Trace
Ultra-fast AI Calendar for people who hate planning
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Zac Zuo

Trace - Ultra-fast AI Calendar for people who hate planning

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Hate planning? Same. That’s why Trace skips the forms and instantly builds your schedule from a message, voice, or screenshot. Plan without the pain—no more wasting time on what your calendar should do for you.

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Jaeho Chung
Maker

Hi Product Hunt! 👋

The dilemma of the AI era? So many tools promise “magic” but end up slowing you down.

We’re a small team that wanted to move fast and get things done without chaos.

We tried them all… and fell into the same trap.

Most AI calendars and productivity apps:

  1. Too many features, not enough focus. Habit trackers, journals, mood boards… when all you needed was a calendar.

  2. Sloppy AI. Wrong guesses, endless re-dos — more time correcting than creating.

  3. Catfished by “AI.” Marketed as smart, but in reality it’s the same old manual forms or the “real” AI is locked behind a paywall.

We got frustrated too, drowning in extras, fixing AI’s mistakes, and wasting time on fake promises.

So we built the opposite → ✨Trace.

  • ✅ AI that actually works. Say "Project review with team, find 2-hour slot before Friday" → boom, scheduled.

  • ✅ Voice, text, screenshot → instant planning that just flows.

  • ✅ No bloat, no confusion — just the calendar that thinks with you.

Now 2,000+ busy professionals — engineers, founders, and working parents — use Trace every day. People who don’t have time for planning, but need planning the most.

One user summed it up:

“Finally found the one — simple, fast, and effortless. I’ve tried so many AI scheduling apps, but Trace is the only one that felt right.”

🎁 Launch special: 30% off Trace Premium for early users

(details at the bottom of our website)

👉 What’s the most annoying part of your current planning tool?

Let’s stop planning to work, and just get to work. 🚀

Mohsin Ali ✪

@trace__jaeho Solid!

how does trace handle conflicts when two people are free at different times?

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@mohsinproduct We don't currently offer shared calendars, but Trace can definitely help with coordination! You can tell Trace something like "My friend is free at these times - can you check my calendar and find when we can both meet?" and it'll suggest the best overlapping slots. Makes scheduling with others much less of a headache!

Nastassia

@trace__jaeho lovely move with a shortcuts, really useful

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@nastassia_k Thanks! Yeah, one of our favorite user behaviors is people using the iPhone action button to trigger the shortcut and just snap a photo to add events. It's so seamless!

Subin Baek
Maker

@trace__jaeho  @nastassia_k Thanks Natassia! We tried to make Trace hassle-free as possible hope you enjoy all the features!

Francesco D'Alessio

@trace__jaeho interesting :)

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@francescod_ales Glad it caught your interest!

Nika

Hey team, it reminded me of some features that @zaczuo created, so I think you got a good partner for hunting! :) I have a question regarding planning. How the app takes into account events that can be held in parallel. E.g. picking up kids from the school/watching their recital, and a Soccer match on TV, does it also have any prioritisation points?

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@zaczuo  @busmark_w_nika Great question! Since Trace is LLM-powered, it already considers context when saving events - so it's aware of potential conflicts like your example. Right now we're being thoughtful about not being too aggressive with automatic changes (users can feel uncomfortable with that), but it does help when you specifically ask for guidance on overlapping events.

More proactive conflict management is definitely on our roadmap!

Nika

@zaczuo  @trace__jaeho Good news is we can edit it so still can control the schedule on our own :)

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@busmark_w_nika Exactly! We want to be helpful without taking away your control 😊

Ran Luo

Would love to try Trace! I've been looking for a tool that simplifies planning—this sounds exactly what I need.

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@ransixi Thanks so much! We built Trace to strip out the busywork and keep planning clear. Hope it really lightens the load for you—let me know how it goes!

Zac Zuo
Hunter

As the one who is also building in the personal AI productivity space, I've been following the Trace team's journey with a lot of interest.

Because of our shared space, I'm incredibly impressed with the interaction innovations they've built into their product. They have cleverly integrated the potential of voice and multimodal inputs to truly empower personal efficiency.

Using Trace felt both familiar and surprising in the best way possible. It's an absolutely delightful and smooth user experience.

Amazing work, team!

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@zaczuo Thanks so much for this review! 🙏


It means a lot to hear this from a fellow maker in the AI productivity space, especially your kind words about Trace's voice and multimodal features.


Thanks for taking the time to really dig into what we built!

Subin Baek
Maker

@zaczuo Zac, we can’t thank you enough 🙏

Your support and kindness made a huge difference as we prepared for our very first launch. And honestly, Flowtica has been a big inspiration for us too.

We feel lucky to be building in the same space alongside you. Excited to keep learning from each other and pushing what AI productivity can become 🚀

Shahriar Hasan

Very unique idea. Take love & respect.

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@shahriardgm Much appreciated! Thank you for the kind words 🙏

Cruise Chen

wow it seems useful for handling all those schedule hassles... just curious - how would it manage multimodal data& input from different apps and sources? I usually feel messy and painful for migrating.

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@cruise_chen Thanks for the question! Just to make sure I understand - you're asking about handling different data types and integrating various apps, right? Please correct me if I'm off!I think this is where LLMs excel. Since LLM APIs natively support both text and image inputs, we're using that to create the most natural UX possible.For other services like Google Calendar, we pull data that's already synced with Apple's native Calendar into Trace. Most calendar apps support integration APIs, so we haven't hit major obstacles.The goal is making migration as seamless as possible!

Nicole Astor

Hahhhh, I'm actually a very organzied person, but I really love being able to create a to-do just by saying a few words on my watch. This is awesome, big thumbs up to your team! @Trace

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@nicoleastor Thank you so much! That's exactly what we were going for - making it effortless even for organized people like yourself. Thanks for the support! 🙌

Jaber Jaber

i hate planning, gimme this

Jaber Jaber

while im an INTJ

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@jaber23 You're our target user! Planning pain is real - hope this makes it way less awful for you.

Shiva Pundir

Can it connect to multiple calendars at once? Many people use Google, Outlook, or other calendar apps on the same device, and meetings from different sources often get added there.

Subin Baek
Maker

@shivapundir Hey Shiva, that's a great question. If your calendars, such as Google and Outlook, are integrated with Apple Calendar, you can use them all on Trace.

Ash Grover

Congrats on the launch!

I really like the overall design of the app, it’s very clean and intuitive.

My only note is that you’ll face strong competition from built-in AI on phones as they get smarter, which could happen sooner than expected. The challenge will be convincing users why they should continue using Trace instead of relying on the native AI functionality that may eventually do the same tasks.

Otherwise, great work on the product!

Jaeho Chung
Maker

@ash_grover Thanks for checking out Trace! You're absolutely right about the native AI competition - that's been our main concern since day one. I think it'll come down to the details and reducing friction. We'll do our best to stay competitive!

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