# Echo

> Echo is a menu-bar app for Mac that remembers every song, podcast and video you play, across your apps and your browser, and brings it back at the exact spot with one keystroke. It is a one-time purchase of $4.99, private and on-device, with no account and no cloud.

## Pages
- [Echo home](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/): what Echo does, its features (one history across apps and browser, instant resume at the exact second, floating picture-in-picture video, Moments bookmarks, command palette, keyboard-first), pricing ($4.99 once, three Macs, every future update free), and FAQ.
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/privacy): how Echo keeps everything on your device, what the app and the browser extension read, the few network requests it makes, and your rights under the UK GDPR.
- [Terms of Service](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/terms): your licence, the 14-day cooling-off right, your statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, and refunds.
- [Blog](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/): 124 guides, comparisons and how-tos on remembering and resuming what you play on a Mac, across Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Twitch, podcasts, SoundCloud and the browser.

## Blog (key guides)
- [What is Echo and how does it work?](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/what-is-echo-how-it-works): what Echo is, how it captures and resumes media, and who it is for.
- [What is a media memory?](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/what-is-a-media-memory): the category Echo defines, and how it differs from players, now-playing widgets and scrobblers.
- [Is Echo private?](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/is-echo-private): how Echo keeps everything on-device with no account and no cloud.
- ["Continue Watching" for your whole Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/continue-watching-whole-mac): one resume list across every app and the browser.
- [Is Echo worth $4.99?](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/is-echo-worth-it): an honest one-time-purchase breakdown.
- [The best app to resume any media on Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/best-app-to-resume-media-mac): music, podcasts and video, resumed at the exact spot.
- [Echo vs Sleeve](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/echo-vs-sleeve), [Echo vs Last.fm](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/echo-vs-lastfm), [Echo vs Rewind AI](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/echo-vs-rewind-ai), [Echo vs Silicio](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/echo-vs-silicio), [Echo vs Play](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/echo-vs-play): how Echo compares to now-playing widgets, cloud scrobblers, watch-later queues and the discontinued Rewind.
- [See your full Spotify listening history](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/full-spotify-listening-history-mac): get past Spotify's 50-track recently-played cap.
- [Twitch has no watch history. Here's how to keep one on Mac.](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/twitch-no-watch-history-mac): Twitch offers no searchable record of streams or VODs you've watched; how Echo builds one.
- [Last.fm vs ListenBrainz](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/lastfm-vs-listenbrainz): which scrobbler to use, and a private on-device third option.
- [Silicio alternatives for Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/silicio-alternatives-mac): comparing Silicio and other Mac mini-players to a full media memory.
- [Sleeve review: is it worth $5.99?](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/sleeve-review-mac): an honest look at the Mac now-playing widget.
- [Rewind AI vs Screenpipe](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/rewind-ai-vs-screenpipe): comparing the two full-screen-recall tools after Rewind's Mac app shut down, plus Echo's narrower on-device angle for people who only wanted their media history back.
- [Play review](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/play-review-mac), [NepTunes review](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/neptunes-review-mac), [Tuneful review](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/tuneful-review-mac): honest standalone reviews of three well-known Mac watch-later and now-playing apps.
- [Combine your Spotify and YouTube history](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/combine-spotify-youtube-history): the manual export-and-merge approach, and how Echo does it automatically.
- [Overcast vs Pocket Casts on Mac](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/overcast-vs-pocket-casts-mac): comparing the two leading Mac podcast apps.
- [IINA vs VLC](https://www.theodorehq.com/echo/blog/posts/iina-vs-vlc-resume): which Mac video player actually remembers where you left off in a local file.

## Facts
- Platform: macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, Apple Silicon and Intel.
- Price: $4.99, one-time purchase, no subscription. One licence covers up to three Macs; every future update is included free.
- Privacy: no account, no cloud, no telemetry. The browser extension talks only to the Echo app on the same Mac over a loopback connection.
- Maker: THEODORE HQ (TJH/CO LIMITED), a company registered in England and Wales. Support: support@theodorehq.com.