Aura: Family Moments & Stories
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Aura: Family Moments & Stories is a free Lifestyle app for iPhone and iPad by Paul Gathua. Rated 3.0/5 from 2 ratings. Requires iOS 15.5.
- Rating
- 3.0
- 2 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 128 MB
- Age 17+
- Updated
- Oct 6
- 2026 · v4.5.29
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About Aura: Family Moments & Stories
**They won’t remember being this little. You will.** The sleepy voice. The funny word they keep saying wrong. Dad carrying them to bed. Nana’s laugh. An ordinary Tuesday that doesn’t feel important—until years later. **Aura helps you keep the little things that photos alone can’t.** Make a **Moment** for someone you love with your voice, a photo, video, sound, or a few words. Then keep those Moments in their **Story**, where they can grow into something they’ll have for years. **MOMENTS ARE FOR GIVING** A text disappears into a conversation. A Moment is something you make for one person. Hold for them. Add as much—or as little—of yourself as you want. • Leave your real voice • Add a meaningful photo or video • Write a few words • Keep the sounds you don’t want to forget • Make something for birthdays, graduations, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day—or no occasion at all No likes. No public feed. No pressure to reply. **STORIES ARE FOR KEEPING** Start a Story for your child or someone you love—even before they use Aura themselves. As life happens, keep the Moments, photos, voices, videos, and words that matter to you. Aura places them into their Story so years later, they can experience more than what childhood looked like. They can hear **who was there.** **NOT A WRITER? YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE.** Tap **Add what you remember** and Aura helps you get started with a simple question. Tell it in your voice or write a few words. **A sentence is enough.** Looking at a photo? Aura can ask: **What would this photo never explain by itself?** Because sometimes the most important part of a photograph is the story behind it. **LET FAMILY REMEMBER TOO** Some memories belong to Grandma. Some to Dad. Some to an aunt, uncle, sibling, or lifelong friend. Invite the people who were there to contribute their own voice, words, and memories. Use Guest Books for birthdays and meaningful occasions, or ask someone what they remember about a particular photo. One life can be remembered by more than one person. **KEEP THE ORDINARY DAYS** Aura isn’t about completing a perfect childhood album. There are no streaks. No missing-year warnings. No pressure to document everything. Keep what feels worth keeping. A laugh. A phrase. A voice. A photograph. A Moment. Over time, the little things become their Story. **MESSAGES ARE FOR COMMUNICATING. MOMENTS ARE FOR GIVING. STORIES ARE FOR KEEPING.** **Moments are free. Start their Story today.**
What’s new
Version 4.5.29 · Updated October 6, 2026
One birthday. One private chapter. Every memory together. Aura now makes it easier to keep an entire occasion—and share it without sending every photo and video one by one. • Share the whole birthday, not dozens of separate attachments Choose the birthday photos and videos you want to keep. Aura gathers them into one private chapter, ready to share once with the family members you choose. They can open the occasion as a whole instead of searching through a crowded message thread. • Keep everyone’s side of the day Invite family to view the chapter and, when you allow it, add a photo, voice note, or memory of their own. The cake from Mom’s camera, Nana’s message, Dad’s favorite moment, and the child’s own voice can finally belong together. • A Story that quietly organizes itself Memories now settle into clear chapters such as “Your first year” and “Being Seven,” with months and dates underneath. Add something small and Aura places it where it belongs—no folders to build, pages to design, or year to complete. • Made for someone, not posted for everyone Begin with the person you are making it for. Aura keeps the maker’s name and relationship with each contribution, so years later they can still know: “Mom made this for me,” “Dad remembered this,” or “Nana was there too.” • Keep the part a photo cannot show Add your voice, the child’s explanation, or the detail you never want to forget. Aura keeps the photograph and the telling together without pretending to speak for your family. • Play together—even from different phones Start an age-aware question, drawing idea, riddle, or family game. Choose one child, selected relatives, or the whole family. Everyone can take a turn from where they are, and you decide which answers and creations deserve a place in Story. • Share with intention Each Story and chapter stays private to the people you choose. Family access can be view-only or include contributions, and sharing one chapter never opens the rest of a child’s Story. • Easier to return to what matters Use Contents to move through ages, years, and months. Aura remembers where you stopped and makes it simple to see where a newly kept memory now lives. No public feed. No scores. No streaks. No pressure to document everything. Keep one true thing. Let the people who love them add their side. Watch it become something they can return to for the rest of their life. Aura. I made this for you.
App privacy
The developer, Paul Gathua, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers: Device ID
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID, User ID
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Financial Info: Payment Info
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, App Functionality
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