Est. 2024 · Planned since 2010
Death isn't about dying,it's about living.
Welcome to the world's first social network for our dead loved ones.
Creating a memorial diary is free — and it stays free. No trial, no subscription, no expiry.
Femi Oyelowo
Rest in perfect peace.
8
Halima Yakubu
A life that will be told for generations.
6
Godwin Attah
Thank you for everything you gave us.
8
Titilayo Osun
You are not forgotten. Not for a single day.
4
Ada Nwabueze
A candle for you from my house tonight.
6
Anonymous
Still cannot believe it. Still grateful for you.
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3 more replies on the diary
Anonymous
The world is smaller without you in it.
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1 more reply on the diary
Anonymous
You lived well. That is the whole story.
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2 more replies on the diary
Anonymous
Thinking of the family at this time.
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3 more replies on the diary
Anonymous
Sleep well, sir.
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1 more reply on the diary
Look different
One diary.
Three of its thirty looks.
The same diary in three of the looks we ship, captured from the live page — not drawn. A look is the whole page. Change it any time; nothing anyone wrote moves.
Built for the hours nobody plans for
From the first phone call,
to long after the burial.
The diary is one part of it. This is the whole way through: what to do in the first hours, who to call, the memorial itself, the day of the service, and everything that keeps going after it.
Create a memorial diary →From the home to the mortuary: what to do first, and who cares for them.
The first hoursThe diary opens with the first hours: bringing your loved one from the home to a mortuary, where they are cared for and preserved — and a guide for the calls and the decisions that cannot wait.
Guided stepsMortuary care
A curated list, real prices, and no middlemen.
Ready to serveA curated list of funeral providers with their real prices — a phone call away, and no middlemen. If the quality is not what you expected, we will help resolve it.
CuratedNo middlemen
A memorial that stays online for ever, and costs nothing.
Free, for everCreating the diary turns a burial into a memorial: a page that stays online for ever, free. Premium themes and effects make it truly theirs.
Free for everPremium themes
A QR code at the door, and a livestream for those who cannot come.
At the entranceOn the day, print your QR code for the entrance: guests scan and leave condolences instantly, and treasured photographs become digital. For those who cannot come, live stream the service. No more meeting apps doubling as a funeral tool. No download, no account, no waiting room — a guest opens one link and is at the service.
QR condolencesLive stream
Condolences become conversation, and the diary keeps going.
It keeps goingThe diary keeps going after the burial: memories keep arriving, and you can reply and react. Birthdays and anniversaries are never forgotten.
Replies & reactionsGentle reminders
Every word they sign is kept, in their own name.
Signed by 214 peopleThe condolence book is the one thing families always lose — a wet page, a card in a drawer nobody opens. Here it cannot be lost: guests sign from any phone, no app, no account.
Guest signaturesKept for everA condolence you can hear, not only read.
0:42 · recorded at the serviceNot everyone can put grief into a sentence. A friend can speak instead — recorded in the browser with nothing to install, and kept for a grandchild to hear long after.
Recorded in the browserKept for everEcho drafts the biography, the obituary and the tribute.
A first draft, in secondsA blank page is the hardest part. Describe your loved one in a sentence and Echo drafts the biography and the obituary — always yours to edit, never published without you.
DraftYours to edit
What it costs
Creating a memorial diary
is free, forever.
A diary never expires and holds unlimited memories, tributes and the condolence register. Nothing here is a trial: you pay only for the extras you choose.
The memorial diary
Unlimited stories, photos, video and audio · tributes and condolences · the QR condolence register · followers · live ceremony streaming.
Free to create, free to keepThemes, particles & gifts
30 themes from 0 to 250 coins, particle fields and 20+ virtual gifts. 14 themes carry their own music, and a paid theme makes the diary Premium.
New accounts start with 50 welcome coinsThe Signature Collection
Their own hand · up to three films · up to six spotlights · a Curator's Note.
