A Rewind alternative that keeps running on your Mac.
Earlyn is a Mac app that does what Rewind did, a private and searchable memory of your screen and meetings, and it keeps working on your Mac after the Rewind app stopped capturing on 19 December 2025.
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What happened to Rewind
- On 5 December 2025 Limitless, the company behind Rewind, announced that it had been acquired by Meta and that it was sunsetting Rewind.
- On 19 December 2025 the Rewind Mac app disabled screen and audio capture. Users were offered tools to export their data.
What Earlyn does
| Earlyn | |
|---|---|
| Screen memory with a timeline | Yes: Rewind, about one look per second, stored when the text changes |
| Search | By word and by meaning, with operators and period words |
| Questions about your history | Yes, with the moments cited; the model runs on your Mac unless you choose a cloud key |
| Meetings | On-device transcription in any language, speakers, summaries, live translation |
| Where data lives | Only on your Mac, encrypted (SQLCipher and AES-GCM) |
| Account needed to use it | No; an account is only for buying Pro |
| AI agent access | Local MCP server for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, Gemini CLI |
| Price | 7 days free with everything, then $19 a month |
| Requirements | macOS 14 or later on Apple Silicon |
Moving over
Earlyn cannot import a Rewind export today; it starts remembering from the moment you install it. Your Rewind export stays useful on its own, and Earlyn's file indexing can read exported text files if you put them in a folder you add.
When Earlyn is not the right choice
- You use an Intel Mac, Windows or Linux.
- You want your memory synced to a phone or across computers; Earlyn keeps it on one Mac on purpose.
- You want a wearable that records conversations away from the computer.
Sources
- 9to5Mac: Rewind Mac app shutting down following Meta's acquisition of Limitless, accessed 2026-10-02
Read next
- Feature · RewindRewindRewind is Earlyn's timeline of your screen: it keeps a picture and the text of every moment your screen changes, so you can scroll back through your day and find anything you saw on your Mac.
- Feature · MeetingsMeetingsEarlyn records meetings as text on your Mac: it transcribes your microphone and the other side's audio, tells speakers apart, writes a summary with decisions and action items, and can translate the conversation as it happens.
- Compare · Microsoft RecallMicrosoft Recall for MacMicrosoft Recall is a Windows 11 feature for Copilot+ PCs; Earlyn is the closest thing on a Mac, a screen memory that runs on Apple Silicon and keeps everything on the device.