Trace: Private Voice Journal

Catch a thought in three seconds, by voice or text, then get on with your day.
Private by design: no account, no servers, no tracking. Everything stays on your device.
No subscription, ever. Pro is a one-time purchase.

Trace is a home for passing thoughts: ideas, notes, reflections, lists, and the things you don't want to lose. Open it and write, or just talk.

FAST CAPTURE
- Open and write. No setup, no folders to choose first
- On-device dictation, with optional on-device "Tidy my words" cleanup
- "New Trace" control in Control Center (iOS 18)
- Drafts save as you type, so a call or a crash can't take them
- Bullet and numbered lists that continue as you type

FIND IT LATER
- Timeline grouped by day
- Search everything you've ever written, including by date
- Tags to group related thoughts
- Reflections that link back to past entries
- Traceback resurfaces a past entry every month, free

YOURS, NOT OURS
- Data Not Collected. Trace runs no servers of its own
- Export everything as Markdown or JSON, anytime, free. Great with Obsidian
- Deleted something by mistake? It waits 30 days in Recently Deleted

BUILT FOR
- Brain dumps and racing thoughts
- The idea you had in the shower
- Something someone said that stuck
- The end of a long day

TRACE PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION
- Extra inks and themes: Cream, Sage, Midnight, Cocoa
- Matching alternate app icons
- App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode
- iCloud sync through your own iCloud
- Weekly Traceback review

Paper and Slate inks, Markdown/JSON export, and monthly Traceback stay free for everyone.