No tasks to manage. Nothing to set up. Local-first.

Interrupted? Pick up where you left off in one tap.

Recall remembers your work across apps and tabs. After a meeting, message, or browser detour, it shows you where you stopped and what to do next.

Download for macOS

30-day free trialApple Silicon (M1+)Locked-in early-user pricing

Join the Telegram group Test new builds and share your context-switching cases.

What people are saying

“Recall is one of those products you get the first time it saves you. You’re buried in calls, tabs and messages, then it quietly brings you back to the exact thing you were trying to finish. No tasks to manage, no setup, no babysitting. Just a very useful “oh right” moment.”

Adam Robinson

CEO @ MoltSets & RB2B & Retention.com

“this is the first productivity tool that doesn't make me feel like i'm failing it.”

Kim S.@kim_writes

“the return-to-task flow is so smooth it's almost suspicious”

Sam R.@samreads

“thought this would be another reminder app. it's not. sits quietly until i lose the plot, then shows me where i was. stopped mentally rebuilding context forty times a day.”

still_loadingu/still_loading · r/ADHD

“no adhd diagnosis but i spend half my day asking what was i just doing. somehow Recall knew about that specific feeling. the daily recap is humbling.”

lostsince_tuesdayu/lostsince_tuesday · r/productivity

“works with my brain instead of against it.”

Jamie L.Product Hunt

“tried notion, obsidian, every task manager. none helped me restart. recall does. that's the whole post.”

deepwork_dropout@deepwork_dropout

“dev for 11 years. my problem isn't writing code, it's remembering what i was writing it for after a slack ping. recall fixed that. quiet software.”

foggyfrontend@foggyfrontend

“finally an app that doesn't treat me like a project.”

Priya N.Product Hunt

“been using recall for 3 weeks. the context card when you come back to a task is actual magic. finally something that doesn't shame me for 40 open tabs.”

foggybrain_@foggybrain_

“diagnosed at 34. the hard part wasn't focusing, it was coming back after being pulled away. Recall is the first tool that understood that specific problem.”

tabhoarder_42u/tabhoarder_42 · r/ADHD

“my brain wanders constantly. Recall doesn't try to fix me. it just catches me when i drift. feels like a patient friend who remembers what i was doing.”

Marcus T.Product Hunt

“no red badges. no streak guilt. just quietly notices when i've drifted.”

ada.codes@ada.codes

“this is the first productivity tool that doesn't make me feel like i'm failing it.”

Kim S.@kim_writes

“the return-to-task flow is so smooth it's almost suspicious”

Sam R.@samreads

“thought this would be another reminder app. it's not. sits quietly until i lose the plot, then shows me where i was. stopped mentally rebuilding context forty times a day.”

still_loadingu/still_loading · r/ADHD

“no adhd diagnosis but i spend half my day asking what was i just doing. somehow Recall knew about that specific feeling. the daily recap is humbling.”

lostsince_tuesdayu/lostsince_tuesday · r/productivity

“works with my brain instead of against it.”

Jamie L.Product Hunt

“tried notion, obsidian, every task manager. none helped me restart. recall does. that's the whole post.”

deepwork_dropout@deepwork_dropout

“dev for 11 years. my problem isn't writing code, it's remembering what i was writing it for after a slack ping. recall fixed that. quiet software.”

foggyfrontend@foggyfrontend

“finally an app that doesn't treat me like a project.”

Priya N.Product Hunt

“been using recall for 3 weeks. the context card when you come back to a task is actual magic. finally something that doesn't shame me for 40 open tabs.”

foggybrain_@foggybrain_

“diagnosed at 34. the hard part wasn't focusing, it was coming back after being pulled away. Recall is the first tool that understood that specific problem.”

tabhoarder_42u/tabhoarder_42 · r/ADHD

“my brain wanders constantly. Recall doesn't try to fix me. it just catches me when i drift. feels like a patient friend who remembers what i was doing.”

Marcus T.Product Hunt

“no red badges. no streak guilt. just quietly notices when i've drifted.”

ada.codes@ada.codes

The returning problem

The interruption takes two minutes. Getting back takes twenty.

The apps are still open. What disappears is the goal, the decision, and the next thing you meant to do.

~23 min

to resume an interrupted task

15.5M

U.S. adults have a current ADHD diagnosis, about 6%

Context switching is expensive for everyone. We’re building for messy, interruption-heavy workdays, including the kinds of work patterns many people with ADHD recognize.

