1. "Isn't this just another note-taking app?"

No. Remember This doesn't replace your notes—it works underneath them.

It watches your photos, voice memos, and creates journal entries, then updates plain Markdown in the same Obsidian vault you already use. You can open or edit everything yourself; it's not a new surface, it's connective tissue.

2. "How private is this really?"

Everything runs on your Mac.

Voice memos and photos already live in iCloud; Remember This only reads them locally. AI processing happens through Claude Code—the same way you'd use it manually—so nothing invisible is uploaded anywhere else.

You can even run Claude inside a sandbox or Docker container if you prefer. Your vault stays local in Markdown files. No telemetry, no tracking, no cloud sync unless you choose it (via Obsidian Sync or iCloud).

3. "Why not just use an Obsidian AI plugin?"

You can—but those work on demand.

Remember This works continuously. It notices when new inputs appear, queues them, and uses your own Claude Code setup (via the built-in queue processor) to process them automatically.

Think of it as a background scribe rather than a chat window. You don't have to ask it to organize your day—it just does it when new photos or memos appear.

4. "Sounds like a lot of setup."

Surprisingly little.

If you already use Photos, Voice Memos, and Obsidian, most of it just connects through your iCloud and vault paths. The installer configures the watchers automatically.

I've designed it so it does something useful—like writing a journal entry from a photo and voice memo—within the first 10 minutes.

5. "Free forever? What's the catch?"

There isn't one.

All code runs locally, and your data stays in plain Markdown. The optional Insider membership (€27 one-time now, €8/mo later) funds future work and gives early access to templates and experiments, but the core will stay free because it's the tool I personally rely on every day.

If I stopped maintaining it, you'd still have your data. Everything is Markdown, the watchers are open, and the architecture is straightforward.

6. "Why funnel my life into yet another system?"

You don't.

You already take photos, record memos, and jot notes. Remember This simply joins those dots so they become searchable context instead of forgotten fragments.

Nothing new to maintain, just less to forget.

7. "I don't want an AI rewriting my memories."

Neither do I.

Claude acts as a scribe, not an editor. Raw inputs stay untouched; processed notes are clearly marked and linked back to originals. You can delete, edit, or ignore anything at any time.

Think of it like an assistant who writes down what you said, then files it with your other notes. If you don't like the filing, change it. The original is always there.

8. "How fragile is this setup? What if Claude changes its API?"

The built-in queue processor is straightforward and modular.

If Anthropic changes something, it's just a small connector update. You can even point it at another model later; the architecture doesn't lock you to one vendor.

The system is designed to be AI-agnostic. Claude Code is what I use today, but the queue-based architecture works with any tool that can read Markdown and write files.

9. "You're one person—what if you stop maintaining it?"

If that ever happens, you still have your data.

Everything is Markdown, the watchers are straightforward, and the architecture is open. I've built this to outlive me as software—because it's how I run my own life and work.

But honestly? I can't stop maintaining it. This isn't a side project—it's my memory system. If I don't maintain it, I don't remember things. That's a pretty strong incentive.

10. "What's the actual 'aha' moment?"

For me: recording a 30-second voice memo while walking, then seeing it appear in my vault five minutes later—transcribed, tagged, and linked to today's journal entry and that day's photos.

It's the first time an AI system felt like a personal assistant that actually remembers, not another chatbot I have to prompt carefully.

The moment you stop asking the AI to do things and it just does them in the background—that's when it clicks.

A Note from Fred

Try It Yourself

Still skeptical? Good. Download it, try it for a week, and see if it actually makes a difference. If it doesn't, delete it. Your data stays in Markdown anyway.