Comparison

Tertiary Planner vs Trace

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

Head to head
About

Tertiary Planner

Features
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Tertiary Planner is a fast, private to-do and planner app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Type or speak what you need — "Lunch with Sam tomorrow at 1pm" — and the on-device assistant words it nicely and saves it as an appointment or a to-do, straight into your list. On supported devices it uses Apple Intelligence, running entirely ON DEVICE, to understand your intent and word your items clearly. On other devices the same on-device parsing (Apple's Natural Language and Speech frameworks) does the job. Either way, nothing you type or say ever leaves your device to any third party. FEATURES • One Planner page with To-Do and Appointment tabs, each filterable by your lists • Capture bar at the bottom — type or dictate, and the assistant drafts and saves the entry; Undo reverts it • Apple Intelligence on-device intent understanding (with an on-device fallback) • Voice capture using native iOS speech recognition • Your own lists and sub-lists — create, rename, pin, reorder and nest them • Assign items to people; items added in someone's list go to that person • To-Do priorities — Critical, High, Medium or Low; Critical and High are pinned automatically • Pin anything to the top; drag to rearrange everything by hand • Smart views: All Tasks, Pinned, Today and Upcoming show your own queue • Upcoming — everything with a date, broken down by day, with anything overdue on top • Calendar — a month view with each day's appointments written into the day, plus a List view • Meeting links — paste a Google Meet, Zoom or Teams link and tap Join on the appointment • Singapore public holidays marked on the calendar • Today's appointments — a morning summary and an alert just before each appointment starts • Advance reminders — a notification before anything with a date is due (1, 3 or 7 days ahead) • Optional mirror of appointments into your system Calendar (EventKit only) • Search across titles, notes, assignee and list names • Duplicate check — spots the same title on the same day and offers to archive the extras • Check off an item and it is automatically archived; restore anytime • iCloud sync — your items stay up to date on every device signed in to your iCloud • Light, Dark or System appearance, with a choice of accent colours PRIVACY Your data belongs to you. All intelligence runs on your device. Items are stored on your device and synced only through your personal, private iCloud database, which only you can access — we never see your data. No third-party AI services, no accounts, no tracking. Developed by Tertiary Infotech Academy Pte Ltd.

About

Trace

Capture thoughts and tasks using your voice. This organizer transforms spoken reminders into structured notes and actionable to-dos, helping you manage your day efficiently without manual data entry.

Highlights
  • Voice-first input
  • Structured reminders
  • Note-taking
  • Task management
  • Time and place-based planning
  • Organized daily planning
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Trace is a voice-first personal organizer for reminders, notes, and everyday follow-through. Say what you need to remember, and Trace helps turn it into structured reminders and notes. Capture quick tasks, plan around time and place, save important details, and keep your day organized without digging through forms or menus. Privacy Policy: https://remindmetrace.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tertiary Planner3 screens
Trace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tertiary Planner at none against Trace's 2. Tertiary Planner also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Tertiary Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tertiary Planner ships an update every 2 days, Trace weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tertiary Planner versus Trace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTertiary PlannerTrace
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlfred AngYaohui Zhang

In-app purchases

None

Tertiary Planner

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Trace

Subscriptions2
  • Trace Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Trace Premium Yearly3 Days trial$71.991 Year

Questions

Is Tertiary Planner free?
Tertiary Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trace free?
Trace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tertiary Planner or Trace have ads?
Neither Tertiary Planner nor Trace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tertiary Planner or Trace?
Tertiary Planner ships an update every 2 days, and Trace weekly. Most recently, Tertiary Planner was updated on October 17, 2026 and Trace on October 10, 2026.

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