I built TinyTraces because I could not find the tracing app I wanted for my daughter. Most tracing apps we tried felt built for engagement first: animations, rewards, sounds, and little hooks to keep kids tapping. That did not fit our home. We are careful with screen time, but I still believe technology can help when it is calm, focused, and respectful of attention. TinyTraces is a simple iPad tracing app for early writers. It supports Apple Pencil, letters, numbers, and shapes, with trace validation designed to guide without making handwriting feel rigid or game-like. This project also gave me a practical way to explore agentic engineering, Apple Intelligence, and privacy-first product design in a real family use case. TinyTraces Pro is free until July 4 with code LAUNCH2026. I would love feedback from parents, makers, and anyone interested in calmer kids’ software. App + promo: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ct...

TinyTraces

A calm iPad tracing app for early writers

A calm iPad tracing app for early writers