Vibe AI vs Trace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vibe AI
This AI-powered workspace transforms conversations into searchable memories. It captures spoken content, providing transcripts, summaries, and action items. Easily query past discussions to retrieve key information and maintain work context.
- Contextual AI workspace
- Recordings sync from Vibe devices
- Transcripts and summaries
- Action item extraction
- Searchable conversation history
- Cross-conversation querying
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Turn every conversation into organized, searchable memory. Vibe AI is the 1st contextual AI workspace — paired with Vibe Dot and Vibe Bot, it captures what's said and keeps your work moving. Sync recordings from your Vibe devices, then review transcripts, summaries, action items, and notes you can revisit anytime. Ask questions across past conversations, find key decisions, and keep your work context connected across meetings and memos.
Trace
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Every conversation, centered on your context. Clear communication is what moves work forward — but the context behind every conversation slips away fast. Trace captures it and keeps it, so nothing gets lost in translation. YOUR CONVERSATIONS, ALWAYS REMEMBERED Hit record and talk naturally — Trace captures every word in real time across meetings, calls, brainstorms, interviews, and voice notes. Pause whenever you need to and pick up right where you left off. One tap to start, one tap to end. LASTING CONTEXT, NOT NOTES Every conversation becomes context you keep — discussion points, decisions, and the things people committed to, all held in one place and always there to return to. No half-typed notes, no re-listening, nothing slipping through. JUST ASK Trace builds a personal knowledge graph from everything you've captured. Ask in plain English — "What did we decide about pricing?" or "When did Sarah commit to the rewrite?" — and Trace pulls the answer with links back to the source conversation. A HOME FOR EVERY CONVERSATION Group related conversations into Spaces: client work, 1-on-1s, recurring standups, research interviews. Scope Ask Trace to a single Space when you want focused answers. CAPTURE WITHOUT FRICTION • One-tap recording, no setup • Background-safe — keeps going if you switch apps • Live Activity timer in the Dynamic Island • Start a capture from your Action Button, Siri, or a notification • Edit any AI-generated title or bullet inline — they're starting points, not constraints WHO IT'S FOR Founders, PMs, engineers, consultants, researchers, sales — anyone whose work depends on remembering what got said, decided, or promised across many conversations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Trace at every 4 days against Vibe AI's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vibe AI ships an update fortnightly, Trace every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vibe AI | Trace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vibe Inc. (U.S.) | Adhyan Srivastava |
In-app purchases
Vibe AI
No in-app purchases
Trace
No in-app purchases









