Official documentation
Privacy: Trace
Trace, Trace (traceapp.info), 2026
Read the originalRead on October 22, 2026
- What it is
- The privacy policy of Trace, a Mac menu bar app that records and transcribes meetings on the device, with an optional iPhone companion app. It says recordings and transcripts stay on the Mac until the user deletes them, and that the iPhone companion deletes its copy of the audio once the Mac confirms it has a complete copy. It gives no number of days for either.
- How much weight it carries
- The developer's own policy, read on the access date. The page does not name FSCharter Ltd., the maker named in the research brief. It describes the app's default behaviour. A custom AI endpoint or hosted provider is covered by that provider's terms, which are not read here. Policies can change.
Facts taken from this source
- Trace's privacy policy says a recording stays on the iPhone companion app until the user's Mac confirms it has a complete, matching copy, and then the app deletes the audio from the iPhone. It gives no number of days.
“Each recording stays on your iPhone until your Mac confirms that it has a complete copy and that the copy matches the original.” (Trace Companion for iPhone)
- Trace's privacy policy says the user can choose to keep the raw audio, delete it as soon as the transcript is ready, or clear it after a window the user sets. It gives no number of days.
“The raw audio is the one thing Trace can tidy for you, and in Preferences you can keep it, delete it as soon as the transcript is ready, or clear it after a window you set.” (Data retention and deletion)
- Trace's privacy policy says its recordings and transcripts remain on the user's Mac until the user deletes them. It gives no number of days.
“All recordings and transcripts remain on your Mac until you delete them.” (Data retention and deletion)