# Trace: Location Timeline — Your places, paths & memories

> Your places, paths & memories (iPhone/iPad app by Ru Chern Chong.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/trace-location-timeline/id6819217828 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ru Chern Chong](https://appshunter.io/developer/6791276838)
- Category: Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-22
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Trace?

Trace is a private journal of where you've been. It quietly records the places you stop and the way you move between them, and turns every day into a timeline you can look back on.

• See your day on a map, with each stay and journey in order.
• Add notes and photos to the places that mattered.
• Look back by day, week, month or year, and see the places you return to most.
• Watch your explored map fill in as you discover new streets, with milestones that never expire and no streaks.
• Bring your history with you: import your Google Maps Timeline for free.

Private by design. Your journal is encrypted on your device, with no accounts, no ads and no third-party analytics. Keep your home or any saved place private, and sync across your iPhone and iPad with optional encrypted iCloud sync.

Recording starts only when you choose, and you can pause it at any time.

Trace works best with Always location access, so it can keep recording in the background. Continued use of GPS in the background can decrease battery life.

## Is Trace safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Trace.

## Is Trace legit?

Trace: Location Timeline has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Trace is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-24

- We fixed a crash that could occur during iCloud sync.
- We fixed an issue where a device could stop syncing or ask you to join the iCloud journal again.
- When you are offline, sync now shows "Waiting to sync" and not an error.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-23

- Onboarding fits on small screens and on a folded iPhone Duo.
- The sample day now shows well-known places in Singapore.
- Location Services and Lock Screen reminders are now in your language.
- On iPad, layouts are better in landscape and when you turn the iPad.
- History and Places show two panes only when there is space for both.
- The first location map is taller when the screen shows it above the text.
- The theme picker uses capsule buttons.
- The motion access button has the accent colour, so it looks like a button.
- The Timeline import card says "device", not "iPhone".
- Bug reports accept up to three screenshots. If no email app is available, Trace tells you.
- Recording continues when the location signal stops for a short time.
- Trace ignores location data that is not accurate when it draws journeys.
- Trace joins stays that come one after the other when you walk around a large place.
- Trace keeps place names that are not street addresses, and names that come from a walkway.
- Trace tries a place lookup again when Apple Maps limits requests.
- Trace uses the new time zone when you travel, also in Today.
- New entries start to upload to iCloud when Trace saves them.
- Large amounts of data start to sync faster.
- A device can join an iCloud journal again after the journal was replaced.
- We fixed a crash that occurred when two iCloud syncs ran at the same time.
- Trace keeps your open memory draft when you open Today.
- History clears selections that are no longer valid.
- When you erase the journal, Trace also erases your location preferences.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-23

No release notes.

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