Comparison

Overlap vs TRACED

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

Head to head
About

Overlap

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Your route, on your photo or video. You know the picture: the shape of the run drawn over a photo from the end of it, with the distance, the time and the pace sitting alongside. Overlap makes that picture from the workout your watch already recorded, on the photo or clip you already took. Pick the workout. Pick the photo or the clip. Save the finished file. THE PICTURE, NOT THE EDITOR A general video editor can do this if you are willing to build it yourself: export a graphic, line it up, scale it, keyframe it. Overlap already knows the route, the stats and the sport, so it draws the whole thing and places it for you. One tap picks a layout, vertical or horizontal. Choose the stats — distance, time, pace, speed, elevation, calories — the colour, the text size, and metric or imperial. Drag and pinch only if you want to. YOUR DATA, WHEREVER IT LIVES Overlap reads workouts straight from Apple Health, so anything your Apple Watch, your running app or your bike computer has synced is already there. Recorded somewhere else? Send the file in. Open a GPX, FIT or TCX from Files, or share one into Overlap from another app or your email. No account. No upload. Nothing to sign up for. STILLS AND VIDEO, AT FULL QUALITY Put the overlay on a photo and save an image, or put it on a clip, trimmed to the moment you want, and save a video, with the overlay fading, sliding or scaling in as the clip starts. HDR photos and HDR video stay HDR: the overlay burns in without flattening the colour your phone captured. You see the result on a preview screen before anything is saved. WATCH THE ROUTE DRAW ITSELF Turn on Draw On and the route line grows across the picture, at a steady speed or at the pace you actually went, with the stats counting up at the tip of the line. Stretch the drawing to fit your clip, or turn a still photo into a short video of it. MADE FOR - The post-run photo that deserves the numbers next to it - The ride, the swim, the hike, the walk — every sport your watch records - A clip from the finish line, with the route drawing itself in - The workout you did months ago, on the photo you just found PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your workouts and your photos never leave your phone. Overlap does its work on the device, reads a route only for the workout you pick, and writes only the file you ask it to save.

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TRACED

Features
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Your workouts deserve better than a screenshot. A morning run, a trail, an hour in the pool: TRACED turns it into a sticker you can drop straight onto your Instagram Story. It is transparent, so it sits on your own photo instead of covering it. WHAT YOU GET • Ready made stickers, from a single line of stats to a full results board • Your real GPS route, drawn as data, with no map clutter • A pace chart, split by split • The numbers selected for each session, including distance, pace, time, heart rate, calories, and elevation when recorded • Typefaces and colours to match the photograph • A transparent PNG ready to paste over any photo Every session is offered only the stickers its data can fill. Connect with Strava to import your activities automatically. Powered by Strava. Private by design. Your data is yours, and you can delete your account at any time. TRACED PREMIUM TRACED is free. TRACED Premium is an optional monthly subscription that adds more stickers, more colours and more typefaces. Premium is a living collection: new stickers arrive and others leave over time. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before it ends. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://get-traced.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://get-traced.app/privacy

Screenshots

Overlap4 screens
TRACED4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Overlap at none against TRACED's 5. TRACED's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. TRACED sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Overlap asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Overlap ships an update every 3 days, TRACED every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Overlap versus TRACED: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOverlapTRACED
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCow Cow Technologies LLCTHOMAS BAUDRY CONSULTING

In-app purchases

None

Overlap

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

TRACED

Subscriptions2
  • TRACED Premium7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • TRACED Run Club7 Days trial$24.991 Month
One-time3
  • Halloween Pack$0.99
  • Arcade Pack$0.99
  • Astro Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Overlap free?
Overlap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TRACED free?
TRACED is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Overlap or TRACED have ads?
Neither Overlap nor TRACED shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Overlap or TRACED?
Overlap ships an update every 3 days, and TRACED every 2 days. Most recently, Overlap was updated on October 31, 2026 and TRACED on October 31, 2026.

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