AI Lab Assistant vs Trace

Plan, run and learn from every experiment with connected protocols, records, results and scientifically grounded AI.

A macOS menu-bar app that turns any conversation into a clean markdown transcript, with an optional on-device summary. Runs a local speech model entirely on your Mac, in...

About AI Lab Assistant

Plan, run and learn from every experiment with connected protocols, records, results and scientifically grounded AI. Express steps, decisions and repeats as a workflow the whole lab can follow. Set run parameters and move through the protocol one action at a time. Bring hypotheses, plans, runs, results and conclusions into one record. See how pilots, validations and follow-up experiments connect in one graph. Trace created samples back to the protocol run that produced them. Sous can parse handwritten notes and fold them into the experiment record automatically, so you are not forced to type everything in real time.

About Trace

A macOS menu-bar app that turns any conversation into a clean markdown transcript, with an optional on-device summary. Runs a local speech model entirely on your Mac, in dozens of languages. The moment is pinned to your transcript at the exact timestamp. Trace provides you with clear markdown transcripts and summaries that you can use anywhere. Either copy the markdown from Trace directly or have it place the file anywhere in your filesystem. Trace can also send files directly to Obsidian, Bear, Drafts or Things with a button press.