Comparison

Trace vs PST Viewer

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

Head to head
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.

About

PST Viewer

Features
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PST Viewer opens email archives quickly, safely and strictly read-only – no Outlook required. Free and open source. FORMATS β€’ Outlook data files (.pst) – even large archives of several gigabytes β€’ Outlook items (.msg), emails (.eml, .emlx) β€’ MBOX mailboxes from Gmail/Google Takeout (labels become folders), Apple Mail and Thunderbird β€’ Folders of mail files SEARCH AND FIND β€’ Full-text search as you type – in all folders or just the current one β€’ Filters for date range, sender, recipient, attachments, attachment type, unread, important, flagged and more β€’ Search syntax in English and German, e.g. from:anna has:attachment after:2024-03-01 β€’ "muller" also finds "MΓΌller"; matches are highlighted READ β€’ Familiar layout with folders, a list grouped by date and a reading pane β€’ HTML emails shown safely; remote images stay blocked until you allow them β€’ Appointments, contacts and tasks at a glance; digitally signed messages β€’ Open attached messages directly ATTACHMENTS AND EXPORT β€’ Preview PDFs, images, text, tables, calendar and contact files β€’ Save attachments one by one or all at once β€’ Export messages as PDF, email file (.eml) or text, and print them PRIVACY β€’ Everything stays on your device: no upload, no cloud, no tracking β€’ Your files are never modified β€’ Free and open source (MIT license): no account, no ads, no in-app purchases β€’ Source code: github.com/mariokernich/pst-viewer Microsoft and Outlook are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. PST Viewer is an independent product and is not affiliated with Microsoft.

Screenshots

Trace4 screens
PST Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PST Viewer at 3 against Trace's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Trace versus PST Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTracePST Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size16 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdhyan SrivastavaMario Kernich

In-app purchases

None

Trace

No in-app purchases

None

PST Viewer

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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