Traces – Daily Puzzles
Trace words, find places daily
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Traces: a few quiet minutes of puzzling, every day.
Every day brings fresh puzzles: trace hidden words through a grid of letters, or hunt down a famous place hidden somewhere in the world. Easy to pick up, hard to put down.
TRACES: THE DAILY WORD PUZZLE
Instead of typing, you trace. Each puzzle is a small grid of connected letters — drag from letter to letter to spell the hidden words along the paths.
• Two new puzzles daily — one Regular, one Hard — free, for whether you have two minutes or twenty.
• Race the clock, then see where you rank on the daily and all-time leaderboards.
HIDE & SEEK: THE DAILY GEOGRAPHY HUNT (TRACES PRO)
A famous place is hidden somewhere on the map. Read the clues, use map tools to rule out whole regions, then drop your pin — the closer you get, the better you score. Everyone hunts for the same place each day.
PLAY YOUR WAY
• No account, no sign-up. Open the app and play.
• Share your results with friends, without spoilers.
• Tactile animations and satisfying sound.
• Light and dark themes, and an optional daily reminder.
• Track your streaks, times and daily ranks.
TRACES PRO
• Hide & Seek, every day.
• The complete puzzle archive — every past daily, back to day one.
Choose Monthly at $0.99/month or Yearly at $4.99/year, each with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers, or Lifetime: a one-time purchase of $12.99 that never renews. Prices may vary by country.
Whether you love crosswords, geography quizzes, or just a calm daily brain workout, Traces is a few quiet minutes of satisfying puzzling — every day.
—
About Traces Pro subscriptions:
• Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. A free trial converts to a paid subscription unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the trial ends.
• Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Manage or cancel your subscription, and turn off auto-renewal, in your Apple ID account settings.
Terms of Use: https://www.olliejarvis.com/traces/terms
Privacy Policy: https://www.olliejarvis.com/traces/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
A big update for Traces!
• A fresh home screen: today's puzzles up front, the archive as a calendar, and tabs for Stats and the new Leaderboard.
• Leaderboards: see where you rank each day and of all time.
• Share your results: send your time, rank and pace to friends as text or a picture, without spoiling the puzzle.
• Hide & Seek: a brand-new daily geography game for Traces Pro members. A famous place is hidden somewhere in the world. Use clues and map tools to track it down, then drop your pin.
• Traces Pro now comes monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime unlock. You can also redeem offer codes.
• Play offline: puzzles you've opened stay playable without a connection.
• Better stats, with a chart of your daily ranks.
The developer, Oliver Jarvis, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Oliver Jarvis
- Size
- 66.8 MB
- Category
- Word
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Traces Pro Lifetime $12.99
- Traces Pro (Yearly) $4.99
- Traces Pro (Monthly) $0.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Oliver Jarvis and Jonatan Steffensen