Recovery time: University of California, IrvineADHD: CDC, 2024

09:41

A customer message changes your priority.

An hour later, the original plan is gone.

⌥⌘BOption Command Bleave a note before you switch

11:26

A meeting breaks a half-finished decision.

You return knowing the options, not the choice.

Smart Returnyour note, when you return

15:03

A browser detour becomes six new tabs.

None of them is the one you came for.

Drift reminderRecall me takes you back

Your apps remember where you were. Recall remembers what you were doing.

How Recall works

You work. Recall keeps the thread and hands it back.

See how it works

Capture

Follows the work on your screen, on your Mac. Nothing to start or tag.

Understand

Sorts it into threads, and into projects named after the repo, doc or site.

Hold

Keeps each thread, the note you leave with ⌥⌘BOption Command B, and who is waiting on you.

Return

Shows what will reopen, ticked. Untick anything, then go back in one click.

Smart Return

The thread, your note, and exactly what reopens.

A small panel at the bottom right shows where you left off, and it never takes your keystrokes. Return to where you were reopens everything ticked, in one click.

Explore Smart Return

Your note, then exactly what will reopen.

Smart Return card: where you left off an hour ago, your note, the project note, what Return will reopen, and the Waiting on you list below

When it appears

After a break, when you drift far, or when you press ⌥⌘ROption Command R or click Smart Return in the tray.

Waiting on you

One list under the card, one action per row: the tasks from your chats in Slack, Teams, Telegram, WhatsApp or Mail, and coding agents that need you.

Your agent chat comes back

Using Claude Code or Codex? Return brings back the exact chat you had open, right where it runs.

Inside the app

Your day, in the menu bar and one window.

Recall lives in the menu bar. Open Recall for the main window: Today, Loops and Settings.

Read the user guide

Your day from the icon: active time by project, what is waiting on you, and what you worked on.

The Recall menu bar tray: today's active time split by project, a coding agent waiting on your approval, and the threads you worked on, newest first

Quiet by default

It speaks up in three cases.

Each time it is one small card at the bottom right of your screen. Nothing pops up over a Smart Return or a restore checklist you already have open.

The drift reminder card: You drifted. The thread is still open. It names the thread, what you were doing and the apps it had open, with Recall me and Not now buttons. — Recall me shows the restore checklist. Not now dismisses it.

Settings → Nudges has three switches: Drift reminder, Smart Return after a break, and Breadcrumb prompt. ⌥⌘ROption Command R opens Smart Return either way.

How nudges work

Learns as you go

Day one, it covers everything. Day three, it's learning how you work.

Recall picks up the shape of your work as you do it, on your Mac. Nothing to connect, nothing to label. In your first days, the tray may say Recall is learning your work.

How projects and threads work

It learns from every move you make.

Recall finds projects in the work itself (a repo, a document, a site) and names them the way you would. Move something once: if one repo or document made up that work, it files itself there from now on.

Move to project: One picker for threads, tasks, asks, agent sessions and notes. Recall learns from each move.
Tidy up: Two projects that look like one, or a task grown too big: Loops suggests a merge or a split, and never asks twice.
Your names stay: Rename a project or a thread and Recall never renames it after that.
Start a project ⌥⌘POption Command P: Opens the launcher with the project setups Recall learned from you. Pick one and its apps open where you left them.

The Move to project picker: search projects, the active projects with when work was last filed to each, and New project

Our own model, on your Mac.

Recall Core is trained for one job: reading a screen and telling what you are working on. It runs entirely on your Mac. Version 1.1 came with Recall 0.43: it reads unfamiliar screens better and keeps labels and summaries to what was on screen.

Recall Core v1.1 · about 1.9 GB · setup asks before the download

What's new in 0.43 The 0.42.0 release

Recall Core v1 in Recall 0.42.0, against the previous release, on the same screens and the same Macs

2×faster per screen
88%thread names right, up from 56%
93%detours told from real work, up from 53%
90%new work filed under the right topic, up from 22%

Your stack

Works with all of it. Connects to none of it.

Recall follows your work as it happens, so there is nothing to connect. No APIs, no accounts to link: nothing to break, expire, or grant.

Integrations required: none

and everything else in your stack

Nothing on this list is connected. Nothing has to be.What it learns stays on your Mac.

What comes back, app by app.

Every way back to a thread lists what it will open first, all ticked. Untick anything you don't need. Cancel opens nothing and changes nothing.

