Comparison

Simple Holiday Calendar vs VacationTracker

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

Head to head
About

Simple Holiday Calendar

Features
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Holiday Calendar Keep track of your vacation days — simple, clear, and always at a glance. Plan your holidays, monitor your remaining days, and log sick leave or training days across the entire year. A clean year overview shows all 12 months at once, so you always know where you stand. Full-year calendar overview Track vacation, sick days, flexible time and training Reserved and planned days Half-day support Statistics with progress overview Comments on individual days Dark mode support iCloud Sync

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VacationTracker

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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

Simple Holiday Calendar3 screens
VacationTracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: VacationTracker at weekly against Simple Holiday Calendar's monthly. VacationTracker also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Simple Holiday Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and VacationTracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Holiday Calendar ships an update monthly, VacationTracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Simple Holiday Calendar versus VacationTracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Holiday CalendarVacationTracker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel BittnerVincent Waelken

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Holiday Calendar

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99
1 purchases

VacationTracker

One-time1
  • Premium Widgets$1.99

Questions

Is Simple Holiday Calendar free?
Simple Holiday Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VacationTracker free?
VacationTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple Holiday Calendar or VacationTracker have ads?
Neither Simple Holiday Calendar nor VacationTracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Holiday Calendar or VacationTracker?
Simple Holiday Calendar ships an update monthly, and VacationTracker weekly. Most recently, Simple Holiday Calendar was updated on November 3, 2026 and VacationTracker on October 31, 2026.

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