Quick update on Trace!
Kept grinding today — spent most of the time squashing minor bugs, polishing the UI, and making small details feel a bit smoother to use at the workbench.
Still a lot to improve, but step by step it's getting where I want it to be.
If anyone wants to check it out or test the latest build,App Store link will be in comments
Back to coding! 🚀
Hey everyone,
Over the past year, I’ve been working on a personal project — designing a wireless phone/headphone charger made out of wood and leather. To bring the project to life, I bought a CNC machine about 6 months ago.
That immediately launched me into a black hole of prep work: building a soundproof enclosure, ordering end mills, sourcing stock materials, and buying endless small parts.
Very quickly, I hit a wall. Managing inventory, material costs, and project estimates in Google Sheets was a massive pain — especially when I just wanted to be at my workbench, not booting up a PC to update a cell.
Since I’m a developer, I decided to build a simple tool to solve my own headache. Fast forward 5 months, and I just released the first version of Trace on the App Store.
What Trace does:
Workshop Inventory: Track stock (wood, acrylic, hardware, tools) straight from your phone.
Project Costing: Calculate the real cost of every build (materials + labor) on the fly.
Invoices: Instantly generate clean PDF receipts/invoices for clients or sales.
Since I built this out of a genuine need from my own maker journey, I would love to get your honest feedback, critique, or feature ideas so I can keep improving it for the community.
You can check it out on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/lv/app/trace-workshop-manager/id6789042632
Thanks for reading, and happy making!
Hey everyone,
Over the past year, I’ve been working on a personal project — designing a wireless phone/headphone charger made out of wood and leather. To bring the project to life, I bought a CNC machine about 6 months ago.
That immediately launched me into a black hole of prep work: building a soundproof enclosure, ordering end mills, sourcing stock materials, and buying endless small parts.
Very quickly, I hit a wall. Managing inventory, material costs, and project estimates in Google Sheets was a massive pain — especially when I just wanted to be at my workbench, not booting up a PC to update a cell.
Since I’m a developer, I decided to build a simple tool to solve my own headache. Fast forward 5 months, and I just released the first version of Trace on the App Store.
What Trace does:
Workshop Inventory: Track stock (wood, acrylic, hardware, tools) straight from your phone.
Project Costing: Calculate the real cost of every build (materials + labor) on the fly.
Invoices: Instantly generate clean PDF receipts/invoices for clients or sales.
Since I built this out of a genuine need from my own maker journey, I would love to get your honest feedback, critique, or feature ideas so I can keep improving it for the community.
You can check it out on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/lv/app/trace-workshop-manager/id6789042632
Thanks for reading, and happy making!