Think 100 years from now
You’ll be a name in someone else’s family tree. What will they actually know about you?
bio is your life, your accomplishments, failures, lessons, traditions, and the moments that shaped you, all connected to your place in your family tree. As your family joins, their lives connect to your tree too.
Generations from now, your family can click your name and actually know you, not just know of you.
How bio Works
Preserve Your Life, Connected to Your Family Tree.
1. Preserve the moments that shaped you
Add Milestones for the moments that made you who you are. Each one becomes part of your timeline, so the story of your life grows as you live it.
2. Tell the story behind the moment
Add photos and videos to your Milestones and tell the stories behind them in your own words. A photograph without its story eventually becomes just another photograph. The story is what gives it meaning.
3. Invite your family into your tree
Build your own family tree, then invite your family by email. When they accept, their bio connects to their place in your tree, so your family tree becomes more than names and dates. It becomes a collection of the lives of everyone in it.
Choose How You Want to Be Remembered
Why Families Use bio
Your life deserves to be preserved
Your story isn't only the accomplishments and life changing moments. It's the failures you learned from, the struggles you overcame, the advice you want to pass down, the traditions you carried on, and the everyday moments that shaped who you are. bio gives all of those parts of your life a place to live.
Discover your family's stories
When you invite your parents, siblings, grandparents, and cousins, each of them can preserve their own life in their bio, connected to their place in your tree. You may discover stories you've never heard before, from the people you thought you knew best.
Preserve the life of someone you love
Not everyone will create a bio themselves. With Add-on Profiles, you can create and manage a bio for a parent, a grandparent, or any loved one who can't do it on their own, so their stories are preserved and connected to their place in your family tree.
Today's family is tomorrow's history
Genealogy helps us discover the family that came before us. One day, we'll be the ones our family is searching for. bio isn't only for the family you have today. It's for the generations who come after you. Preserve your stories, heritage, and traditions now, while you're here to tell them, so they never have to piece your life together.
Looking for a private family tree for your living relatives, or comparing bio with Storyworth? Here’s how bio fits.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is bio?
bio is a platform where your life becomes part of your family tree. Preserve milestones through photos, videos, memories, and the stories behind them, all connected to your place in your family tree.
Is bio free to use?
Yes. You can create your bio, start adding milestones, and build your personalized family tree for free. Upgrade to a monthly or annual plan to unlock unlimited milestones, add bio profiles for loved ones, and get additional storage.
Who can see my bio profile?
You choose one of three privacy levels for your bio profile. Private means only you can view it. Family Only means only you and the members of your family tree can access it. Public means anyone with the link can view your profile, but it is not published to search engines.
Will my bio profile show up in Google?
No. Setting your bio profile to Public does not make it searchable on Google or other search engines. Public simply means anyone with the link can view it. Only bio's public marketing pages are submitted to search engines.
If I invite a relative, do our family trees merge?
No. Every person has their own family tree centered on themselves. Accepting an invitation connects your bio profile to your place in your relative's family tree while keeping your own tree separate. Neither person gives up ownership of their tree or the ability to manage it.
How does the family tree work?
Your tree starts with you and your direct line: your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on, so it never feels crowded. Tap anyone in it, like your grandmother, and the tree switches to show her immediate family, including your aunts and uncles. Tap your aunt, and you'll see her immediate family, including your cousins. That way you can explore your whole family one person at a time.
Can my family tree include blended families?
Yes. Families come in all shapes. If you already have a mom and dad in your tree and add another parent, like a stepparent, bio creates a separate view for that family within your tree, so each family stays clear and complete. To switch between them, tap the icon on your name and choose which family you want to view. That way, every part of your family has a place in your tree.
What are Add-on Profiles?
Add-on Profiles let you create and manage a bio for someone you care about. You can preserve their milestones, photos, videos, memories, and stories, all connected to their place in your family tree. Add-on Profiles are available with a monthly or annual plan, for an additional $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year for each profile.
How much can I upload?
The free plan includes storage to help you get started. Monthly and annual plans include significantly more storage for preserving photos, videos, and your life's milestones.
Can I cancel my subscription?
Yes. You can cancel your subscription at any time. Your subscription will remain active until the end of your current billing period. After that, your bio profile and family tree are not deleted, they simply become read only unless you subscribe again.