The work is clinical. The paperwork isn’t.
Typing detailed case notes, procedure logs and supervision levels after a twelve-hour shift is exhausting. TRACE lets you describe what happened naturally, while it’s still fresh. If something important is missing — a supervision level, an airway grade, or another required field — TRACE asks.
Talk, don’t type
Describe the case as you would to a colleague. TRACE extracts the relevant details and fills in the fields for you.
Your logbook stays yours
Your logbook lives on your devices and in your private iCloud container. We never receive or store it.
Ready for appraisal
Case mix, procedure tallies and supervision levels are counted automatically. Export PDF summaries and Excel spreadsheets for your appraisal, ARCP or portfolio.
iPhone, iPad and Mac
Start after a ward round, finish at your desk. Your logbook stays synchronised through your own iCloud.
It’s a conversation, not a form.
Tell TRACE what happened in your own words. It extracts the information that belongs in your logbook and asks when something important is missing.
You don’t need to remember which field comes next. Just describe the case.
Three steps. No paperwork marathon.
Talk
Describe the case or procedure naturally.
TRACE asks
Missing something important? TRACE asks a follow-up question.
You’re done
Your structured entry is saved and your totals update automatically.
Built for anonymous records
TRACE is designed so that patient-identifying information is never needed. Templates use an age band rather than a date of birth, and there is no patient-name field anywhere in the app.
Typed information. TRACE automatically checks typed input for identifiers such as names, NHS numbers, dates of birth, postcodes and hospital numbers before anything is sent.
Spoken information. Conversational voice input is streamed to Google Cloud’s Gemini service so TRACE can understand what you say and respond in real time. Because speech has to be processed before it can be checked, TRACE warns you before opening the microphone and asks you not to name a patient. You can always decline and type instead, or turn the assistant off entirely.
Nothing is recorded. Audio is streamed as you speak and is never written to a file — not on your phone and not by TRACE. There is no audio session to play back later.
A final check before export. Before you export your logbook, TRACE checks for information that looks identifiable and lets you remove it first.
Your logbook. Your data.
TRACE doesn’t require an account or password. Your logbook lives on your devices and in your own iCloud container. We don’t receive or store your logbook, and the app contains no advertising, analytics or crash reporting.
The small server TRACE operates only checks subscription status and provides a short-lived pass for the assistant. It never receives your logbook entries.
Questions
Does my dictation leave my phone?
Yes. TRACE uses Google Cloud’s enterprise Gemini API for its conversational voice assistant, so audio is streamed directly to Google Cloud while you speak. This is what allows TRACE to understand natural speech and ask follow-up questions in real time.
Is any of it recorded?
No. Audio is streamed while you speak and is never written to a file — not on your phone and not by TRACE.
Could someone at Google hear it?
TRACE uses a paid Google Cloud account. Your input is not used to improve Google’s products and is not read by people. TRACE also operates under Google’s data processing agreement, which puts that in a contract rather than a promise. The free tier works differently; TRACE has never used it.
What if I accidentally say something identifiable?
TRACE cannot make something you have said unsaid. That’s why it asks you not to name patients before opening the microphone. TRACE cleans the resulting transcript before writing it into your logbook, and checks your export for information that looks identifiable. Typed input is checked before it is sent.
Where is my logbook kept?
On your devices and in your own iCloud account. TRACE does not receive or store your logbook.
Can TRACE help with clinical decisions?
No. TRACE records professional activity you have already completed for your logbook, appraisal and revalidation. It does not assess your clinical decisions, review your practice or provide advice about patient care.
What happens if my subscription lapses?
Your existing logbook remains yours. Reading, searching and exporting continue to work. Only new entries and the assistant stop.
Your next shift doesn’t need another admin job.
Talk through your cases while they’re still fresh. Let TRACE keep the logbook up to date.
Coming to the App Store