If you are choosing between the two, here is the straight comparison, taken from what each of us publishes. We make one of them, so read it with that in mind and check both sites yourself.
Correct as at 18 October 2026. Prices and inclusions change, so check theirs before you decide.
| LifeTrove | This is usThe Estate Organizer | |
|---|---|---|
| Who you are buying from | LifeTrove, a company based in Middletown, Connecticut. Their Our Roots page says it began as The Life Book, made for the founders’ mother, who lives with multiple sclerosis. No founder is named on the pages we read. | Will, who wrote it after watching two families, his and his partner’s, try to settle an estate with nothing written down. That story is on the About page, under his name. |
| What arrives | A document binder. The LifeTrove Document Organizer is a physical binder, about 10.5 by 13 by 2 inches, with expandable accordion pockets, acid free pages, a reinforced cover, label stickers you apply yourself and a table of contents. It comes in beige, blue or pink. The listing also includes two e-books, a printable planner and a “Get Organized” guide, plus a label pack. | A coil bound book, printed to order and shipped to you. Or the digital edition, a fillable PDF, on its own. Or the two together, so you can start tonight and write it up properly when the book arrives. |
| Free before you pay | No free version is offered on the pages we read. | The Executor Toolkit, free. The first stage of the book, the first 48 hours, is in it. There is also a two minute readiness check. |
| What you can buy |
The Document Organizer is shown as 65% off a $199 list price. The same page shows a $68.65 non-member price and, further down, a $47.55 offer, so the number you see may differ. Bundles of two or three binders are also sold. |
Separate pieces, not tiers. Buy the one you need and nothing else. |
| Delivery | Shipped from their warehouse. Their shipping policy allows 6 to 12 business days in the United States, including processing. Shipping is free on orders over $60. Under that it is $9.95 standard or $12.95 expedited. | Digital arrives instantly. The book is printed to order and shipped free anywhere in the United States. Allow up to two weeks. |
| Payment | One off for the binder. The product page also offers an optional Life Circle membership: free for 28 days, then $34.99 billed every 28 days, which their page says you can cancel in your account settings. | One off. No subscription. |
| Guarantee | 60 days, money back. Their refund policy says to request the return within 60 days of delivery, with the item unused and in its original packaging. You pay return shipping unless the item arrived damaged or incorrect. There is no restocking fee. | 30 days, money back on the digital edition. Printed books are made for the buyer, so if yours arrives damaged, misprinted or faulty, we replace it free. The detail is in our refund policy. |
| Written for American families | Yes. Sold from the United States, priced in US dollars. | Yes. Social Security, 401(k) and IRA death benefits and probate, set out in the order your executor actually meets them, from the first 48 hours to the first year. |
| Reviews | 1,241 reviews shown on their product page, through a review widget that runs on their own store. Elsewhere on the site they say “Trusted by 50,000+”. | 4.9 out of 5 from nine reviews on ProductReview, plus three reviews on Trustpilot. Read the reviews sent directly to us |
Their figures come from mylifetrove.com: the home page, the Document Organizer product page, the Our Roots page, and the shipping and refund policies, read on 18 October 2026. Ours come from this website.
They show 1,241 reviews on their product page and say more than 50,000 people have bought one. We have nine reviews on ProductReview, three reviews on Trustpilot, and fifteen readers whose words are on our reviews page, sent to us directly.
They also make something we do not. If what you want is a sturdy binder to hold the actual papers, passports, deeds and certificates, that is a LifeTrove. Ours is a book you fill in, and it records where things like the will are kept and what your executor does next.
What we would rather be judged on is the book itself. There is a free Executor Toolkit on this site with the first stage of it, the first 48 hours, written out in full. Read that before you buy anything from either of us.
A binder holds documents. You slide the deed, the passports and the insurance policy into labeled pockets, and whoever opens it finds the papers. What it cannot do is tell them what the papers mean, which accounts exist that have no paper at all, or what to do on the first morning.
The Estate Organizer is written for that morning. The digital edition is $49 and runs to more than 300 pages, in the order an executor meets the job, from the first 48 hours to the first year, with the Social Security, 401(k), IRA and probate steps set out for American families. It records your accounts, insurance, the people to call, your passwords and your wishes, and nothing is stored online. The printed book is $99, shipped free, with the digital edition included. Plenty of families will want both a binder and a book. If you only want one, know which job you are hiring it for.
The free Executor Toolkit is the first stage of the book. No payment, no card.
Get the free Executor ToolkitOr read what readers have told us, then go to the book, from $49 USD, one time.
Educational content only. Not legal, financial or tax advice. The Estate Organizer is an information-gathering and record-keeping tool. It is not a Will, Power of Attorney, or any other legal document. Estate planning rules vary by state and change over time; consult a qualified attorney, accountant or financial advisor for advice specific to your circumstances. LifeTrove is a product of LifeTrove and is not affiliated with The Estate Organizer. Details about their product are taken from their own published material on the date shown and may have changed since.
