Overview
Limitless, the rebranded successor to Rewind AI, is a personal-memory platform that captures, transcribes, and indexes everything you say and hear — then lets you ask plain-English questions about any past conversation. The pitch is simple: human memory is unreliable, and Limitless fills the gaps. Its optional Pendant wearable (a 12-gram Bluetooth badge) records in-person conversations automatically, while the desktop and mobile apps cover Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams without bots.
Our evaluation finds Limitless strongest as a ‘recall engine’ for meeting-heavy professionals — ‘What did Sarah say about the Q2 roadmap?’ pulls the exact moment from weeks ago. After its 2025-2026 transition (including a Meta acquisition that disabled earlier screen-capture features), the product is now more hardware-and-memory focused than the old desktop-recorder. The free tier is generous (around five hours of daily transcription), and the Pro plan unlocks unlimited recall across your full history. The main caveats are the $99 Pendant for in-person capture and a privacy story that, while locally-encrypted, still asks you to wear a recorder — a conscious choice, not a background spy.
Key Features
- Conversational recall — ask natural-language questions and retrieve exact moments from past meetings and calls.
- Wearable Pendant — a 12-gram Bluetooth device that captures in-person conversations hands-free.
- Meeting summaries — structured recaps with topics, decisions, and action items within minutes of a meeting ending.
- Virtual meeting capture — joins Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams silently via desktop app, no bot needed.
- Privacy controls — pause instantly, set auto-delete timers, and encrypted storage with no training on your data.
- Cross-platform — web, iOS, Android, and desktop apps under one memory ecosystem.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | For |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Individuals — ~5 hrs/day transcription, basic summaries, 7-day recall |
| Pro | $19/mo | Heavy users — unlimited transcription and recall, advanced queries, priority processing |
| Pendant | $99 one-time | In-person capture — wearable hardware, magnetic charger, carrying case |
| Business | $29/user/mo | Teams — shared meeting libraries, admin controls, SSO |
Comparison
vs. Fathom: Fathom is a free, software-only meeting recorder that joins calls as a bot and shines on summarization, with no hardware to buy. Limitless adds wearable in-person capture and a searchable lifetime memory, but at the cost of a subscription and the Pendant. Pick Fathom if you only need virtual meetings; pick Limitless if recall across in-person and online matters.
vs. Fireflies: Fireflies is team- and CRM-oriented, logging every call into a shared workspace with deep integrations. Limitless is more personal and memory-first, optimized for ‘what was said’ retrieval over collaboration. Choose Fireflies for team transcripts; choose Limitless for individual recall.
vs. Otter.ai: Otter.ai offers mature live transcription and strong collaboration features, while Limitless differentiates with the wearable Pendant and conversational search across all contexts. Use Otter.ai for live captions and sharing; use Limitless for always-on personal memory.