ColdTrace: Cold Case Mystery

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About this app

A phone. A cold case. The truth is buried somewhere in between.

ColdTrace puts you inside a real investigation, or at least, it feels that way. Navigate a stranger's phone, piece together the timeline, and decide: was it really an accident?

AN IMMERSIVE FICTIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Explore a fully simulated phone interface: messages, photos, notes, voicemails
• Uncover a layered narrative where every clue matters
• Multiple threads to follow, one truth to uncover

FEEL THE TENSION
The line between player and investigator blurs. You're not watching the story unfold, you're living it. Every deleted file, every text thread, every timestamp brings you closer to the answer.

YOUR INVESTIGATION, YOUR PACE
ColdTrace is not a passive experience. What you read, what you dig into, and when, it all shapes your understanding of what happened.

For fans of interactive fiction, true crime podcasts, and crime documentaries who want to go deeper.

ColdTrace is a fictional narrative experience. All characters and events are entirely invented.

Note: Some chapters require a Premium unlock.

Some investigations are available for free, while the complete experience can be unlocked through an in-app purchase.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Detective game: search a phone, follow the clues, solve the crime mystery.
Updated on
Aug 1, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Device or other IDs
  • This app may collect these data types
    Financial info, App activity and 2 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

8.36K reviews
Andrew Penniston
July 24, 2026
Questions basically lead the whole investigation, so you're not uncovering anything. The clues also come with direct clues from "your" assumptions that also make it that much easier. The photos are highly (if not fully) AI generated and are inconsistent with the characters as well as angles (in the first case, a photo of a suspected stalker is taken from an impossible angle with Noor running in the background), same with voice notes and likely some of the text. Okay as free, not worth paying.
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Saclic Studio
July 24, 2026
Thanks! On Android you can keep playing for free by watching ads, or subscribe to go ad-free. And new cases land by the end of this week.
ANNABELLE BALUARTE
August 14, 2026
I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH although some clues and questions are hard to find, all it needs is reading comprehension, memorization, and common sense. The clues are mostly easy though I still couldn't open the locked gallery, but I solved the case quite fast and I luv how mysterious it is that you feel like you're paid to go through someone's phone to solve a mysterious case.... I say I really love this game like SUPER LOVE IT, and I say this is my FAVORITE game because I can use it in the future
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Eva Gilbert
July 28, 2026
really fun app! Sooooooo fun to play and really interesting. Only thing is is that when you don't pay for it, you have ads thrown at you all the time, and they are each about a minute long at a time. Would be much more enjoyable if the amount of ads was cut down a bit. Still, aside from that I love it!
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