Review one family item
A successful session starts small: open or add one safe item, then check what the app preserved.
Related-user beta guide
Help test a real family archive in LivesLived
LivesLived helps a family turn old letters, photos, documents, stories, and recordings into a private archive you can review, revisit, listen to, and eventually search.
20-30
minutes is enough
1-3
low-risk family items
1
keep-using decision
What counts as done
You completed one meaningful archive action: added or reviewed one item, then revisited it.
You were blocked by install, sign-in, permission, subscription, privacy, import, review, listening, or search confusion and recorded where it happened.
You decided not to continue because the privacy or material choice did not feel right.
Before you pick material
Use one to three low-risk family items. If you are unsure, use a safer item or ask Yex before uploading.
Good beta material
- Old letter or postcard
- Family recipe card
- Photo with a written note
- Family-history document
- Obituary, program, or clipping you are comfortable testing
Do not use
- Medical, legal, financial, password, or ID information
- Material that feels traumatic or unsafe to revisit today
- Anything someone would reasonably object to beta testing
- Fragile originals that could be damaged by handling
Privacy and beta expectations
Use real caution
This is beta software. Only use material you are comfortable testing with.
AI processing may be involved
Some AI features may send text, images, or audio to a third-party AI provider such as Google Gemini for processing.
Do not pay during beta
If plan, subscription, restore purchase, or sign-in state looks odd, report it instead of trying to fix billing.
Install and open the beta
- 1Open the TestFlight invite from Yex on the iPhone or iPad you will use.
- 2If TestFlight is not installed, install Apple's TestFlight app from the App Store.
- 3In TestFlight, accept the LivesLived invitation.
- 4Install or update LivesLived.
- 5Open LivesLived from TestFlight or from your home screen.
- 6If prompted, sign in using the beta account or method Yex gave you.
If the invite is expired, the app will not install, the app will not open, or sign-in fails, stop and send Yex the failed step, exact message, device model if known, network type, and a screenshot if easy.
What to try in the app
Try listening if it is clear
Listening is encouraged when the path is obvious. If provider or voice choices feel confusing, note that and move on.
Treat search and chat as optional
If archive memory asks for a local model or setup step, write down the message. Reviewing and revisiting one item still counts.
Do not debug account or billing
If subscription, paid plan, restore purchase, or sign-in state looks odd, report it instead of spending the session fixing it.
Feedback questions
Answer in your own words. The most important signal is whether you would keep using LivesLived or recommend it to another family member.
- 1.What material did you use?
- 2.What were you trying to do in the app?
- 3.Where did you first feel unsure?
- 4.What, if anything, broke or blocked you?
- 5.What did the app preserve or show back to you that felt useful?
- 6.What felt inaccurate, confusing, too technical, or emotionally wrong?
- 7.Did the privacy and AI-processing explanation feel clear enough before you chose material?
- 8.Did anything about subscription, payment, account, or beta access confuse you?
- 9.Could you find or revisit the item after adding or opening it?
- 10.Did you try listening, search, or chat? If yes, what happened?
- 11.Would you keep using LivesLived for your own family material? Why or why not?
- 12.Would you recommend it to another family member? Why or why not?
- 13.What one change would make you more likely to trust or use it again?