Kola vs Rewind

Choose Rewind if

You want everything the machine saw
You search by moment
Total recall is the goal

Choose Kola if

You want a narrower set of sources
You search by person
You want to choose what is read

What Rewind is for

It collects less, on purpose.

Rewind records what happens on your Mac and lets you search it back afterwards.

Kola collects less on purpose. It reads the sources you hand it, and the calls you chose to record.

What	Rewind	Kola
Made for	Searching back what your Mac saw	Remembering the people you meet
Reads	What happens on the machine	The accounts you hand it, and the calls you record
You end up with	The moment, found again	The person, with the thread behind them
Who it suits	People who want total recall	People who want the right name

Sources, not the screen

Mail, calendar, messengers, your notes and recorded calls. Nothing is captured off the display or from the microphone in the background.

Answers name people

You get the person, with the emails, meetings and notes behind them, rather than a moment to scrub back to.

You choose each source

Every account is connected on its own and can be disconnected on its own.

A question typed into Kola about who is close to a deal, and Kola's written answer naming four people and what each one holds

Ask in a sentence, get an answer with names.

Switching

There is nothing to migrate.

Kola does not import from another tool, and it does not need to. It reads the same accounts you already connected elsewhere and builds its own picture from them.

1

Install Kola.

One download, signed and notarized by Apple. Nothing to export from Rewind first.
2

Connect an account.

Start with the mailbox and calendar you live in. Kola reads them in the background and fills itself in.
3

Keep both for a while.

Nothing forces a decision. Run them side by side and keep whichever earns its place.

Questions

Before you switch.

Does Kola record my screen?

No. It reads the accounts you connect and the calls you choose to record. Nothing is captured off the display.

Can I turn a source off?

Yes. Every account is connected on its own and can be disconnected on its own.

Do I have to import anything to get started?

No. Connect the same accounts you already use and Kola builds itself from them. There is nothing to export from anywhere else first.

Which accounts can it read?

Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail, Google and Outlook calendars, Google and Apple Contacts, Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook. Connect only the ones you use.

What does it need to run?

An Apple Silicon Mac. Kola is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens with a normal double-click.

Ask an AI to compare them

These open a chat with the question already typed, pointed at this page. It asks for a balanced answer, including where Kola is the wrong choice.

Get started

Never forget who you know.

Install Kola and connect an account. Kola builds your contacts from there.

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