Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Recall for Mac
Remember everything that happens on your Mac
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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An open source approach to locally record everything you view on your Apple Silicon computer. Note: Relies on Apple Silicon, and configured to only produce Apple Silicon builds. I think the idea of recording everything you see has the potential to change how we interact with our computers, and believe it should be open source. Also, from a privacy / security perspective, this is like... pretty scary stuff, and I want the code open so we know for certain that nothing is leaving your laptop. Even logging to Sentry has the potential to leak private info.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've been working on Recall for a while now, it had some initial traction in the beginning which has since died down now. I am facing the inevitable question of whether to continue with the project. I just put out a new release and it would be helpful to get advice from the community on what they think of the idea and my implementation.
2022 · recall-app.com · its alternatives →
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Active Recall▲1,078Chat with everything you’ve read, heard, watched, or noted
2024 · recall.it · its alternatives →
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Earlyn▲84Searchable memory of your screen and meetings, on your Mac
Oct 2026 · earlyn.app · its alternatives →
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Recall Memory is a free Sandboxed Mac App which let's you scroll through time and allows you to "Recall" what you were doing earlier. Recall works by capturing the active window every second and only saves screenshots with significant changes. Making it easy to scroll through what you were doing earlier. All data is processed and always stored locally.
2024 · recallmemory.app · its alternatives →
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Mermaid▲59Tell your Mac what to do. From literally anywhere
21d ago · addmermaid.com · its alternatives →
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Atlas Recall▲284A searchable photographic memory for your digital life
2016 · atlas.co · its alternatives →
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Create quick reminders with presets
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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iKnowMyMac▲65See why your Mac is slow, with the evidence and the fix
22d ago · iknowmymac.com · its alternatives →
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I struggle with time blindness and kept missing client Zoom calls. MacOS notification banners appear for 5 seconds and vanish...my brain can't hold onto them. I spent 2 months building a solution. What it is: Chime shows full-screen alerts that physically interrupt whatever you're doing. It's impossible to miss. Technical details: - Built entirely in Swift/SwiftUI using Cursor. - Uses EventKit for Calendar + Reminders integration - Todoist REST API v2 for task sync - All data stays local—no cloud sync How it works: - Syncs from Calendar, Apple Reminders, and Todoist every 1-30 min (This…
Nov 2025 · usechime.app · its alternatives →
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AfterLid▲78Keep your Mac working. Check in from your phone.
20d ago · afterlid.com · its alternatives →
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Your replies ready with your work's full context
Sep 2026 · usechalked.com · its alternatives →
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Amnesia▲101A Mac app that asks why you opened that tab
Jun 2026 · vidursaini.com · its alternatives →
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Remember the best stuff you’ve already forgotten.
2017 · its alternatives →
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MemFlow▲113The time machine of your memory, never take notes again
2023 · memflow.ai · its alternatives →
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