Comparison

Threaded vs Trace

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Threaded

Features
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Ideas are not tasks. Threaded is the ultimate space for your creative flow. Designed for thinkers who realize that great ideas need time to breathe, Threaded separates your brainstorms from your chores. Capture and Evolve Don't just take notesβ€”build threads. Add to your ideas over time with text, voice recordings, and images. Our asynchronous approach lets you grow a tiny spark into a full-scale project without the pressure of a "due date." Distraction-Free Focus Enter Focus Mode to eliminate noise. Dedicated UI ensures your only priority is the thought in front of you. Never Lose Your Place With Resume Points, you can jump back into any idea exactly where you stopped. Perfect for long-form writing or complex business planning. AI-Powered Insights Let AI handle the heavy lifting. Generate recaps of your thinking process to see patterns, summarize long threads, and find the core of your latest obsession. Flexible Capture: Voice Notes & Audio: Record your thoughts on the go (Pro feature). Visual Context: Attach images and documents to enrich your ideas. Smart Categorization: Organize by App Idea, Business, Personal, Research, and more. Threaded is more than a notebookβ€”it's a home for the things you aren't ready to "finish" just yet. Download Threaded and give your ideas the space they deserve. Privacy Policy: https://threaded-ideas.me/#/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Trace

Features
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Press capture. Get it written up. Trace turns your conversations into context you keep: what was said, what was decided, and who promised what. Then it puts that context to work for you and your team. CAPTURE ANY CONVERSATION Tap Capture and talk. Trace works out what kind of conversation it was, a standup, an interview, a 1:1, a sales call, and writes it up to match. Pause whenever you need to and pick up where you left off. NEVER LOSE TRACK OF WHAT YOU PROMISED Trace picks up what you said you'd do and files it under the conversation it came from. Tick things off in To-dos, and see what everyone on your team has on their list. ASK ANYTHING Ask Trace across everything you've captured, or ask about one context or a whole Space right from its page. Answers quote the exact line and open the transcript right there. YOUR AGENT, ON YOUR TEAM Chat with the people in your workspace in Conversations. When you're busy, your agent can reply from your context and shows where the answer came from. Type @ to bring a person or an agent into the chat. KEEP PEOPLE IN THE LOOP Share a topic once and every context on it reaches them from then on. You approve each one before it goes out. WORKSPACES Keep personal and work apart. Create a workspace, invite your team, bring your existing contexts with you, and switch between workspaces in a tap. A HOME FOR EVERY CONVERSATION Group related contexts into Spaces: a client, a recurring 1:1, a hiring loop. CAPTURE WITHOUT FRICTION β€’ One tap to start, and it keeps going if you switch apps β€’ Live Activity timer in the Dynamic Island β€’ Start a capture from the Action Button, Siri, or a notification β€’ Edit any title or point in place WHO IT'S FOR Founders, PMs, engineers, consultants, recruiters, sales, anyone whose work depends on what got said, decided, or promised.

Screenshots

Threaded4 screens
Trace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trace at none against Threaded's 1. Threaded's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Threaded sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Trace asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Threaded versus Trace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThreadedTrace
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size70 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael SabinoAdhyan Srivastava

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Threaded

Subscriptions1
  • Threaded Pro$4.991 Month
None

Trace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Threaded free?
Threaded is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trace free?
Trace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Threaded or Trace have ads?
Neither Threaded nor Trace shows ads.

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