A private sanctuary for remembrance

Preserve the memory of
the people you've lost

“A place where memory is treated as something sacred.”

Cherishly is a private memorial and remembrance app for preserving photos, voice recordings, written stories and life timelines of the people who mattered most — and for remembering them together, as a family, on the anniversaries that matter. On iOS and Android, in 10 languages.

Free to start No account required Privacy-first Hijri + Gregorian calendars One-time purchase, no subscription

Not a photo album.
A place of remembrance.

Cherishly is an app for preserving the memories of loved ones through photos, voice recordings, life timelines and family collaboration. It is not a social network or a scrapbook app — it is a quiet, private space dedicated to honouring people who have passed away.

Whether you observe Hijri death anniversaries, mark Gregorian memorial dates, or simply want to remember someone on the right day each year, Cherishly serves every culture and faith with the same care.

Your memories stay on your device unless you choose to back them up. No advertising. No algorithmic feed. No data sold. Just a dignified place to keep what matters.

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The Cherishly app showing a remembrance profile with a portrait, important dates and a gold floral design
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The essentials, stated plainly

A short, factual summary of what Cherishly is, who it is for, and how it protects your family's memories.

What it is
A private memorial and remembrance app for preserving photos, voice recordings, written stories and life timelines of loved ones, with optional family sharing.
Who it is for
Anyone remembering a person who has died — families preserving a parent's or grandparent's legacy, and people observing death anniversaries across cultures and faiths.
Platforms
iOS and Android. The core app works fully offline on your device.
Pricing
Free to start. Optional one-time purchases unlock more: Basic $2.99, Lite $5.99, Premium $12.99. No subscriptions.
Privacy
Local-first. Data stays on your device unless you enable cloud backup. No ads, no profiling, no selling of personal memories.
Family sharing
Premium includes a Family Circle of up to 5 members who share one set of profiles, memories and timelines.
Offline access
Profiles, dates, reminders and remembrance cards all work without an internet connection.
Languages
10 languages: English, Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Malay, Malayalam, Simplified Chinese, Tamil, Telugu and Turkish. Full right-to-left support for Arabic and Urdu.
Data ownership
Your memories belong to you. Paid tiers include export and import, so your archive is never locked inside the app.

Everything a remembrance deserves

Each feature exists because grief and remembrance deserve more thought than a generic app template.

Person profiles

A dedicated profile for each loved one — name, relationship, portrait and the dates that matter. Archive instead of delete; nothing is ever truly lost.

Free: up to 3 profiles · Premium: up to 75

Dual calendar tracking

Enter dates in the Gregorian or Hijri calendar. Both are stored and shown, and anniversaries recur correctly every year in the calendar they were entered in.

Hijri + Gregorian, fully bi-directional

Gentle reminders

A quiet reminder on the anniversary, or days before if you prefer. Reminders follow the correct calendar system automatically and run on your device.

Works offline · On-device

Photos, stories & voice

Add written memories, photographs and voice recordings to each profile. Nothing is required — a name and a date is already a tribute.

Up to 20 photos + 10 voice recordings per profile

Life timeline

A calm, chronological record of milestones, memories and key dates — a living family history of who they were to you, in your own words.

Always available · Always private

Today screen

Opens each morning to answer one gentle question: who should I remember today? Anniversaries, upcoming dates and favourites, at a glance.

The app's signature daily moment

Remembrance cards

Create a beautiful memorial image in one tap. Elegant floral templates, fully editable text, right-to-left support. Share to WhatsApp, email or anywhere.

Free on every tier

Private by default

All data stays on your device unless you explicitly turn on cloud backup. No account is needed for the free tier — ever.

Local-first architecture

Ten languages

A fully localised interface, date formats and card text, with complete right-to-left layout for Arabic and Urdu.

Multilingual from day one

From first open to lasting remembrance

Five quiet steps. No friction, no forced sign-up.

01

Open the app. No account needed.

Cherishly opens straight into a fully usable state — no registration, no email. Everything is saved privately on your device from the first moment.

Guest mode · Full functionality
02

Create a profile for your loved one.

Add a name, a relationship, a portrait if you have one, and the date of passing in Gregorian or Hijri. The other calendar is calculated for you. Add birthdays and other dates worth remembering.

Gregorian · Hijri · Custom dates
03

Add memories over time.

Write a note. Add a photo. Record a voice message. There is no minimum and no pressure — every memory is a gift you add when you are ready.