Quoted per memorial, then invoicedFuneral vendors
Funeral homes, florists and memorial services publish a storefront and answer families directly.
Free for vendors while we build thisDiaryOftheDead Signature
A look that exists once,
for one life.
A Signature diary is drawn by hand, for one person and never repeated. Every diary carries the rest — the ceremony, the gifts, the marketplace — free for ever.
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Their own hand
A photograph of their handwriting, drawn into the page, not pasted onto it.
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Up to three films
Short films that play as the page moves — moments a photograph cannot carry.
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Up to six spotlights
The people, places and dates that shaped them, each lit on its own.
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A Curator's Note
Written by a person who reads the whole diary first — not a machine.
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Live ceremony
The service, streamed for everyone who cannot be there. One link — no app, no account.
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20+ virtual gifts
Candles of Memory, Crystal Tears, Golden Roses, Phoenix Rebirths — sent by the people who could not come, and on the diary for ever.
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Funeral marketplace
Caskets, florists and memorial services from verified vendors, with reviews from families — paid with Apple Pay or Google Pay.
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Family book & calendar
Their book and family tree, and every birthday and anniversary kept — so no date passes unnoticed.
One of one.
A look that has never existed — made for one person and never repeated. Tell us about them, and we will design a memorial nobody can copy.
Assembled by hand and quoted per memorial — so there is no price here to get wrong.
Contact us about a Signature diary →The world's first · Est. 2024 · Planned since 2010
Their story deserves
to live on.
Death isn't about dying, it's about living. Free to create, free forever. Web, iOS and Android.
Getting started
Begin in minutes.
Preserve for eternity.
Create a memorial diary — free
Free to create and free forever — their memory should not be on a subscription.
Build the memorial diary
Add their name, portrait and life story. Echo helps you find the words.
Invite the world to remember
Share the link, and watch tributes, gifts and condolences arrive from around the world.
Get in touch
Questions, partnerships, or just want to say hello? We'd love to hear from you.
Questions
The things families ask first.
Is creating a memorial diary really free?
Yes — free to create and free for ever. Every diary on DiaryOftheDead includes unlimited stories, photos, video and audio, tributes and condolences, the condolence register, followers and live ceremony streaming. There is no trial, no subscription and no expiry. You pay only for the extras you choose, and only if you want them: themes, particle fields and virtual gifts are bought with coins, and a new account starts with 50 welcome coins.
Do I need an account to look around?
No. Thousands of memorial diaries on DiaryOftheDead are public, and you can read them, watch a ceremony and light a candle without signing in. You need an account to create a diary of your own, post a tribute or send a gift.
Can a guest at the funeral leave a condolence without downloading anything?
Yes. Print the QR card from the diary on DiaryOftheDead and put it at the door or on the table, and a guest scans it with the camera they already have — no app, no account. Their condolence is on the diary straight away, and they can attach a photo or record a voice note instead of writing.
Can family who cannot travel still be at the funeral?
Yes. A ceremony can be streamed live on a DiaryOftheDead diary: schedule it once, and everyone following receives the notification. It can be open to all or kept behind a family code, with live chat and one shared candle beside the stream. Recordings of a ceremony are being built now.
How long has DiaryOftheDead existed?
The company is est. 2024, and DiaryOftheDead has been on the web, iOS and Android since then. The idea is older: it started in 2010, in a university notebook, fourteen years before the company existed — long before there was a team, any money or a name for it.
What is the DiaryOftheDead Signature?
It is the rung above the catalogue themes: a look designed for one memorial, using their own handwriting, up to three films, up to six spotlights and a Curator's Note written by a person. A DiaryOftheDead Signature is assembled by hand and quoted per memorial, so the way to start is to contact us.
Which devices can I use?
Web, iOS and Android. A diary created on DiaryOftheDead on a phone opens on the web and the other way round, and everything a family adds is shared across all three.