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Friday 18 January

A place to record all those funny things your kids say. Quick, before you forget one!

Limetree lets you keep an ongoing chronicle of all those funny kidisms

As parents, I know so many of us keep some kind of record of our funny kid-isms (they do say the darndest things, right?), but a new service called Limetree will now let you record all of them in one place.

Limetree is both a website and a mobile app for iOS which lets you chronicle pictures, videos, and funny sayings from your kids in an ongoing timeline of events both big and small. The app creates a virtual journal of audio and video memories, and I love the ability to also write letters to your children for when they access this account later on in life.

It's a great alternative to a blog (for those of you who are not bloggers) or a public Facebook timeline where you might not be sharing so much about your kids.

Plus two parents can contribute to the same Limetree account which makes it great for having more than one perspective on funny things that your kids do. The app design is very simplistic, but it works and is easy to input and find information, especially when you want to record something quick before you forget it.

As for me, my daughter learned the word survey and decided to "survey" her brother with this one and only pressing question: "So....how do you feel about having legs?" That's going right into my Limetree account. - Jeana

The Limetree app is available for free on iTunes. The free account includes storage for 250 photos/5 minutes of audio/5 minutes of video and unlimited notes/letters for one year. Two additional pricing plans with more storage options are available for $19.99 and $36.99, respectively. For more information, please visit Limetree's pricing page.

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Michelle Dollinger | January 18, 2013 3:00 PM | Reply

Such a great idea, but I'm surprised your review didn't mention that the free version of the website only allows up to 250 pictures and five minutes each audio/video per year. Other plans cost money and still have limits. It's probably easier/cheaper to have a private password protected Tumblr site http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/22806/how-to-make-a-private-tumblr-blog/

Brandy | January 24, 2013 1:08 PM | Reply

That's just what I need. I have so many random videos on my phone...what a great way to organize them!

Jaime | January 28, 2013 10:06 AM | Reply

Hi, I'm Jaime, one of the founders of Limetree.

Michelle, I appreciate your comment.
It's funny you mention Tumblr. Actually I used to use Tumblr to collect moments of my 2 sons, but it just didn't work.

There are many great features that Limetree has and Tumblr doesn't (or any other blogging platform):

The original files are kept by Limetree, and in blogging platforms they're lost.
The metadata of photos and videos is kept also (allowing to organize things by date, for example). Blogging platforms don't.
I can have two parents feeding the same Limetree, and I can have all my children there also. This allows, for example, to write a letter that only one of them will see, but keeping photos that are for all to see.

But this is just the beginning, there are many great features on our roadmap that will make Limetree even better (photo albums and digital albums, for example).

take care,
Jaime

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