Comparison

Trace vs Wayline 3D

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

Head to head
About

Trace

This app provides a large, clear GPS speedometer and automatically records your trips. It keeps your location data private on your device, with optional iCloud syncing. Enhance your experience with Pro features like personal heatmaps and GPX export.

Highlights
  • Large, clear GPS speedometer
  • Automatic trip recording
  • Live Activity on Lock Screen
  • Speed limit warnings
  • Personal heatmap (Pro)
  • GPX/CSV export (Pro)
  • iCloud sync (Pro)
Features
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Trace is a big, clear GPS speedometer for iPhone that can also record your trips by itself. Turn on Auto-Record and Trace saves your drives and rides in the background with no tap — any trip faster than 9 mph (15 km/h). There is no monthly limit on Auto-Record trips. No account needed — your speed, routes, and history stay on your device, syncing only to your own iCloud if you turn it on. It's your private location timeline: a map of everywhere you've been that lives on your phone, never on anyone's server. SPEEDOMETER • Big, easy-to-read speed in mph, km/h or knots • Classic Gauge and Big Digital layouts • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island: see your speed without unlocking, and pick the stats it shows • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including your latest trip on a map • Stat tiles for top speed, average speed, distance and trip odometer • Set your own speed limit and get a warning when you go over it • Four themes, light and dark TRIPS • Auto-Record for drives and rides, or tap Record for any walk, run, bike ride, drive, motorcycle ride, hike, train or boat trip • Keeps recording with the screen off • Trips are saved with their route on a map • Full trip detail for the first 24 hours: speed chart, splits, speed zones and an interactive map. The stats stay for 30 days; the route, distance and total time stay for good. • Share any trip as a picture, with your route on the real map: choose from five cards, then share it, copy it or save it to Photos. • Import your workouts from Apple Health: runs, walks, hikes and rides, routes included. Connect once and the last 30 days import and stay in sync. COMES WITH TRACE PRO Trace Pro is an optional subscription. It comes with: • A personal heatmap of every road, trail and place you've moved through • GPX and CSV export • iCloud sync of your trips and settings across your devices • Full detail on all your trips, however old • Trip lines colored by speed • Six more speedometer layouts: HUD Mirror, Hybrid Pro, Analog Dial, Track Day, Pace and Navigator • Focus Mode: a clean, full-screen view of your speed, distance and time • More stat tiles, including pace, slope, altitude, heading, total ascent and moving average • More Live Activity styles, themes, speed fonts, trip line colors and app icons • Resume a trip that was interrupted • Up to five years of workout history YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • All trip data stays on your device (or your own iCloud) • Settings sync via iCloud across your devices • We never collect or sell your data — your trips stay on your device • Your trips are always yours, exportable anytime as GPX or CSV Whether you're commuting, training for a marathon, road-tripping, riding the train, or just curious how far you walked this week — Trace is the speedometer, trip log, and memory map that comes with you everywhere. Free to start. No account needed. Your trips are always yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.dukefu.com/privacy-policy

About

Wayline 3D

Features
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Turn every walk into a 3D route you can hold in your hand. Wayline 3D records your GPS path and rebuilds it as a glowing 3D line floating in black space. Real elevation becomes the vertical axis, so hills and climbs literally rise off the ground. Drag with one finger to spin the route and see your walk from any angle. WHAT IT DOES • Record a walk with one tap. Wayline traces your route as you move. • See it as a clean 3D line, not a tangled map scribble. • Real elevation lifts the path into the third dimension. • Drag to rotate, pinch to zoom, watch it from every side. • Replay the route drawing itself, step by step, on a loop. MADE TO SHARE • Film yourself with the live camera while your 3D route and stats float on screen. • Export the route as a transparent video to drop into any edit. • Every walk keeps its distance, duration, date and place. SIMPLE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up. • Your walks stay on your device. Wayline 3D Pro Unlock 4K export and remove the watermark. One walk. One line. A whole new way to see where you went. Terms of Use (EULA): https://cofounder.co.kr/wayline/terms

Screenshots

Trace4 screens
Wayline 3D3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Trace at none against Wayline 3D's shown. Trace also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Trace sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Wayline 3D sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Trace versus Wayline 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTraceWayline 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMinghao FuHosung Hwang

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Trace

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99
5 purchases

Wayline 3D

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Pro$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Day Pass$0.99
  • Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Trace free?
Trace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wayline 3D free?
Wayline 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trace or Wayline 3D have ads?
Wayline 3D shows ads; Trace does not.

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