Rewind AI

Overview

Rewind AI is a personalized AI assistant that captures everything you've seen, said, or heard on your Mac. It records your screen, transcribes meetings, and indexes all your digital activity locally on your device, making your entire computing history searchable with AI-powered semantic search. The platform prioritizes privacy by storing all data locally and using on-device processing.

Rewind has raised significant funding and gained traction as a comprehensive personal memory solution, offering features like automated meeting summaries, conversation transcription, and intelligent search across all your digital interactions.

Key Features

**Screen Recording**: Continuously records your screen activity with compression technology

**Meeting Transcription**: Automatically transcribes Zoom, Google Meet, and in-person meetings

**Local Storage**: All data stored locally on your Mac for maximum privacy

**Semantic Search**: AI-powered search across all recorded content

**Automated Summaries**: Generates meeting notes and action items automatically

**Timeline Navigation**: Browse your digital history chronologically

**OCR Capabilities**: Extracts text from images and screenshots

**Privacy-First**: No cloud storage, all processing happens on-device

When to Use Rewind AI

Rewind AI is ideal for:

Professionals who need to reference past meetings and conversations

Knowledge workers who want to search their entire work history

Teams looking to automatically capture and summarize meetings

Individuals who want a "photographic memory" of their digital life

Researchers who need to track and reference previous work

Pros

Strong privacy focus with local-only storage

Comprehensive capture of all screen activity

Excellent search functionality with AI-powered semantic understanding

Automated meeting transcription and summarization

No manual effort required - works passively in background

Native Mac integration

Cons

macOS only (no Windows or Linux support)

Requires significant local storage space

Battery and performance impact on older Macs

Premium features require subscription

Cannot capture encrypted video streams (e.g., Netflix)

Concerns about workplace surveillance if used on company devices

Pricing

**Free Plan**: Limited recording hours and search capabilities

**Pro Plan**: $20/month for unlimited recording and advanced features

**Enterprise**: Custom pricing for teams and organizations