Stories · Photos · Voice recordings
04

Let the app remember for you.

On each anniversary, Gregorian or Hijri, Cherishly reminds you gently — up to a week ahead if you prefer. Your Today screen surfaces who matters today.

On-device reminders · No missed anniversaries
05

Share a remembrance card in one tap.

Generate a dignified memorial image with their portrait, a meaningful message and an elegant design. Edit the words, then share to WhatsApp, email or wherever your family gathers — in any language.

One tap · Fully editable · Share anywhere
An example Cherishly remembrance card with a gold floral border and the inscription ‘Forever in our hearts’
Remembrance card

One tap.
A card worthy of them.

On any anniversary you are one tap away from a beautiful, shareable image that honours your loved one — not a generic template, but a dignified card you can make your own.

  • Floral, faith-neutral and Islamic-inspired templates
  • Fully editable text in any language, including Arabic and Urdu right-to-left
  • Share to WhatsApp, email or any app through the native share sheet
  • Their portrait, framed with care
  • Save as an image for your own archive
  • Free on every tier — never paywalled
Create your first card →

Remember together

With Cherishly Premium, invite your family into a shared Circle — one set of profiles, one source of truth, and reminders that respect each person's own schedule.

An abstract golden family constellation on a deep burgundy background, representing connected remembrance

One Circle. One truth. Many hearts.

A Family Circle is a shared space where invited members see the same profiles, memories and timeline as the Circle owner — not a separate copy each, but a single shared record. Every member can contribute their own photos, stories and voice recordings.

  • Up to 5 family members per Circle
  • Members add photos, notes and voice memories
  • Each member's reminder timing stays personal
  • The owner controls profile creation and access
  • Invite by link — works for any family member

How inviting works

The owner creates an invite linkAvailable in Family Circle settings inside the app
Share it via WhatsApp, SMS or emailThe link is personal — share it only with trusted family
The recipient taps the linkCherishly opens straight into the Circle join flow
They are now a memberShared profiles appear immediately; their personal profiles stay private

Pay once. Remember forever.

A remembrance app should not charge you every month. Buy once and your tier is unlocked permanently — no renewal, no expiry.

Prices shown in USD. Local currency pricing is set by the App Store and Google Play and may vary by region.

Free
Guest
$0
Always free · No account
  • Up to 3 profiles
  • 3 photos per profile
  • 2 voice recordings per profile
  • Gregorian + Hijri calendars
  • Unlimited remembrance cards
  • On-device reminders
  • No account required
  • Cloud backup
  • Family Circle
Download free
Basic
Cherishly Basic
$2.99
One-time purchase · Lifetime
  • Up to 15 profiles
  • 10 photos per profile
  • 10 voice recordings per profile
  • Manual export & import backup
  • 6 tribute profiles
  • Everything in Free
  • Automatic cloud backup
  • Family Circle
Get Basic
Lite
Cherishly Lite
$5.99
One-time purchase · Lifetime
  • Up to 15 profiles
  • 10 photos per profile
  • 10 voice recordings per profile
  • Automatic cloud backup
  • Photos and voice backed up to the cloud
  • 6 tribute profiles
  • Everything in Basic
  • Family Circle sharing
Get Lite

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What we commit to, always

  • No subscriptions — ever
  • No advertising
  • No selling of personal memories
  • Export your data at any time
  • Built with respect for families, cultures and faiths

Built on dignified principles

Privacy first

All data stays on your device by default. Nothing reaches our servers unless you choose cloud backup. We never view, analyse, sell or use your private memories for advertising.

No ads. Ever.

We will never place advertising around your grief. Cherishly is funded only by one-time purchases.

Respectful across cultures

Hijri dates, right-to-left layouts and localised cards are core features, built in from the start — not afterthoughts.

Read how we store and protect your family's data in our Privacy Policy

Honest answers

The questions families actually ask, answered plainly.

