A film about forgetting
Firsts remembers.
A private memory capsule for parents. So the small things — the ones that feel ordinary today — don't slip through.
— a note from Dr. Zee —
I'm a hospitalist. I take care of people at the end of their stories. The thing they all wish they had more of — the small days, written down.
I built Firsts after I caught myself forgetting my own daughter's first word. There were a hundred memory apps. None of them deserved to hold a childhood.
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"Mama."
Voice memo · 4 seconds · sealed forever.
May 22 · the garden
Three wobbly steps.
Then she fell into your lap, laughing.
She blew out the candle. All by herself.
You cried. Quietly. So she wouldn't notice.
"my family" · April
Mom. Dad. And a wobbly little sun.
Snapped, captioned, captured in 8 seconds.
Backpack bigger than she was.
She didn't look back. Of course she didn't.
Salt water. Sandy hands. Endless light.
You'll tell her about this one when she's grown.
"To my Sofia — on the morning of your graduation…"
opens May 28, 2042
A letter. Written today. Locked. Delivered the morning she walks the stage.
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The Graduation Capsule. Choose a date — any date — far in the future. Write what you'd want them to know. Firsts seals it shut. Delivered, untouched, on the exact day you chose.
May 28, 2042 — sealed
"To my Sofia,
You're 18 today. By the time you read this, you'll have lived 6,205 days I'll never get back. Here's what I want you to know about the small ones —
On a Tuesday when you were three, you drew a wobbly orange sun and called it Mommy. I taped it to the fridge. It's still there..."
— Letter #1 of 47. Sealed. Counting down.
Most apps make you choose one. Firsts captures every way a moment actually happens — a snapshot, a giggle, a scribbled drawing, a sentence you don't want to lose.
Sofia's first three years.
Dr. Zee is a practicing hospitalist and father of two. He built Firsts because the existing apps were ad-riddled or quietly selling family data.
Memories live on your phone. iCloud backup is encrypted and optional. Your family's life isn't a training dataset.
Export the whole archive as a beautiful PDF book any time. No subscription holds your child's history hostage.
Every plan keeps every memory you've already created. No bait-and-switch.
Start the capsule today
Everything, all year
≈ $2.49/mo. Auto-renews until cancelled.
One payment. Forever.
No recurring charges. Yours for life.
Monthly plan also available at $4.99/month inside the app. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Apple ID Settings.
Yes. By default, every memory is stored on your device. Nothing is sold or shown to advertisers. iCloud backup is encrypted and optional — turn it off and your memories never leave your phone.
Yes. Choose a future date and seal it. The letter stays locked until that exact day — their 5th birthday, graduation morning, their wedding. You decide.
Every memory you've already captured stays yours, always — even on Free. Cancel any time in Apple ID Settings. We don't hold your child's history hostage.
iPhone and iPad first. Android is on the roadmap.
Dr. Zee — a practicing hospitalist and father of two. He built Firsts because the existing apps weren't built to hold something this important.
— start their capsule —
Future you — and one day, future them — will thank present you.
Free to start · iPhone + iPad · No account required