Comparison

Hogrefe Toolbox vs VacationTracker

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

Head to head
About

Hogrefe Toolbox

This utility app assists psychologists and therapists with diagnostic work by automating time-consuming calculations for assessments. It supports score conversions, age calculations, and confidence interval analysis, streamlining the assessment process.

Highlights
  • Convert standard scores
  • Calculate test taker age
  • Calculate confidence intervals
  • Calculate critical differences
  • Graphical result visualization
Features
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The Hogrefe Toolbox has been developed as a practical everyday tool for psychologists and therapists who administer assessments. The app supports you in your daily diagnostic work and takes over calculations that are often time-consuming so that you can concentrate on the important things. Features: - Convert standard scores - Calculate the age of test takers - Calculate confidence intervals - Calculate critical differences Detailed information: - Automatic conversion of a standard scores into other common standard scores (e.g. T Scores, IQ Scores, stanine scores, percentile ranks) and graphical visualization of the individual test result and its confidence interval based on the position in a normal distribution curve. - Simple and error-free calculation of a test taker's age at the time of testing based on the date of birth and test date entered. - Calculation of confidence intervals and critical differences taking into account the selected norm scale on the basis of the individual test result entered, the reliability of the test procedure used and the selected confidence level. Hogrefe is the leading European scientific publisher in psychology, psychotherapy and psychiatry. A special feature of the program are over 2,000 psychological test procedures in a variety of languages, with consulting services, seminars and specific electronic solutions.

About

VacationTracker

Features
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How many days until your vacation – and how many more times do you have to go to work first? VacationTracker is your vacation countdown: the app counts the calendar days until you leave, live to the second, and also shows the actual workdays left before your time off. Weekends, the public holidays of your region and your own work week are already taken into account. So every morning you know exactly how many more alarms stand between you and the beach, the city trip, the ski slopes or the big adventure. YOUR VACATION COUNTDOWN • Calendar days until you leave, live with hours, minutes and seconds • Workdays until your vacation – without weekends and public holidays • Progress: how much of the wait is already behind you? • Weeks and mornings until your vacation at a glance • Motivational messages that change as your trip gets closer – personalized with your destination • Share your countdown as an image with friends, family and travel buddies TRANSPARENT CALCULATION The detailed breakdown shows where your workdays come from: working days, days off and the public holidays of your region. You also see every public holiday that falls before your vacation – no guesswork, no surprises. PLAN SEVERAL VACATIONS • Add several vacations – each with destination, emoji and its own color • Upcoming and past vacations neatly separated • Pin the vacation your widget should show • A photo for every vacation – in your countdown and in your widgets. Your photo stays on your device. • Free for up to two vacations at a time, unlimited with Premium PUBLIC HOLIDAYS & CALENDAR • Monthly calendar with vacation start, public holidays and your own custom holidays • The next public holidays in your region at a glance • Public holidays for 13 countries: the United States with every state, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany with all 16 states, Austria, Switzerland with its cantons, France, Italy, Spain with its regions, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland • Is a holiday missing? Add it yourself – it counts in your calculation right away YOUR WORK WEEK Choose the days of the week you actually work. Only those days count as workdays until your vacation – perfect for part-time jobs, a four-day week or fixed days off. REMINDERS & LIVE COUNTDOWN • Reminders one week before, the day before and on the first day of your vacation – each at 8 a.m. • Switch them on or off for each vacation • Live countdown the evening before: from 6 p.m. the night before you leave, a notification counts down the final hours to the second WIDGETS WITH PREMIUM With VacationTracker Premium your countdown lives right on your home screen, without opening the app: • Calendar days widget and workdays widget • Progress widget and motivation widget • Every widget in a light and a dark version • Your vacation photo as the widget background, with clearly readable numbers • Unlimited vacations • One-time purchase – no subscription, no ads IN 5 LANGUAGES English, German, French, Italian and Spanish – in light or dark mode, or matching your system. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose your country and region for public holidays 2. Enter your vacation start date and destination 3. Start your countdown – VacationTracker does the math WHO IS IT FOR? • Anyone counting down the days to their next vacation • Working people who want to know how many workdays are left • Couples, families and friends looking forward to a trip together • Everyone who plans several trips a year WHY VACATIONTRACKER? Real workdays instead of just calendar days Your region's public holidays included automatically Several vacations, each with its own emoji, color and photo Reminders and a live countdown the evening before Premium as a one-time purchase – no subscription Note: public holiday data without guarantee. Start your vacation countdown now – the anticipation begins today!

Screenshots

Hogrefe Toolbox4 screens
VacationTracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hogrefe Toolbox at none against VacationTracker's 1. Hogrefe Toolbox also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). VacationTracker's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 months). On price, ads and device support 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. VacationTracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hogrefe Toolbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hogrefe Toolbox ships an update every 5 months, VacationTracker every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hogrefe Toolbox versus VacationTracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHogrefe ToolboxVacationTracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KGVincent Waelken

In-app purchases

None

Hogrefe Toolbox

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

VacationTracker

One-time1
  • Premium Widgets$0.99

Questions

Is Hogrefe Toolbox free?
Hogrefe Toolbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VacationTracker free?
VacationTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hogrefe Toolbox or VacationTracker have ads?
Neither Hogrefe Toolbox nor VacationTracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hogrefe Toolbox or VacationTracker?
Hogrefe Toolbox ships an update every 5 months, and VacationTracker every 6 days. Most recently, Hogrefe Toolbox was updated on September 23, 2026 and VacationTracker on October 7, 2026.

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