Comparison

Trace vs RoadTrace

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 high-accuracy GPS speedometer and trip tracker for various activities. It prioritizes user privacy by keeping all data on your device or your own iCloud, with no server collection. Offers detailed stats, route mapping, and export options.

Highlights
  • High-accuracy GPS speedometer
  • Trip and route tracking
  • Personalized stat tiles
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island support
  • Home-Screen widgets
  • GPX/CSV export
  • Privacy-focused data storage
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Trace is a precision GPS speedometer that quietly remembers every trip. 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. SPEED + STATS • High-accuracy GPS speedometer (km/h, mph, knots) • Custom analog dial or digital readout • Personalized stat tiles: top speed, distance, moving time & more • Multiple layouts: Classic, Big Digital, HUD Mirror, Hybrid Pro, Analog Dial, Track Day, Pace, Navigator RECORD + EXPLORE • Track every walk, run, bike & drive — plus motorcycle, hike, train, sailing & more • Live Activity + Dynamic Island show your speed without unlocking • Background-safe GPS — your trip survives the screen turning off • Home-Screen widgets, including a live map of your latest trip • Import your Apple Health workouts — runs, walks, hikes & rides, routes included • Personal heatmap of every road, trail, and place you've moved through • Per-trip map with speed-colored route + GPX/CSV export 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 PRO unlocks 6 advanced stat tiles (Pace, Slope, Moving Avg, Altitude, Heading, Total Ascent), HUD + Track Day layouts, analog dial customization, premium accent colors, custom gauge bands, and full Apple Health history import. 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

RoadTrace

Features
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RoadTrace records where you went — and how fast you were going at every point of it. Press START before a drive, a run or a walk. RoadTrace draws your route on a map and stores your speed and altitude at every point, so afterwards you can see exactly what you were doing, and where. A DASHBOARD YOU CAN READ AT A GLANCE • Large digital speedometer, built for a car mount • Live trail: the road behind you, coloured by how fast you were going • Altitude from the barometer — far steadier than GPS alone • Tap the dial for a full-screen, speed-only view EVERY TRIP, IN DETAIL • Your route coloured by speed: green where slow, red where fast • Zoom the map and individual speed readings appear along the road • Speed and altitude graphs you can pinch, drag and scrub to any exact second • Distance, duration, max and average speed, climb and descent WORKS WITHOUT SIGNAL Recording never needs the internet. Position, speed and altitude come from the phone's own GPS and barometer, and every trip is saved on the device. The map fills in when you reconnect. KEEPS RECORDING Recording continues with the screen off and the app in the background. HONEST ABOUT ITSELF Every trip shows how many samples it captured and how good the fix was. Satellite speed from a phone is an estimate, and RoadTrace says so rather than pretending otherwise. PRIVATE Your routes stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded. Coins pay for recording time — one coin records five minutes. Your first trip is free.

Screenshots

Trace4 screens
RoadTrace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Trace at 15.1 against RoadTrace's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Trace versus RoadTrace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTraceRoadTrace
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMinghao FuYoussef Ziat

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Trace

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99
5 purchases

RoadTrace

One-time5
  • 120 Coins$1.99
  • 420 Coins$4.99
  • 1200 Coins$9.99
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  • 3000 Coins$19.99
  • Lifetime Unlimited$34.99

Questions

Is Trace free?
Trace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RoadTrace free?
RoadTrace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trace or RoadTrace have ads?
Neither Trace nor RoadTrace shows ads.

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