Limitless

by Limitless (formerly Rewind)

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Wearable AI pendant that captures and transcribes in-person conversations.

Web, iOS, macOS, Hardware  ·  hardware $99 + from $19/mo

TL;DR

Best for knowledge workers who want every spoken conversation captured for later recall — in-person plus on-screen meetings. Pricing: hardware $99 + from $19/mo.

Category
Products
Pricing
hardware $99 + from $19/mo
Platforms
Web, iOS, macOS, Hardware

What it is

Limitless is the AI personalized intelligence product from the team formerly known as Rewind. It pairs a wearable pendant with a desktop app to capture conversations in person and on-screen. Audio is transcribed and indexed in a private personal knowledge base that the user can query in natural language. The pendant launched in 2024 with a consent-LED that flashes when recording, and Limitless ships a per-speaker consent mode that requires verbal opt-in before storing audio for non-wearers. Free tier covers limited transcription minutes.

Best for: Knowledge workers who want every spoken conversation captured for later recall — in-person plus on-screen meetings.
Watch out for: Hardware pendant is opt-in for the wearer only; consent UX for the other party is on the wearer; battery/storage are real constraints.

Install / use

limitless.ai — Pendant $99, Pro $19/mo for unlimited transcription

What people actually do with Limitless-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into ZoomSlackNotionAirtableLoomMake.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Limitless vs Whipscribe

FeatureLimitlessWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWeb, iOS, macOS, HardwareWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Limitless

Frequently asked about Limitless

How much does Limitless cost?

Limitless is a paid product — published pricing: hardware $99 + from $19/mo. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

Does Limitless work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Limitless runs on Web, iOS, macOS and Hardware.

How do I get started with Limitless?

There is nothing to install — Limitless is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

What are the limitations of Limitless?

Hardware pendant is opt-in for the wearer only; consent UX for the other party is on the wearer; battery/storage are real constraints.

Who is Limitless best for?

Knowledge workers who want every spoken conversation captured for later recall — in-person plus on-screen meetings.

Is Limitless open source?

No. Limitless is a proprietary product from Limitless (formerly Rewind). If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Who makes Limitless?

Limitless is made by Limitless (formerly Rewind).

What kind of tool is Limitless?

In this directory Limitless is filed under meetings, wearable, personal ai as a product.

What are the alternatives to Limitless?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/limitless-alternatives comparing Limitless with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Limitless-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Limitless?

Limitless is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Limitless?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Limitless category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

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