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Your money.

Simply managed.

Pay once. Keep it forever. No bank linking, no monthly fees, no unnecessary complexity. Just a clean, private way to manage your budget.

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PAY ONCE
Yours forever
YOUR DATA
Stays on device
WORKS
Fully offline
ABOUT TRACE

Built to be simple.
Not stripped down.

Most finance apps are overbuilt. They're loaded with features you'll never use, dashboards that take ten minutes to understand, and a subscription quietly renewing every month. Trace is different by design, not by accident.

It does what you need: budget planning, expense tracking, savings goals. Nothing more. The simplicity is intentional — because the less friction between you and your money, the more likely you are to actually stay on top of it.

An example of the Trace app dashboard
AVAILABLE THIS MONTH
R 3 240,00
R 24 850,00 planned expenses deducted from R 28 090,00 planned income
EUROPE HOLIDAY
R 21 500,00 saved of R 60 000,00
35% reached • R 38 500,00 remaining
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Checkers - monthly shopping
- R 1 840,00
Engen Fourways - fuel
- R 650,00
Virgin Active - gym
- R 800,00
FEATURES

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Trace is focused. Every feature earns its place — nothing is included just to make a features list look longer.

Budget planning
Set your monthly income, plan your expenses by category, and see exactly how much you have left before the month even starts.
Expense tracking
Log transactions as you spend. Filter by category or month. The numbers don't lie — and neither does Trace.
Savings goals
Got something worth saving for? Build a project, plan the costs, log what you put away. Watch the gap close.
Daily spend limit
One number. Updated daily. It tells you what you can spend today without falling behind on your budget or your savings.
Local storage
Everything you enter stays on your phone. No cloud, no servers, no one looking over your shoulder. Delete the app and it's all gone — because it was only ever yours.
Dark mode
Fully designed for dark environments — not just a colour swap. Switches automatically with your system, looks good either way.
PRIVACY POLICY

Your data is yours. Full stop.

Trace was built with privacy as a baseline, not a feature. There's no clever spin here — the app simply doesn't collect, transmit, or store your data anywhere other than your own device.

No data collection

Nothing you enter in Trace goes anywhere. Your budget, your transactions, your savings goals — all of it stays on your phone. We never see it.

No accounts required

There's no sign-up, no email address, no profile to create. Open the app, enter your name, and you're in.

No third-party sharing

Trace doesn't share anything with anyone. No advertising networks. No analytics platforms. No exceptions.

Stored locally, always

Your data lives on your phone and nowhere else. If you delete the app, everything goes with it. There's nothing to request removal of because there's nothing stored anywhere else.

Notifications are optional

If you turn on daily reminders, they're generated directly on your device. No external service is involved in sending them.

CONTACT

Get in touch.

Found a bug? Have an idea? Just want to say something? We read every message.

Report an issue

Something not working the way it should? Let us know and we'll look into it.

Request a feature

Got an idea that would make Trace better? We're always listening.

General enquiry

Anything else — press, partnerships, or just a question. Drop us a line.

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