Rewind
Rewind is gone. Don’t want to install a replacement? Drop the file here.
The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.
macOS app that records and indexes everything seen and heard on a Mac.
What Whipscribe can do for you instead
If you kept the recordings Rewind was capturing, Whipscribe transcribes them into searchable text with word-level timestamps, so the archive stays greppable without a always-on recorder.
Rewind shut down on 2025-12-19. Vendor notice.
Best for mac users who want full local recall of every meeting, document, and conversation that happens on their device. Pricing: Discontinued Dec 19, 2025 (was $19/mo).
What it is
Rewind was a macOS app that recorded the screen and microphone continuously and stored everything locally, making your day searchable. The product no longer exists: Rewind rebranded to Limitless in 2024, Limitless was acquired by Meta in 2025, and the service shut down on December 19, 2025 — per the current rewind.ai's own 'What Happened to Rewind' page, which also notes today's rewind.ai 'has no affiliation with the original Rewind AI, Limitless, or Meta — only the domain name is the same.' If you relied on Rewind for meeting transcripts or searchable audio, the alternatives below are live products.
Watch out for: macOS-only; storage and battery footprint are significant; privacy posture is local-first but requires trust in the desktop app.
Install / use
rewind.ai — Free trial, Standard $19/mo, Pro $29/mo
What people actually do with Rewind-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.
Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Rewind vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Rewind | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | Not verified | $6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free |
| Speaker identification | Not verified | Named in the summary, key quotes and chapters |
| Word timestamps | Not verified | Yes |
| Streaming | Not verified | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | macOS | Web, API, MCP |
Alternatives to Rewind
Frequently asked about Rewind
Is Rewind still available?
No — Rewind shut down on 2025-12-19. If you kept the recordings Rewind was capturing, Whipscribe transcribes them into searchable text with word-level timestamps, so the archive stays greppable without a always-on recorder. Vendor notice: https://rewind.ai/what-happened-to-rewind/.
What happened to Rewind?
Rewind shut down on 2025-12-19. If you kept the recordings Rewind was capturing, Whipscribe transcribes them into searchable text with word-level timestamps, so the archive stays greppable without a always-on recorder. Vendor notice: https://rewind.ai/what-happened-to-rewind/.
What can I use instead of Rewind?
If you kept the recordings Rewind was capturing, Whipscribe transcribes them into searchable text with word-level timestamps, so the archive stays greppable without a always-on recorder.
How much does Rewind cost?
Rewind is a paid product — published pricing: Discontinued Dec 19, 2025 (was $19/mo). Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.
Does Rewind work on Mac, Windows and Linux?
Rewind runs on macOS. It is not listed for other platforms; check the vendor for anything beyond macOS.
How do I get started with Rewind?
There is nothing to install — Rewind is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.
What are the limitations of Rewind?
macOS-only; storage and battery footprint are significant; privacy posture is local-first but requires trust in the desktop app.
Who is Rewind best for?
Mac users who want full local recall of every meeting, document, and conversation that happens on their device.
Is Rewind open source?
No. Rewind is a proprietary product from Rewind AI Inc.. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.
Can I use Rewind in the browser?
No — Rewind is a macOS application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.
Who makes Rewind?
Rewind is made by Rewind AI Inc..
What kind of tool is Rewind?
In this directory Rewind is filed under meetings, personal ai, desktop as a product.
Can I automate Rewind-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 Rewind?
Rewind 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 Rewind?
$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.
Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.
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