Cherishly is a private memorial and remembrance app for preserving the memories of loved ones who have passed away. It stores photos, voice recordings, written stories and a life timeline for each person, and lets families remember together through a shared Family Circle. It is available on iOS and Android in 10 languages.
Cherishly is for anyone who wants to remember someone who has died — a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend. It is used by families preserving a relative's legacy for future generations, and by people who observe death anniversaries in the Gregorian or Hijri calendar across many cultures and faiths.
No. Cherishly opens directly into a fully usable state — no sign-up, no email, no password. You can create profiles, set reminders and share remembrance cards without an account. An account is only needed if you buy a paid tier or join a Family Circle.
Each loved one has a profile that holds their portrait, relationship, important dates, written stories, photographs and voice recordings. A life timeline arranges these into a chronological family history. Paid tiers add automatic cloud backup so the archive is protected beyond a single device, and export so you always keep your own copy.
Yes. Cherishly is local-first: your memories stay on your device and are never sent to our servers unless you turn on cloud backup. There is no advertising, no profiling and no selling of personal content. When cloud backup is enabled, data is stored under your own account and protected by encrypted connections and server-side security rules.
Yes, with Cherishly Premium. A Family Circle lets up to 5 invited members share the same profiles and timeline. Every member can add their own photos, written memories and voice recordings, while each person keeps their own private profiles and their own reminder timing.
Yes. You can attach voice recordings to any profile — a message, a prayer, or a story told in someone's own voice. Recordings are kept on your device, and are included in automatic cloud backup on the Lite and Premium tiers.
On your device, memories are stored locally. In the cloud, each family's data is isolated using strict Firebase and Firestore security rules, organised under your unique account identifier, and reachable only through authenticated, server-side checks. Connections use HTTPS/TLS encryption. No system can promise absolute security, but protecting family memories is one of our highest priorities.
On the free tier, data lives only on the device, so we recommend keeping the app installed or upgrading for backup. Basic adds manual export and import. Lite and Premium add automatic cloud backup, so you can install Cherishly on a new device, sign in and restore your profiles, photos and voice recordings.
Yes. Paid tiers include an Export & Import feature that produces a complete backup of your profiles, stories, photos and voice recordings, which you can store yourself and restore at any time. Your archive is never locked inside the app.
Yes. Many people use Cherishly as a personal family archive — recording each relative's dates, life story, photographs and voice, and building a timeline that can be passed to children and grandchildren. It focuses on memory and remembrance rather than building a genealogical tree, and works well alongside dedicated genealogy tools.
Yes, as a core feature. Any date can be entered in Hijri, and the Gregorian equivalent is calculated automatically, and the reverse. Anniversaries entered in the Hijri calendar recur on the Hijri calendar every year, accounting for the shorter Hijri year.
English, Arabic, Urdu (both with full right-to-left layout), Bengali, Malay, Malayalam, Simplified Chinese, Tamil, Telugu and Turkish. The interface, date formats and default remembrance card text are all localised, including correct right-to-left rendering inside exported Arabic and Urdu cards.
Cherishly Premium includes one Family Circle with up to 5 invited members, not counting the owner. Members share all Circle profiles and can contribute memories and photos. The owner creates the invite link, manages membership and controls profile creation. Circles are fully independent from one another.
We believe remembering the people you love should not feel like a monthly expense. Each paid tier is a single one-time purchase that unlocks that tier permanently, with no renewals. Paid tiers also include data export, so your family's archive stays in your hands regardless of what the future holds.
We want Cherishly to be affordable for as many families as possible. For many people Premium costs less than a family meal, yet the stories, photos and voice recordings it preserves can remain meaningful for generations. Pricing for new customers may change over time, but an existing purchase keeps the benefits of its tier.
You do. Your memories, photos, voice recordings and stories belong to you and your family. Cherishly does not sell your personal content, use it for advertising, or claim ownership of it. Our role is only to help you preserve and organise it.
No. Archiving simply hides a profile from active views — it stops appearing on the Today screen and stops generating reminders — while all photos, notes, voice recordings and dates are preserved and can be restored at any time. We chose archive-over-delete because no tribute should be permanently erased.
Yes. Cherishly is available on both platforms. Paid entitlements are handled per app store, so a purchase on one platform does not automatically transfer to the other — please check the store's cross-platform restore policy.
Cherishly is built for the long term, but you deserve a straight answer. If we were ever unable to continue, we would give advance notice wherever possible and make every reasonable effort to help you export your complete family archive. Paid tiers already include Export & Import for exactly this reason — your data is never locked inside Cherishly.

Begin with a name.
A date. A memory.

Free to start, no account required. The first tribute you create might take three minutes — and last a lifetime.

“Every soul is worthy of being remembered. Every date worth honouring. Every memory worth keeping safe.”
— The Cherishly principle