Turn a couple's chat into a printed book
You do not print ten years of « where are you ». You pick the chapter that matters: the start, a year apart, the weeks before the wedding.
Then the export, photos on the page, voice notes behind a QR code. The PDF comes with the book.
The book does not need everything. It needs the stretch you would open again on a Sunday, without scrolling a phone.
Pick a chapter, not the whole archive
Skim the thread and write down two dates: the first message that matters, the last one you want to keep. Between them, the book has a shape. Outside them, you can leave the rest.
Two dates
The start of the chapter, and the end. The rest can stay on the phone.
The tone
Jokes, plans, photos. You know the stretch when you skim it.
The rest
Shopping lists and logistics can stay out.
A gift-idea list does not do this job. If you want other options, couple gift ideas sit next to this page. Here, you make the object.
The first message that matters is not always the first in the thread. Sometimes it is the evening the tone changes. Write that date down, and the last one you still want in print.
Export the chat
WhatsApp: the export guide, with photos if the phone allows it. Instagram: the DM archive. Texts and iMessage: how to print messages, without a stack of screenshots.
Several apps for the same story: one timeline. Do not paste bubbles into a document. Dates should come from the file, not from memory.
Export once the chapter is chosen, not the other way around. Otherwise you sort through years before you know what the book should hold.
Before the export
The book, and the PDF that travels
The book prints the photos from the thread. Cover, bubble colours and a short note at the front are yours. Videos and voice notes open from a QR code, so the voice is not lost in a folder.
The PDF is included. Useful if the other person is far away, or if you want to read it before the paper arrives. It is the same keepsake, as a file.
They open an object, not an app. The cover says who it is. Inside, the days follow. The PDF lets you reread the same chapter on the train, before the paper is here.
A later Sunday
You are not hunting for a word. You land on a photo and the line beside it. That is why the dates matter more than an empty pretty layout.
What they hold
The weight of paper, a cover, days. Not a blurry screenshot, not a thread you scroll through standing in the kitchen.
The cover
A name, a year, enough to know whose it is.
The page
The photo near the line, the date in the margin.
The PDF
The same chapter, already readable, while the book travels.
If the story crosses several apps, start with one timeline. The WhatsApp export steps stay in that guide.
From the bubble to the book
The chapter you keep is something you flip through before it goes to print.
Search
A word or a first name. The bubble comes back.
The time
The date and time from the app, on the message.
The book
The preview first. The printed object next, with the PDF.
In the app, a word or a first name is enough to find the bubble. Every message keeps the date and time from the chat. You choose where the book starts and where it stops, you leave out what does not belong, then you flip through the preview. Photos stay on the page. A voice note or a video opens from the QR code. The PDF comes with the book.
Common questions
Do we need the whole thread?
No. One period is enough. The rest can stay on the phone.
Are voice notes on the paper?
Paper does not play sound. A QR code on the page opens the voice note or the video.
We switched apps.
Export each app, then combine them. The guide is linked below.
Can you leave the arguments out?
You choose the dates. A chapter can stop before them, or start after. You do not delete the original file to do that.
Your reconciliation words deserve to last
One message can break the silence. Your best make-up moments should not stay buried in a forgotten chat thread.
MonLivreSMS turns your SMS, WhatsApp or Messenger chats into a book or PDF: reread the words that held you up, and remember why you stay.
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Gather your memories
WhatsApp, SMS, Messenger… your chats come together. Private, yours only.
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Make it yours
Colors, dates, words: it's your story, your way.
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It comes to you
Your book ships anywhere in the world. And you already have it as a PDF.
From argument to a book that brings you back
Keep your most sincere exchanges
Your apologies, jokes after the storm, your promises. Everything that proves your story is worth it.
Create our message book