yapyap vs Limitless. When the pendant goes corporate.
Limitless showed how fast wearable note-takers get absorbed. Meta acquired the company. Per their public notice, Pendant sales to new customers stopped 5 December 2025, Rewind will end, and several regions lost service. If you want capture that outlives a hardware vendor’s roadmap, use the phone you own and an archive on your computer.
How we compare
We judge meeting notetakers on five questions: does the tape stay on hardware you control by default; does anything join the call as a guest bot; can one recording become several write-ups (lenses); do speaker names persist across sessions; and is the core price a seat you rent or a tool you own. We are the makers of yapyap — read the side-by-side as a clear product argument, then verify competitor packaging on their own sites before you buy.
- Local-first default: audio and transcripts do not require a cloud account to work.
- Empty guest list: capture from your device, not a bot invite.
- Lenses: reusable views of one recording (summary, actions, quotes, or your own).
- Speaker identity across sessions on your machine.
- Pricing model: pay-once core (€69) vs subscription or seat fees — confirm current vendor prices on their pages.
Background on on-device speech recognition: whisper.cpp is the open stack many local tools build on. For call-host privacy expectations, start from the vendor’s own help (for example Zoom’s security and privacy resources).
Which should you pick?
- Still ships to individuals. €69 once, keep working.
- No pendant to buy, the phone in your pocket instead.
- Archive on your computer with lenses and speakers.
- Not tied to Meta’s hardware plans.
- You already own a Limitless Pendant and its app still fits you through the 2026 support window.
- You specifically want that pendant form factor from leftover stock.
- Always-on wearable logging is the only job you care about.
Side by side
| Dimension | yapyap | Limitless |
|---|---|---|
| Availability (July 2026) | Download for desktop + companion | No new Pendant sales (Meta) · existing owners supported thru 2026 |
| Hardware required | None | Pendant (existing owners) |
| Where data lives | On your devices first | Vendor cloud wearable stack (export/delete tools published) |
| Regional catch | Software you control | EU/UK and other regions lost service Dec 2025 per their FAQ |
What the acquisition notice says
CEO Dan Siroker’s letter: existing Pendant customers get Unlimited free (no subscription) and support through 2026. New sales stopped. Rewind will end, and some regions already lost service. The company raised $33m+ historically (Sam Altman, First Round, a16z, NEA). That validates wearable demand — and the risk of depending on it.
Looking for a Limitless alternative? Start with your export
Export your transcripts from their help centre while you still can. Existing Pendant owners keep Unlimited free through the 2026 support window, but new sales stopped and Rewind will end.
- No wearable lock-in. A phone companion and a desktop archive you control.
- Processing on hardware you already paid for.
- Lenses and named speakers on recordings you reopen for years.
- €69 once, not a bet on Meta’s roadmap for your capture stack.
What switching actually involves
- New recordings start local from the first one. There is no migration to finish first.
- Old audio files can come with you: yapyap imports recordings you already have.
- Old transcripts cannot. Export those from your current tool if they matter to you.
- Cancel the old seat when you are ready. Nothing here needs the other tool disabled.
FAQ
- Can I still buy a Limitless Pendant?
- No. Limitless states they stopped selling to new customers as of 5 December 2025 after the Meta acquisition.
- What should Limitless users do next?
- Export your data from their published export tools. Existing owners can continue to use the Pendant through the 2026 support window. For new capture without wearable lock-in, yapyap uses the phone you own and a local desktop archive.
When to pick Limitless instead
yapyap is not for everyone. Choose Limitless if:
- You already own a Limitless Pendant and its app still fits you through the 2026 support window.
- You specifically want that pendant form factor from leftover stock.
- Always-on wearable logging is the only job you care about.
Record your meetings. See who spoke. Turn one recording into the write-up you need, on your computer, with no cloud account.
Free to try. No card, no account.
Then €69, once. Yours forever, every update included.
Your recordings never leave your computer.