Remembers what you worked on
Files you open or save in the folders you choose (Desktop, Documents and Downloads by default) are noted with their name, folder, time and app.
For macOS 15+ · Fully local
Your Mac remembers.
So you don't have to.
Find the file you just had open. Recall quietly remembers which files you opened and changed on your Mac. Press ⌥ Space, type a few letters or “invoice yesterday”, and it’s right there.
Free to use. One-time Pro upgrade. Requires macOS 15 Sequoia or later.
Animated illustration: files you open and change on your Mac, like Invoice-Oct.pdf or Budget-2026.xlsx, flow into Recall, which remembers each one with the app you used and when.
invoice yesterday
Invoice-2026-041.pdf~/Documents/Invoices
Invoice-draft.pages~/Desktop
Invoices-2026.numbers~/Documents/Finance
↩Open
⌘↩Reveal in Finder
Time words
Search the way you remember.
You rarely remember a file name. You remember roughly when. Combine a few letters with a time word, and Recall narrows it down.
- “invoice yesterday”, “slides last week”
- Works in German too: “Rechnung gestern”
- Type words like “image” or “spreadsheet”
invoice yesterday
slides last week
Rechnung gesternDE
image last week
Privacy controls
You stay in control.
Recall only remembers what you let it. Take a break, keep folders out, or forget things whenever you like.
- Pause remembering
- Exclude folders
- Remove single entries
- Delete the last hour, today or everything
A memory for your files. Nothing more.
Recall does one thing: it helps you find the files you worked on, quickly and privately.
Quick Search on ⌥ Space
A small panel appears over any app. Use the arrow keys and Return to open a file, or reveal it in Finder.
Time words
Combine names with time words: “invoice yesterday”, “slides last week”, “Rechnung gestern”.
Type words
Look for kinds of files: “image” or “spreadsheet” work as well as names do.
Works offline
Your history lives on your Mac. Remembering and searching never need an internet connection.
English & German
The app and its time words speak both languages, so “yesterday” and “gestern” both just work.
Privacy controls
Pause remembering, exclude folders, remove single entries or delete the last hour, today or everything.
Lives in the menu bar
Recall stays in the menu bar: open it, start Quick Search, or pause remembering for an hour, until tomorrow or until you resume.
Private by design
Your history never leaves your Mac.
Never reads your files
Recall stores file names, paths, times and an app guess. It never reads what is inside your files.
Stays on your Mac
Your history stays on your Mac. There is no account, no analytics and no crash reporting.
Online only when needed
Recall only goes online to check for updates (if you allow it) and to activate or deactivate a Pro license.
Free & Pro
Recall is free to use, with no time limit. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription.
Free
Everything you need to find recent files
What's included
- History of the last 7 days
- Quick Search and time words
- A 5-second “take a breath” pause on the first Quick Search of the day
- Updates
Pro
Remember as far back as you like
Everything in Free, plus
- Keep history as long as you like (1 week to forever; 3 months by default)
- No pause on the first Quick Search
- All 1.x updates included
- Up to 3 Macs per license
- One-time purchase
Recall Pro: €14.99 launch price (regular €19.99), one-time purchase. Enter the code LAUNCH15 at checkout; valid until 19 October 2026.
Never lose a file again.
Install Recall, keep working, and press ⌥ Space the next time you need something back.
Requires macOS 15 Sequoia or later. English and German.