Shide Ensō: Memory Book

Most of us are history's "other" — no name, no story. Find your shadow in the songs and years since 1980; jot it down. Lift your head from the dust; pass the light on.

Shide (Ensō) is a local-first life-archive app for Chinese-speaking families around the world. It weaves your life together with the Chinese cultural tides from 1980 to today, and slowly turns it into a bilingual heirloom book you can print and pass down.

No account needed — just open it and begin. Your memories stay on your device by default.

+Gather your years, one day at a time Look back through your “river of years”: On This Day, yearly keepsakes, and the places you’ve been — all growing quietly in one place.

+The map of your life Pin every city you were born in, grew up in, or moved to onto a private map of space and time — and see the whole journey at a glance.

+Future Post Office Write a letter to your future self. On the day you choose, it arrives quietly in your inbox — with photos, PDFs, or documents attached. Even if you switch or lose your phone, it still keeps the promise.

+Chinese cultural tides A scrollable timeline of the songs, films, books, and moments that shaped a generation — in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, and Japanese — so your memories sit within their era.

+Make a book Your device typesets your memories into an A4 heirloomity PDF — fully offline. (AI-assisted book generation is an Ensō+ member feature.)

+A gentle companion A quiet companion who helps you tell your stories, one

Privacy · Core memories are local-first; the public version needs no Ensō account. · Photos are processed on device and never uploaded. · Public cultural content, Future Mail, and optional anonymous analytics use the network; analytics can be turned off anytime. · Export all your data, or delete it completely, at an

Shide — gather the light of your years, and keep it well.

——— Subscriptions: Ensō+ offers auto-renewable Annual and Monthly subscriptions (prices as shown on this page), managed through your Apple account. Cancel anytime; Restore Purchases is supported. Privacy Policy: https://shide.app/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/