# Screenpipe review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Records your screen and audio locally so AI can use your history Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Screenpipe is a desktop app that captures screen activity, audio and meetings on your device and keeps the history searchable. It exposes that history to Claude, Codex and other AI tools through a local API and an MCP server. Meetings are one source among many, and the site frames it as a work-history tool rather than a meeting recorder. - **Category:** AI Meeting Notes - **Made by:** Negentropy Labs, Inc. (since 2024) - **Website:** https://screenpipe.com - **Runs on:** macOS, Windows, Linux - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want only meeting notes, as it records the whole screen and audio. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Screenpipe has a free plan, and paid plans start at $21 per month ($250 per year billed annually). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Capture screen, audio and meetings on one device, search recent work and share selected context with AI tools. History is limited. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Start on one device for macOS, Windows or Linux with limited searchable history and limited scheduled workflows. | | Basic | $21 per month ($250 per year billed annually) | Full searchable local history across apps, meetings and audio, MCP context for AI tools, and unlimited scheduled workflows you install. | | Business | $42 per seat / month ($500 per seat per year billed annually) | Adds personal device sync, centralized billing and managed seats. Max and Ultra capacity tiers are offered. Shared team context is not included. | | Enterprise | Custom | Shared team context, SSO, device and retention controls, dedicated support and a commercial license for source builds. Sold through sales. | Read from https://screenpipe.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Screenpipe before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Two months free on annual billing** (Annual discount): Basic is $250 a year against $21 a month, saving $50. Business is $500 per seat a year against $42 a month, saving $100. Source: https://screenpipe.com/pricing - **50% off the first month for students and faculty** (Education): Students, researchers and faculty get 50% off the first month of an individual subscription. Source: https://screenpipe.com/pricing ## Key features - **Screen and audio capture:** Combines accessibility data, screen frames with OCR as a fallback, and audio transcripts, stored in a local database on your device. - **Searchable history:** Search what you saw or heard, or scrub back through your day to the exact screen, document or conversation. - **Use with Claude, Codex and other AI tools:** A local REST API and MCP server give your own agents access to the history, so summaries and follow-ups can draw on meetings. - **Privacy controls:** You can exclude apps, windows and URLs and redact sensitive fields on the device before anything is stored. - **Scheduled workflows:** Install recurring workflows grounded in what is captured. Basic and above allow unlimited scheduled workflows; the free plan has a limited number. - **Source-available code:** The site describes the project as source-available and links to GitHub, with commercial source builds licensed under Enterprise. ## Good for - Individuals who want a private, searchable record of their screen and calls - People who feed their own AI agents context from daily work - Teams exploring workflow discovery under an enterprise deal ## Worth knowing - It records the whole screen and audio, not only meetings, and the site lists about 30 GB of storage a month at default settings. - Searchable history is limited on the free plan; full history needs Basic at $21 a month. - Shared context across teammates is not included on Business and needs Enterprise. - System requirements list macOS 13 or later, Windows 10 or later and Linux, with 600 MB to 4 GB of RAM. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Screenpipe is a desktop app that records your screen, audio and meetings on your own device and shares the history with Claude and other AI tools. Meetings are just one source, the free plan's history is limited, and full history starts at $21 a month. - **Value for money: C.** $21 a month for Basic, or $250 a year, above the category's $15 and below its dearest tenth. Business is $42 a seat. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free on one device for macOS, Windows or Linux, with limited searchable history and limited scheduled workflows. - **Features: C.** Screen, audio and meeting capture, local search and an MCP server. It's a work-history tool rather than a meeting recorder, and shared team context needs Enterprise. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It's a local app that records everything, and getting value means connecting it to AI tools through MCP. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Desktop only, for macOS, Windows and Linux, with a local API and an MCP server. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Screenpipe's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI meeting note takers - Screenpipe's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 8 of the 68 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 20. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 58 of 68) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $21 a month, against a middle price of $11.99 for the category: 53 of the 62 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 51 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-meeting-notes ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Screenpipe you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 40 of the 68 other AI meeting note takers grade higher. It costs $252 a year. - You could not: A bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. - You could not: Recording the screen with its sound, and somewhere to keep the video. - You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Claude, Codex and Slack among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Claude, Codex, Slack **Tags:** Screen recording, Transcription, AI features, Meeting notes, Local-first, Public API ## Alternatives - [Granola](https://toolgpa.com/tools/granola): AI notepad that transcribes meetings from device audio, no bot. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/granola-vs-screenpipe) - [TwinMind](https://toolgpa.com/tools/twinmind): All-day transcription and memory app for meetings and conversations. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/screenpipe-vs-twinmind) - [Bee](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bee): Wearable AI recorder that summarizes conversations and suggests to-dos. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bee-vs-screenpipe) - [Krisp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/krisp): Noise cancellation and bot-free AI meeting notes in one app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/krisp-vs-screenpipe) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://screenpipe.com/pricing - https://screenpipe.com - https://screenpipe.com/about Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/screenpipe Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).