Chrome, Safari, Arc, Firefox, Brave, Edge: The tab you were on, only that tab
VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf: The workspace folder you were in
JetBrains IDEs: Your project, or the IDE itself
Xcode: The file you had open
Terminal, iTerm2: A new window in the folder you were working in
Obsidian: The vault and the note
Claude Code, Codex: The exact chat you had open
Figma, Slack and other apps: The app opens, you pick the file or channel

The restore checklist for a thread: Terminal in the project folder, a Slack DM and the code editor, each ticked, the editor marked left off here, with Cancel and Restore — The app you were last on is marked “left off here”. It opens last, so it ends up in front.

Privacy

Local by default. You stay in control.

Recall reads your screen and keeps what it learns in a folder on your Mac. What is on your screen stays there, unless you choose to send it with a bug report.

How privacy works Privacy and your data

Recall Settings, Privacy: local by default, the usage analytics and crash reports switch, What's sent, Delete my analytics data, and Share diagnostics off — Settings → Privacy, and the menu bar while Recall is paused.

The Recall menu bar while paused: Paused, resumes at 17:40, Recall is not watching, capturing or analyzing anything, and a Resume button — Settings → Privacy, and the menu bar while Recall is paused.

Read, then discardedAbout every 15 seconds, Recall Core, our own model, reads your screen on your Mac. Then the image is gone.
Captured content stays localShort descriptions, app names, window titles, timings and your notes, kept in a folder on your Mac.
Never the mic or cameraNo keystrokes, no clipboard. Content that looks private is dropped automatically.
Pause or excludePause from the menu bar, from 15 minutes to the rest of the day, or until you resume. Exclude any app in Settings → Excluded apps.
Analytics, one switchUsage analytics and crash reports are on by default and never include anything from your screen. Settings → Privacy turns them off. Diagnostics sharing starts off.
Forget anytimeForget history in Settings → Data deletes everything Recall captured on this Mac, plus your analytics data and feedback conversations on our servers.

Pricing & value

One place to return, not another tool to manage.

One plan. It replaces the stack of focus tools you stitched together to hold your day, with nothing new to manage.

Save 36%

$9/ month

Billed annually · $108 / year · 30-day free trial

No card to start · Cancel anytime

Follows your work by itselfWhat is on your screen, grouped into threads and projects. Nothing to create, tag or start.
Your day, in the menu barActive time split by project and what is waiting on you. Today shows the full timeline. Time away never counts.
Smart Return, one click backYour note and exactly what will reopen, then Return to where you were. Every way back shows what it opens first.
Loops, for what is still openClaude Code and Codex sessions waiting on you, the notes you left, and unfinished work, in lists.

Every plan includes

1 connected device
All Recall features
Apple Silicon (M1+), macOS 14+
Captured content stays on your Mac
All future updates
Locked-in early pricing

Replacement value

What Recall may replace

The trackers, planners and session logs you bought to hold the day.

Todoist Protask manager$5-8/mo
RizeAI time tracking$12-48/mo
RescueTimeproductivity tracker$7-15/mo
TimingMac time tracker$9-16/mo
Sunsamadaily planner$17/mo

Plus other trackers, session logs, and tab or session recovery tools.

A typical stack, across tiers$50-104 / mo

With Recall, one plan$9 / mo

You could save$492 / year

Recall does not replace Notion, Figma, Linear, Slack or VS Code. It remembers what you were doing inside them and brings it back, down to the browser tab, the VS Code workspace or the Claude Code chat. No migration. No tagging. No new system to maintain.

Lifetime deal

Recall is live on AppSumo. Pay once, remember forever. While the campaign lasts.

from$49Grab the deal

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Why we built Recall

We built Recall from real life, not ideal conditions. Work does not happen in one clean block. It gets split by calls, context switches, family, and everything else the day throws at you.

We work the way a lot of builders do: many tabs open, interruptions everywhere, and too many unfinished loops.

A meeting lands at the worst moment. A message pulls attention sideways. By evening, the file is still open, but the thread is gone.

Vitaliy V.

Co-founder · GTM

Alex G.

Co-founder · Engineering

You are shaping what Recall becomes.

Every report and idea you send shapes what comes next. Send Feedback… in the menu bar starts a conversation with us, and our reply comes back inside the app. Reddit is the open room, where other builders tell their context-switching stories. Telegram is the smaller one: a group of power users who see builds early and argue out what ships next.

Join the power-user group Read r/joinrecall