Recall needs a Copilot+ PC with a 40-TOPS NPU, runs only on Windows 11, and captures screenshots — no audio, no meetings. LUCI brings searchable screen memory to the Mac and Windows machines you already own, adds meeting transcription, and keeps everything encrypted on-device.
Screen memory + meeting notes on any modern Mac or Windows machine. 100% local, encrypted at rest, no special hardware.
Windows 11 Copilot+ exclusive. Periodic screenshots with OCR search. No audio, no meetings, no memory layer. Enterprise-disabled by default.
Microsoft Recall finally began rolling out to Copilot+ PCs in April 2025, a year after security researchers forced Microsoft to pull its first launch and rebuild it — opt-in, Windows Hello-gated, encrypted, uninstallable. The re-architecture was real, and credit to Microsoft for doing it. But three structural limits remain. It only runs on Copilot+ hardware: a 40-TOPS NPU, 16 GB RAM, and Windows 11 24H2 — no regular PC, no Mac. It only captures screenshots: by Microsoft's own documentation, Recall doesn't record audio, so your meetings — where the decisions actually happen — are invisible to it. And trust hasn't recovered: testers found the sensitive-data filter still snapshotting credit-card and Social-Security numbers, apps like Signal, Brave, and AdGuard now actively block Recall from seeing their windows, and enterprises get it disabled and removed by default. LUCI is the same 'remember what you saw' promise without the asterisks: continuous screen capture plus meeting transcription, all processed and encrypted on-device, on any modern Mac or Windows machine — no NPU required.
LUCI leads on 8 of 12 rows.
| Feature | LUCI | Microsoft Recall |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on the computer you already own | Yes | NoCopilot+ PC only: 40-TOPS NPU, 16 GB RAM |
| Mac support | Yes | NoWindows 11 24H2+ only |
| Meeting transcription & notes | Yes | NoBy design: "doesn't record audio" |
| Continuous capture | Yes | PartialSnapshots every few seconds |
| Real-time video understanding | Yes | NoOCR on screenshots |
| Memory accessible to AI agents (MCP) | Yes | NoClick to Do: copy/extract only |
| Encrypted at rest (database + files) | YesChaCha20-Poly1305 + AES-256-GCM | YesVBS-enclave keys; device encryption required |
| Sensitive-data filter that holds up | You choose what's captured | PartialMissed credit cards & SSNs in tests |
| 100% local — nothing uploaded | Yes | YesSnapshots stay on device |
| Usable on managed/enterprise devices | Yes | NoDisabled & removed by default; IT must re-enable |
| Not blocked by other apps | Yes | PartialSignal, Brave, AdGuard block Recall |
| Pricing | Free — 100% local | Free — with a new Copilot+ PC |
Screen memory + meeting notes on any modern Mac or Windows machine. Free forever.
*Requires a Copilot+ PC (40-TOPS NPU). Windows-only, screenshots only, no audio.
No Copilot+ requirement — LUCI installs on any modern Mac or Windows machine and accelerates with your NPU or GPU when available.
Grant screen and microphone permissions and decide what gets recorded. Capture is deliberate, not an OS-level always-on pipeline.
LUCI transcribes meetings and indexes screen activity together — spoken decisions and visual context in one searchable, on-device memory.
Recall stops at search and keeps its data to itself. LUCI exposes memory over MCP so your AI agents can answer cross-week questions from it.
Record your screen with an AI that remembers everything — searchable, private, and on-device.
Recall's entry ticket is a Copilot+ PC: 40-TOPS NPU, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 24H2, Secured-core. LUCI runs on the Mac or Windows machine already on your desk, using whatever NPU or GPU it has to accelerate local models — and running fine without one.
Microsoft's docs are explicit: Recall "doesn't record audio." Your calls — where decisions are made — never enter its memory; only whatever pixels lingered on screen. LUCI transcribes meetings live on-device and links them to what was on your screen at the time, so "what did we decide?" has an answer with a citation.
Recall ships a sensitive-information filter that testers found still captured credit-card numbers and SSNs typed into Notepad and PDF forms. LUCI's model is simpler to reason about: you decide what gets recorded, everything stored is encrypted with keys on your device, and nothing is uploaded — there is no cloud copy to worry about on any outcome.
Recall's Click to Do lets you copy text or extract an image from a snapshot. LUCI's memory answers questions: what was decided in Tuesday's call, what the dashboard said, what changed this week across meetings and screen sessions — with citations to the exact moment.
Yes. Recall is a Windows 11 Copilot+ exclusive — there is no Mac version. LUCI runs natively on macOS and Windows, with the same searchable screen-memory concept plus meeting transcription and the cross-session memory Recall doesn't attempt.
That's exactly the gap LUCI fills. Recall requires a Copilot+ machine with a 40-TOPS NPU and 16 GB RAM. LUCI runs on any modern Mac or Windows computer — it uses your NPU or GPU when present (via Microsoft Foundry Local on Windows), but doesn't require special hardware.
No. Microsoft's own documentation states Recall doesn't record audio or continuous video — it saves periodic screenshots and OCRs them. A meeting leaves almost no trace unless the words happened to be on screen. LUCI captures both: live meeting transcription and screen memory, in one local index.
Recall's post-2024 architecture is genuinely local: snapshots stay on the device, gated by Windows Hello, processed in a VBS enclave. The remaining concerns are practical: the sensitive-data filter demonstrably misses things, researchers were still disputing its process isolation in 2026, and apps like Signal, Brave, and AdGuard block it outright. LUCI takes the smaller-attack-surface path: deliberate capture you control, encrypted local storage, and no OS-level always-on pipeline other software feels compelled to block.
Because Microsoft ships it that way: on managed/enterprise devices Recall is disabled and removed by default, and IT must explicitly re-enable it — even then, each user must opt in personally. LUCI is a normal desktop app your team can adopt without flipping OS-level policies, and its 100% local storage is usually what compliance teams wanted anyway.
Recall is a free Windows feature — but bundled with a new Copilot+ PC. LUCI is free and runs on the hardware you already own. If you'd be buying a new laptop to get Recall, compare the total cost.
Free on Mac and Windows. Fully local.