Before they arrive
The first message can come before the first hello.
Start a private capsule during pregnancy. Keep the day they found out, the names they almost chose, and the voices already waiting to meet the baby.
- $99 once
- Lifetime access
- iPhone and Android
Private to the parent until they invite someone. The code never expires, and unopened gifts are refundable in full for 30 days.
What you are actually giving
You are giving a private capsule for their child: voice messages, photos, short videos and written notes, kept for the day that child opens them. It is not something that arrives in a box and then waits.
A capsule can be started before the baby is born. That is what makes it a gift for the parents, now, and not only a gift for a baby who is not here yet. They can put something in it the evening they open it, with no schedule, streak or countdown to keep up with.
What can go in before the baby is born
Anything a person wants to say to a child they have not met. There is no rule that a capsule has to begin at the birth, and the earliest things in it are often the ones nobody thinks to write down.
- The day they found out. A parent telling the story of the morning of the test, the exact order it happened in, in their own voice rather than in a caption.
- Grandparents saying hello first. A grandparent welcoming a grandchild they have not met yet, in their own voice.
- The baby shower. Pass a phone around the room and let people say a sentence each. It takes a few minutes and it keeps the afternoon.
- Choosing the name. The conversation about the name, why it ended up being that one, and the ones it very nearly was.
It is private to the parent until they decide otherwise
A capsule started during a pregnancy is private to the parent by default, and it appears to nobody else until that parent invites someone in. One person or several, whoever they choose, whenever they are ready.
During a pregnancy that default is the whole point. A capsule can be started before anyone at all has been told, and nothing in Tiny Treasures can announce it for them. Nothing is scheduled off a due date, and nothing reaches anybody who has not been invited. Two parents can both be admins. Recordings are never transcribed, analyzed or turned into voiceprints.
What the capsule becomes later
The same capsule carries on after the birth. Nothing is started again, and nothing has to be moved.
- Their own voice, once they have one. Treasures is a shared album of the child’s own words: first attempts, made-up phrases, the way a name gets said wrong for about a month. The family can replay it at any age.
- Any day, including days already gone. Photos can be attached to a past date on the calendar, so the voice behind a picture can be added on a quieter evening.
- All of it, in order. Voice, video, photos and notes stay together in the story of one childhood. The recordings come back out as one audio file, in order, with no payment, no account and no internet connection, so getting them out never depends on us.
The relatives who will never install an app
Invited family can call or text a family phone number from their own phone, and the voicemail, photo or text lands in the child's capsule. No app or account is required. A first and second child each have a number from the start; for a later child we set one up when asked. Family can also contribute from a web browser.
Everyone the parents invite to leave messages is free, always. They never pay, and they never see a price.
How to give it
- Buy it, and choose how it arrives. One payment at tinytreasuresapp.com/gift. Have the code emailed to them when you pay, or leave their email blank and print a card at home carrying the code and your note. They read the note first. You do not need an account, and you do not need the app yourself.
- They open it whenever they are ready. They open the link and sign in, and it is on their account for life. Tiny Treasures can be installed on iPhone or Android whenever suits them.
The card you can print at home, with your note and their code on it.
If you are the one expecting
You can start one yourself today, free
Recording for one child costs nothing, with no account, and on the free tier everything stays on your own phone.
If people keep asking what you want, this is a fair thing to point them at. It is the same capsule either way. A gift simply means it is paid for once, for good. There is also a way to put it on a baby registry if that is where everyone is already shopping.
What it costs
$99 once
One payment of $99, and it never renews. Paddle handles the payment as our merchant of record, so your card details never touch us, and $99 is what you are charged. Recording for one child stays free on a parent’s own phone either way.
Give Tiny Treasures- Lifetime, never renews
- The code never expires
- Unopened gifts refundable for 30 days
- Secure checkout by Paddle
Questions people ask
Can you start a Tiny Treasures capsule before the baby is born?
Yes. A capsule can be started during the pregnancy, and the parent and the relatives they invite can leave messages in it from that point on. It is private to the parent by default and appears to nobody else until the parent invites someone. Nothing is scheduled or announced off a due date.
Who can see a capsule that was started during a pregnancy?
Only the parent who started it, until that parent invites someone else. An expecting capsule appears in nobody else’s account by default, and access is only ever granted by an explicit act of the parent, never automatically. That is why one can be started before a pregnancy has been announced to anyone. Once someone has been invited, they can add their own messages, and still nobody else can see it.
What can you record before a baby is born?
Anything a family wants to say to a child they have not met. Common ones are the day the parents found out, grandparents introducing themselves, messages recorded at the baby shower, and the conversation about choosing the name. It does not have to be a speech: a minute of someone talking the way they actually talk, on an ordinary day, is as much the point. Voice, short video, photos and written notes all go into the same capsule.
What is a good gift for expecting parents that is not more baby things?
Something they can use during the pregnancy rather than something that waits in a cupboard for the baby. Tiny Treasures is a gift of that kind: a private capsule where the family records voice messages, photos and short videos for the child, starting before the birth and carrying on as the child grows. A gift is one payment of $99, and the family never pays anything afterwards.
Does anything happen on the due date?
No. Nothing is scheduled, sent or announced off a due date, and there is no countdown anywhere in Tiny Treasures. Messages a parent seals are kept until the day the child opens their capsule, and there is no date for anyone to pick.
Can family leave messages during the pregnancy too?
Yes, once the parents have invited them. An expecting capsule starts private to the parent, so nobody else sees it until the parent chooses to bring them in, one person or several. After that, invited relatives can leave their own messages for the baby, and it is free for them, always.