Comparison

DaysLeft vs Holiday Countdown Planner

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

Head to head
About

DaysLeft

Easily track your Schengen Area travel days and remaining allowance. Record trip details and passport information to ensure compliance with travel regulations. Check passport validity dates to avoid travel issues.

Highlights
  • Schengen travel day tracking
  • Remaining allowance monitoring
  • Trip information recording
  • Passport information storage
  • Passport validity checks
  • 10-year passport rule compliance
Features
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DaysLeft allows you to track and record the trips you make into the Schengen area so that you can monitor how many days of your free allowance you have left. It will show you the number of days left that you have based on the trip information that you add. It also allows you to record passport information and check when and if the passport dates are valid for travel so you can check compliance with the 10 year passport rule.

About

Holiday Countdown Planner

Features
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SimplySIM: Trip Countdown The countdown trip planner for your next holiday. Count down the days to your next getaway, plan it day by day, and land ready. SimplySIM Trip Countdown turns the wait into part of the fun and keeps every trip detail in one place. COUNT DOWN TO EVERY TRIP A live countdown to your next holiday front and centre, with a beautiful hero card for the trip coming up next. Add as many trips as you like and see upcoming and past trips at a glance. PLAN YOUR DAYS Build a day-by-day itinerary on every trip. Add activities with times and notes, from your flight and hotel check in to dinner bookings and day trips. Your whole holiday, hour by hour. HOLIDAY CHECKLIST A smart packing and pre-trip checklist that comes prefilled with the essentials across documents, money, health, clothing, toiletries and tech. Tick things off, add your own, and save your personalised list as the default so it is ready for the next trip. WEATHER FOR YOUR DATES See the weather for exactly when and where you are going. Get the daily forecast as your trip approaches, or the typical conditions for that time of year when it is further out. Pin a city for pinpoint accuracy. STAY ON TOP OF IT ALL A notification centre with a bell on your home screen keeps every reminder in one place, with unread badges so nothing slips by. Get nudges as your departure nears, and a heads up to sort your travel data before you fly. SCHENGEN 90/180 CALCULATOR Travelling in Europe? Track your days in the Schengen Area against the 90 in 180 day rule, with a clear tally, days remaining and your next reset date. Plan future trips without overstaying. YOUR TRAVEL, BY THE NUMBERS A stats tab shows days spent per country, your busiest travel months, and a passport wall of every country you have visited. Watch it fill up as you go. REMEMBER EVERY TRIP Add your holiday snapshots to each trip and keep the memories with the dates. Your past trips become a personal travel diary. MORE TO LOVE • Home screen widgets with your live countdown • Add trips straight to your device calendar • Import trip dates from your calendar • Share a trip with friends by link or QR code • Reminders before every trip • Private by design. Your trips stay on your device, with secure iCloud backup so they survive a new phone STAY CONNECTED ABROAD Part of the SimplySIM family. When your trip is coming up, grab a SimplySIM travel eSIM and have affordable data the moment you land, with no roaming charges and no plastic SIM to swap. Download SimplySIM Trip Countdown and start the countdown to your next adventure.

Screenshots

DaysLeft4 screens
Holiday Countdown Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

DaysLeft and Holiday Countdown Planner are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DaysLeft ships an update every 3 weeks, Holiday Countdown Planner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
DaysLeft versus Holiday Countdown Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaysLeftHoliday Countdown Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpiralArm Consulting LimitedSimplySIM Solutions Ltd

In-app purchases

None

DaysLeft

No in-app purchases

None

Holiday Countdown Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DaysLeft free?
DaysLeft is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Holiday Countdown Planner free?
Holiday Countdown Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DaysLeft or Holiday Countdown Planner have ads?
Neither DaysLeft nor Holiday Countdown Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DaysLeft or Holiday Countdown Planner?
DaysLeft ships an update every 3 weeks, and Holiday Countdown Planner every 2 weeks. Most recently, DaysLeft was updated on June 1, 2026 and Holiday Countdown Planner on September 13, 2026.

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