded in the stories that explain the origin of the lesson.

This life-changing feature helps guide young generations away from YouTubers and toward their family for advice.

Designed for Grandma Jill and baby Jake too

Living or deceased, young or old, skilled in technology or not, Simirity is built for you!

Admin features, managed accounts, and on-page help ensure that those who need help can get it. As a family business, we have members in their 70’s happily sharing stories and adding comments. If someone can’t join in, they can allow others to write stories about them so they don’t have to.

Some digital skills are needed of course, especially as they get established within the app. 

Remember those that you miss…

Where will you go to remember loved ones when they have passed on? 

Sadly, many people don’t think of this until it’s too late, and they are left with a hotchpotch of emails, messages, and photos to remember them by.  Wouldn’t it be nice to have one single place with everything you would want to remember them by? Simirity user profiles offer just this – read stories about their life, watch their photos and videos, learn from their Life-Lessons and really connect as you listen to them talk.

And everything is preserved, allowing future generations to become personally acquainted with their ancestors.