Own your AI chat data
AI chats are becoming a second brain. If that brain only exists inside someone else’s web app, you don’t own it — you’re renting access to your own words.
Three risks of “leaving it in the tab”
- Product risk — features, pricing, and UIs change
- Account risk — lockouts, plan changes, lost access
- Tool sprawl — ChatGPT + Claude + Perplexity + Gemini + Grok = fragmented memory
What ownership looks like
Files on your disk. Open formats. Backups you control. That’s it. Not a new cloud silo with another password.
Where TotalRecalls fits
TotalRecalls is a Windows app for exporting multi-assistant chat history into a local library. One-time $24. Built so we never need to collect your provider session tokens on a server.
A simple policy for yourself
- Export on a schedule (monthly) or after big projects
- Keep one parent folder, e.g.
AI-Archive - Back up that folder like photos and tax docs