A Limitless alternative that runs on the Mac you already own.
Limitless is the company Rewind became. Since Meta acquired it in December 2025, Pendant sales have ended, desktop and web recording is switched off, and nothing is left for new customers to buy. Overshow is built the opposite way round: software-only capture, local-by-default AI, and one encrypted database on your Mac. Exports, submitted diagnostics, URL enrichment and an approved cloud AI client are explicit exceptions rather than the product's default path.
What happened to Rewind, and then to Limitless.
Two shutdowns in one company's history. The dates matter, because they show what cloud custody means when ownership changes.
- April 2024
Rewind renamed itself Limitless and pivoted from the Mac app to the Pendant, a wearable audio recorder with cloud transcription.
- 5 December 2025
Meta acquired Limitless. Pendant sales ended the same day, and the service closed in the UK, EU, Brazil, China, Israel, South Korea and Turkey.
- 19 December 2025
The export deadline passed for users in those regions; accounts and data there were then permanently deleted. A final update disabled Rewind's screen and audio capture, and recording through the Limitless desktop and web apps was switched off.
- Throughout 2026
Existing Pendant owners keep support and a free Unlimited plan, and previously recorded meetings stay accessible. No commitment beyond 2026 has been published.
Source: Limitless's acquisition and service announcement, checked 6 August 2026.
Two philosophies, side by side.
This is a boundary question, not a feature war. Decide where your working memory should live, then pick the tool that agrees with you.
Where Limitless genuinely fits
The Pendant did something Overshow does not attempt: always-on capture of conversations away from a desk, from a device you wear. If you own one and that is what you use it for, support is committed throughout 2026 and the Unlimited plan is now free for existing customers. The honest caveats are that it is closed to new customers, and no commitment beyond 2026 has been published.
What Overshow replaces
If what you actually wanted was recall of your working day, that is the part Overshow rebuilds: meetings transcribed as they happen and the window you work in kept as searchable text. It is deliberately narrower: audio is meeting-scoped rather than always-on, nothing visual is stored, and there is no wearable, because everything runs on the Mac you already own.
Related comparisons.
Keep the recall. Skip the discontinued hardware.
Free keeps the last 7 days searchable, forever. Pro keeps your whole history. Every account starts with a 7-day Pro trial, no card required.
macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later, Apple silicon, and at least 16 GB RAM. Pro is £12/month including UK VAT at launch.