Coming soon to the App Store
Big goals can feel heavy.
Small steps are easier to carry.
The Traces is a quiet place to notice that you showed up. No scores. No streaks. No guilt. Just you and your effort.
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You've tried the other apps.
You downloaded the habit tracker. You set the streaks. You felt great — for a week. Then life happened, you missed a day, and suddenly you were a failure at your own goals.
That's not a you problem. That's a design problem.
Most productivity apps treat you like a metric to be optimized. The Traces takes a different approach: it simply remembers that you tried.
“Imagine an older, wiser sensei watching you work. Not caring about what or how much. Just nodding — because you showed up.”
Simple by design.
Three things. Nothing more.
Set your goals
Write down what you're working toward. No deadlines. No pressure.
Log an entry
When you do something — anything — toward a goal, log it. One tap. Done.
See your traces
"This isn't a score. These are the traces of your effort." A gentle record of showing up.
The moment it clicks.
You finished a goal. Not because an app pushed you. Not because you were afraid of breaking a streak. Because you just kept showing up, however rarely, however imperfectly.
And when you're ready to let it go:
“4 entries. Each one mattered.
You showed up across 4 days.
These are the traces you leave behind.”
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