Off Grid AI is the screen memory that keeps both your history and the model on your computer, on Mac, Windows and Linux, for one price. Rewind has stopped. Recall needs a Copilot+ PC. Screenpipe is local but costs $250 a year for full history. Pieces sends its LLM work to the cloud.
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Five screen memory apps side by side
| Off Grid AI Pro | Rewind | Microsoft Recall | Screenpipe | Pieces | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Shipping, releases every week | Capture stopped 19 December 2025; not sold | Available on Copilot+ PCs | Available | Available |
| What it captures | Sampled screen moments, after you choose Resume capture | Nothing new; old history read-only until end of 2026 | Snapshots of your screen, after you turn it on | Screen, audio, keyboard and app events | Focused app, copy and paste, opt-in meetings |
| Where history is stored | Your disk | Limitless | Encrypted on your local drive | Your disk by default | Your device by default |
| Which model reads it | Local models you download | Stopped | On the PC | Local Ollama, or a cloud AI you pick | Cloud for LLM features; local models also listed |
| Trains on your data | No | Not listed | Microsoft says it doesn't get your snapshots | Not listed | Not listed |
| Hardware | Most PCs, Apple silicon Macs and Linux computers that run a small vision model | Not sold | Copilot+ PC, 40 TOPS NPU, 16 GB RAM | About 30 GB storage a month; 600 MB to 4 GB RAM | Not listed |
| Computers | Mac (Apple silicon), Windows, Linux | Mac only | Windows 11 only | macOS 13+, Windows 10+, Linux | macOS, Windows, Linux |
| Phones | iPhone and Android apps, with Sync | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Meetings | Recorded without a bot, transcribed locally | Stopped | Not listed | Audio and meetings captured on your device | Opt-in capture of what you hear and say |
| Actions | Gmail, Linear, Jira and Notion, only with your yes | Stopped | Click to Do on what is on screen | Scheduled workflows; API and MCP | Summaries and recaps; MCP for other tools |
| Source licence | AGPL-3.0, free for any use | Not listed | Not listed | Screenpipe Commercial License; commercial use needs a licence | Not listed |
| Free plan | Free app; memory needs Pro | Not sold | Included with Windows 11 on a Copilot+ PC | Free with limited history | None; 7-day trial needs a card |
| Price per month | $7.99, or $79.99 once | Not sold | Included | Basic $21, or $250 a year | $18.99 per user |
| Price over 3 years | $79.99 (lifetime) | Not sold | $0 extra on a Copilot+ PC | $750 | $683.64 |
| Account needed | No; Pro uses a key | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
Sources: limitless.ai; Microsoft's Recall support page and Recall developer overview; Screenpipe's pricing, data flow docs and GitHub README; Pieces' pricing, home page and PiecesOS docs. All checked 30 October 2026. "Not listed" means the rival's own pages don't say. Off Grid AI's price is a limited-time lifetime offer, down from $119.
What each one costs over three years
| 1 year | 3 years | |
|---|---|---|
| Screenpipe Basic, billed yearly | $250 | $750 |
| Pieces Pro, billed monthly | $227.88 | $683.64 |
| Microsoft Recall, on a Copilot+ PC you own | $0 extra | $0 extra |
| Off Grid AI Pro, monthly | $95.88 | $287.64 |
| Off Grid AI Pro, lifetime | $79.99 | $79.99 |
Pieces says yearly billing saves 25%, but its page doesn't show the total, so it isn't here. Recall is free only if you already own a Copilot+ PC.
Pick Rewind if…
You can't. Rewind no longer captures and is not sold. Export what you need from Limitless before its read-only access ends.
Pick Microsoft Recall if…
You already own a Copilot+ PC and only want to search your past screens. It costs nothing extra, filters passwords and card numbers by default, and IT can manage it with policy.
Pick Screenpipe if…
You are a developer who wants raw screen and audio history to feed your own agents, through its REST API and MCP server. Personal, non-commercial use of the source is free.
Pick Pieces if…
You want deep IDE links and frontier cloud models over your work memory, and your team wants Enterprise controls. Your computer doesn't need to run a model.
Pick Off Grid AI if…
You want your memory and the model that reads it on your own computer, on any Mac, PC or Linux machine, with meetings and approved actions, paid once.
Why Off Grid AI wins here
This page is about a private screen memory you can keep. Read the table by rows.
- History and model both local. Off Grid AI stores moments on your disk and reads them with models you download. Pieces sends LLM work to the cloud. Screenpipe sends context to a cloud AI if you pick one.
- Any computer. No NPU needed, unlike Recall. Mac, Windows and Linux, unlike Rewind and Recall. On Windows and Linux, Overnight mode runs the heavy analysis from 03:00 to 08:00, so your PC stays fast by day.
- It still ships. Rewind shows what happens when your memory lives in someone else's company. Off Grid AI keeps it on your disk, under an open AGPL-3.0 licence.
- It does the work. Off Grid AI turns memory into a Day view, meeting prep and drafts in Gmail, Linear, Jira and Notion that wait for your yes.
- One price. $79.99 once, against $750 for Screenpipe and $683.64 for Pieces over three years.
Honest limits. Off Grid AI needs a computer that can run a small vision model. Most Apple silicon Macs and recent PCs can. Rewind's old recordings don't import.
FAQ
What is the best Rewind AI replacement in 2026?
Off Grid AI Desktop Pro. It saves sampled screen moments and meetings on your own Mac, Windows or Linux computer and reads them with local models. Rewind stopped capturing on 19 December 2025 and is no longer sold.
Which screen memory app keeps both the history and the model on my computer?
Off Grid AI with local models, Microsoft Recall on a Copilot+ PC, and Screenpipe when you chat with a local Ollama model. Pieces stores memory on your device, but its docs say LLM features run in the cloud.
Is there a Microsoft Recall alternative for Mac and Linux?
Yes. Off Grid AI Desktop Pro runs on Mac (Apple silicon), Windows and Linux, and needs no NPU. Screenpipe also runs on macOS, Windows and Linux.
How much do Screenpipe and Pieces cost compared with Off Grid AI?
Screenpipe Basic is $21 a month or $250 a year. Pieces Pro is $18.99 per user a month. On 30 October 2026, Off Grid AI Pro is $79.99 once for lifetime access, a limited-time price, or $7.99 a month.
Can a screen memory app act on what it remembers?
Off Grid AI drafts replies and issues in Gmail, Linear, Jira and Notion and sends them only after you approve. Recall has Click to Do. Screenpipe and Pieces give context to other agents through an API or MCP.
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