Not the app you left. The thing you were doing.
One tap back to unfinished work. You stepped away. Recall brings back the file, the related context, the open question, and the next step.
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.
What builders / operators are saying
“this is the first productivity tool that doesn't make me feel like i'm failing it.”
“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.”
“works with my brain instead of against it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“this is the first productivity tool that doesn't make me feel like i'm failing it.”
“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.”
“works with my brain instead of against it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“the return-to-task flow is so smooth it's almost suspicious”
“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.”
“tried notion, obsidian, every task manager. none helped me restart. recall does. that's the whole post.”
“finally an app that doesn't treat me like a project.”
“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.”
“no red badges. no streak guilt. just quietly notices when i've drifted.”
“the return-to-task flow is so smooth it's almost suspicious”
“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.”
“tried notion, obsidian, every task manager. none helped me restart. recall does. that's the whole post.”
“finally an app that doesn't treat me like a project.”
“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.”
“no red badges. no streak guilt. just quietly notices when i've drifted.”
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.
Context switching is expensive for everyone. With ADHD, every switch costs more, and the way back is harder to find.
A customer message changes your priority.
An hour later, the original plan is gone.
A meeting breaks a half-finished decision.
You return knowing the options, not the choice.
A browser detour becomes six new tabs.
None of them is the one you came for.
Your apps remember where you were. Recall remembers what you were doing.
Recall brings you back in one tap, not forty clicks.
- 01
Capture
Sees meaningful activity across your work.
- 02
Understand
Connects related tabs, files, messages, and actions.
- 03
Hold
Preserves your goal, context, and stopping point.
- 04
Return
One tap restores the exact work state.
See exactly where you stopped.
Recall restores the session around your unfinished work, including the file, the related context, the open question, and what comes next.
- 01Recall recognizes the stopping point
- 02It rebuilds the related context
- 03One click returns you to the work
The whole app, in five views.
See the thread Recall is holding and return when you are ready.
Recall adapts when your day changes.
You're in. Recall stays out of the way.
No nudges. No cards. Recall just holds the thread quietly so you can keep going.
Explore all Focus ModesDay 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 device. Nothing to connect, nothing to label. The only input is time.
The same screen, read sharper every week.
Recall captures the patterns in your work: which files, tabs, and records travel together. Ambiguous work is filed only when several signals agree, never behind your back.
Works with all of it. Connects to none of it.
Recall follows your work as it happens, so there is nothing to plug in. No plugins, no APIs, no accounts to link: nothing to break, expire, or grant.
Integrations required: none
- Chrome
- Arc
- Figma
- Slack
- Notion
- Linear
- GitHub
- Gmail
- Zoom
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Jira
- Obsidian
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- and everything else in your stack
Nothing on this list is connected. Nothing has to be.
What it learns stays on your Mac. More on that just below.
Local by default. You stay in control.
Recall is designed to process your work context on your Mac, with clear controls for what it sees and remembers.
- Context processed on your Mac
- Pause capture anytime
- Delete your local history
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.
No card to start · Cancel anytime
- Captures sessions automaticallyTabs, apps, files, and context are grouped while you work.
- Builds projects, threads, and tasksHuman-readable work, not another activity log.
- Creates Smart Return cardsOne calm path back to the exact thing you were doing.
- 1 connected device
- All Recall features
- macOS today (M1+)
- Data stays on your machine
- All future updates
- Locked-in early pricing
What Recall may replace
The focus timers, trackers, session logs, and daily reset tools 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 focus timers, session logs, and tab or session recovery tools.
Recall does not replace Notion, Figma, Linear, Slack, or VS Code. It remembers what you were doing inside them, then hands it back. No migration. No tagging. No new system to maintain.
Why we built Recall
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.
Read the full story
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.
Most productivity tools ask you to manage more: more planning, more tagging, more systems to maintain. But the real problem was not planning. It was returning.
So we built it for ourselves, and for everyone whose focus is scattered across the day. Recall runs quietly in the background, remembers what you were working on across tabs, apps, files, and messages, and brings you back to the exact task you meant to finish.
One calm place to return.
