About Lugelo – Redefining Journaling with AI, VR & Collaboration
Lugelo is the leading journal and storytelling collaboration app — available on iOS, Android, and the web. Easily capture, save, and cherish the moments and memories of your life as they happen, so you can keep enjoying them.
A secure platform built on patented technology.
Lugelo is a secure platform built on our patented (US10489465B2) data aggregation technology — designed to bring all your memories into one place, in one beautiful timeline.
From a casual photo on a Tuesday afternoon to the careful retelling of your grandmother's life, every memory deserves to be captured, organized, and remembered. Our team is continuously building the platform to add more features and capabilities for saving your moments — and for collaborating on shared journals with the people you love.
"Documenting little details of your everyday life becomes a celebration of who you are."— Carolyn V. Hamilton
One platform, four ways to journal.
Whatever device you have on hand, Lugelo is ready to capture the moment.
iOS and Android devices
Lugelo app is supported on all iPhone 8 devices and above as well as all iPads. In addition, our Android app runs on over 2,000 devices.
WebApp
Our web application is available for desktop and mobile usage on any OS (Microsoft, Apple, Linux, Chrome, Android, etc.) in all the leading web browsers.
eBook / PDF Delivery
Your journals are amazing and our apps allow conversion of your journals into eBooks for printing or sharing with family and friends.
Journal collaboration engine
Patented technology platform that helps people write and collaborate on personal and group stories for either private collection or public release.
Four ideas that shape everything we build.
01.
Memories belong in one place.
Our patented data aggregation technology brings together your photos, videos, audio, web clips, and writing — wherever they live — into a single, beautifully organized journal.
02.
Security is the foundation.
Team Lugelo includes highly experienced security experts. Your data is protected at every layer, and we're committed to GDPR and global user-privacy regulations — your data is yours to download anytime.
03.
Stories are better together.
The best memories live in many voices. Lugelo's collaboration engine lets families and friends co-write a single journal — capturing every perspective on a moment, holiday, or life.
04.
For future generations.
We're building Lugelo to outlast us. From AI-assisted writing to VR storybooks, every feature is designed so that your great-grandchildren can one day open your journal — and step inside.
Parents, travelers, builders & memory keepers.
Team Lugelo is a group of dedicated parents, travelers, and highly experienced software developers and security experts — who firmly believe in preserving our history, precious stories, and memories for future generations.
From a wooden box to a patented platform.
2016
Lugelo is founded in California.
After finding a box of letters they couldn't read, the founders incorporate Lugelo in the San Francisco Bay Area. The first prototype is a scrappy iOS app built by three people across three time zones.
2019
Patent granted: US10489465B2.
After years of research, Lugelo is awarded a US patent for its data aggregation technology — the first journaling platform built to unify scattered moments across devices, social networks, and time.
2022
Collaboration engine ships.
Lugelo's patented platform expands beyond solo journaling. Families and friends can now co-write a single journal — adding entries, photos, voice notes, and comments from anywhere in the world.
2024
AI writing assistant launches.
Powered by advanced ChatGPT prompts, Lugelo's AI starts helping users turn raw thoughts into beautifully crafted entries — suggesting prompts, expanding ideas, and surfacing patterns from past entries.
Today · 2026
VR storybooks & a global community.
Lugelo is now on iOS, Android, web, Chrome, and Firefox — used by individuals, families, and oral history projects worldwide. VR storybooks let users walk through their memories in 360°. We're still small. We're still building. And we're just getting started.
Ready to start your story?
Start writing your story today — for yourself, for the people you love, and for the memories that deserve to live forever.
The questions we get asked about us.
Where we're based, how we're funded, and who we built Lugelo for.
Where is Lugelo based?
Lugelo is a California corporation founded and based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a diverse team of parents, travelers, and highly experienced software developers and security experts spread across the world.
The company was incorporated in 2016. You can reach us at +1.650.550.0775 or via any of the emails in our footer.
Is Lugelo's technology patented?
Yes. Lugelo is built on our patented data aggregation technology, US Patent 10489465B2, granted in 2019 — the first journaling platform designed to unify scattered moments across devices, social networks, and time.
It's the foundation of both our privacy and collaboration engines, and it's the reason Lugelo can offer features no other journaling app does (multi-author shared journals, cross-platform aggregation, secure family memory lanes).
Who is Lugelo for?
Lugelo is for anyone who wants to capture, preserve, and share life's meaningful moments. Our users include:
New parents documenting baby milestones; families building multi-generational memory lanes; travelers journaling adventures; individuals using AI to overcome writer's block; people preserving family legacy stories; couples building wedding memory books with their guests; and friend groups documenting shared trips.
If you've ever wished a moment didn't disappear, Lugelo is for you.