Comparison

My PTO vs DayStretch

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

My PTO

This app helps you manage your paid time off by tracking accruals and usage. View your current balance and project future PTO availability.

Highlights
  • Track PTO accruals
  • Log PTO usage
  • View current PTO balance
  • Project future PTO
  • Simple interface
Features
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Enough PTO for your next trip? Find out before you make plans. My PTO projects your paid-time-off balance using your accrual policy, work schedule, and planned days off. See what you'll have for a long weekend, a week away, or a little more time at home. One purchase. No subscription. No account to create. YOUR PTO, AT A GLANCE Keep your balance on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. The medium Home Screen widget also shows your next trip and its progress. Available in light and dark appearances. TURN DAYS OFF INTO LONGER BREAKS Choose how many shifts of PTO you'd like to spend. Find stretches around your regular days off and the holidays your workplace observes. Preview a suggestion, then book it in your plan or save it as a goal. PLAN BEFORE HOURS EXPIRE Set your benefit-year start, carryover limit, and expiration date. Your forecast accounts for those rules and shows when hours could be lost unless you use them. KEEP VACATION AND SICK TIME SEPARATE Track multiple leave balances with their own accrual policies, bookings, and goals, all using your shared work schedule. Switch balances to see the one you need. GIVE YOUR DAYS OFF SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO Name a trip and choose your dates. See whether your projected PTO covers it, what you'll have left, or how far short you'll be. When a later date works within the forecast, My PTO suggests it. SEE BEYOND TODAY'S BALANCE Look ahead on the calendar and see how earning and taking time off change your balance. Choose a whole stretch of days and preview its cost before saving. Days you don't work are skipped. MADE FOR YOUR WORKWEEK Eight-hour days, twelve-hour shifts, or different hours on different weekdays: set the schedule you actually work. Add your employer's holidays and choose who covers a closure. Adjust individual days when your plans change. YOUR POLICY, IN YOUR WORDS Enter your accrual policy in plain language, then check what My PTO understood. You can also enter the details yourself. Supports accrual per hour worked, per pay period, monthly grants, and yearly grants. Correct your balance from a paystub whenever you need to. PUT YOUR TRIP ON APPLE CALENDAR Add an all-day event from a saved goal. Choose the calendar and review the event before saving. This is a one-time export; later changes in My PTO don't update the Calendar event. YOUR TIME OFF IS YOUR BUSINESS No tracking, no ads, and no account to manage. Your data stays on your iPhone and in your own private iCloud backup. Export a backup file when you want a separate copy. My PTO is your personal planner. Forecasts depend on the policy and schedule you enter. Booking time off in the app does not submit a request to your employer.

About

DayStretch

Features
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Stop wasting leave days. Start stretching them. You have 25 days off this year. Used right, they could become 60. DayStretch shows you exactly how. By finding “bridge days” — the one or two workdays sitting between a public holiday and a weekend — DayStretch turns a single leave day into a 4, 5, or 9-day break. It’s not a trick. It’s just smart planning. See Your Whole Year at a Glance DayStretch maps every vacation opportunity across your entire year — ranked by efficiency. You’ll instantly see which dates give you the most days off for the fewest leave days spent. Book early, beat the crowd. Built for How You Actually Work • Supports 85+ countries and regions worldwide • Works with any schedule — 5-day, 4-day, custom work weeks • Filter by public, religious, and school holidays • Export any vacation block straight to Apple Calendar • Syncs across all your devices Never Miss a Bridge Day Get notified weeks before a bridge day opportunity passes — so you can request time off before your colleagues do. One Purchase. Forever. Try DayStretch free. When you’re ready, unlock everything with a single one-time payment. No subscription. No annual fee. No catch.

Screenshots

My PTO4 screens
DayStretch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My PTO at none against DayStretch's 1. My PTO also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DayStretch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. My PTO asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My PTO ships an update every 9 days, DayStretch every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
My PTO versus DayStretch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy PTODayStretch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid BrownBaris Ozdemirci

In-app purchases

None

My PTO

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DayStretch

One-time1
  • DayStretch Pro$2.99

Questions

Is My PTO free?
My PTO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayStretch free?
DayStretch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My PTO or DayStretch have ads?
Neither My PTO nor DayStretch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My PTO or DayStretch?
My PTO ships an update every 9 days, and DayStretch every 6 months. Most recently, My PTO was updated on November 3, 2026 and DayStretch on November 5, 2026.

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