Comparison

Flamingo Compliance vs brackn

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

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About

Flamingo Compliance

This app automatically records your travel history using geolocation to help you comply with international tax and visa regulations. It tracks your physical presence for tax residency, permanent residency, and Schengen Area rules, offering projections and alerts for compliance.

Highlights
  • Automatic trip recording with geolocation
  • Tax residency and domicile tracking
  • US city tax residency tracking
  • Permanent residency and visa tracking
  • Future travel planning and projections
  • Schengen Area 90/180 day rule calculator
  • Real-time visa and entry requirements
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Flamingo Compliance flies with you and makes sure you comply with international, state, and city tax and visa requirements. A professional travel and compliance tool for global citizens, expats, HNWIs, digital nomads, citizens by investment (CBI), dual residents, immigrants, and frequent travelers. AUTO TRIP RECORDING With geolocation tracking, Flamingo Compliance automatically records your location and creates a travel timeline where you can keep tabs on all the countries, US states and select cities you’ve visited and how many days and nights you spent there. Access your travel timeline whenever you need it for tax proof, visa or naturalization applications. TAX RESIDENCY & DOMICILE TRACKING Track your physical presence for domicile and tax residency with customizable trackers. - Create trackers for achieving or avoiding tax residency or domicile in a country, state, or US city - Set up single-year thresholds or multi-year tests - Configure fixed or rolling periods to match your rules - Use presets like the US Substantial Presence Test, or build your own - See future projections based on upcoming travel - Get real-time alerts as you approach thresholds US CITIES TAX RESIDENCY TRACKING To help you adhere to state and local city tax regulations in the US, Flamingo Compliance app allows you to track workdays in individual cities. - Set custom thresholds for days you must be present in a city to become a resident - Mark past and future days as related or unrelated to tax residency - Get warnings about your residency status *Currently only for NYC. More cities coming soon! RESIDENCE PERMIT & VISA TRACKING Track your legal status in a country, such as a residence permit, or long-term visa. - Add your document details and photos for storage keeping - Create and monitor up to 5 presence or absence requirements - See future projections based on your upcoming travel - Receive timely alerts to stay compliant *Especially useful for Statutory Residence Test for UK and Substantial and Physical Presence Tests for US. PLAN FUTURE TRAVEL Plan out your year by adding upcoming stays and seeing projected day counts and residency calculations. If things don’t go to plan, Flamingo Compliance will track your movements and automatically adjust dates as needed. SCHENGEN AREA TRACKER & CALCULATOR If you frequently travel to the Schengen Area as a non-resident, it can be a hassle to keep up with the 90/180 days rule. - See how many combined days you’ve already spent in Schengen countries within the current 180-day period - Monitor how many days you still have left to spend in the EU - Calculate the earliest date you can travel to the Schengen Area by entering your desired stay duration - Enter your desired date of entry to see for how many days you can stay VISA REQUIREMENTS Our enhanced Passport Index is synced in real-time with IATA database to provide you with the most up-to-date visa and entry requirements to any destination. - Add multiple citizenships - Upload passport details and photos to always have them on hand - See where you can travel visa-free, or if you need a visa to enter a country - Review your passport’s global rank STORE DOCUMENTS AND TRIP DETAILS Keep your trips organized by adding detailed notes and storing all relevant documents in one place. This is especially useful if you need to present proof of your travels (boarding passes, reservations, tickets, etc) to lawyers, tax advisors, or government authorities. EXPORT REPORTS You can download a customizable CSV report of every tracker with the tap of a button. Share it with authorities and lawyers in seconds or keep it for your own travel records. COMPLETE PRIVACY Your travel, residency, and visa data is stored locally only on your device and iCloud. We do not collect, nor store, your information on our servers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Notice: https://flamingo.tax/policy

About

brackn

This app helps digital nomads and global citizens track travel days, manage visa rules, and monitor tax residency thresholds. It offers automatic trip detection, a Schengen calculator, and a secure document vault for important travel papers. Pro features include tax residency monitoring and a visa rules database.

Highlights
  • Automatic trip tracking
  • Schengen 90/180 calculator
  • Trip planner
  • Document vault with expiry alerts
  • Tax residency monitoring
  • Visa rules database
  • Exportable travel logs
Features
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brackn is the compliance dashboard for digital nomads, expats, and global citizens who need to stay on the right side of visa rules, tax residency thresholds, and travel limits. Automatic Trip Tracking If you choose, brackn detects when you cross a border and creates a new trip record automatically. No check-ins, no manual logging. Your travel history builds itself. Or you can manually enter your trips or import from a spreadsheet. It's your choice. Schengen 90/180 Calculator See exactly how many days you've used in the rolling 180-day window, how many remain, and when days reset. Trip Planner Propose a future itinerary and check it against your Schengen standing before you commit. Catch violations before they happen. Document Vault Store passports, visas, permits, and leases in one secure place. brackn alerts you 90, 60, 30, 14, and 7 days before anything expires. You control the alerts. Tax Residency Monitoring (Pro account required) brackn manages your day count against the tax residency threshold for every country you've visited. Get alerted before you cross a threshold you didn't intend to cross. Visa Rules Database (Pro account required) Look up visa-free allowances, eVisa requirements, and stay limits for your passport across 90+ countries. Rules are synced from a periodically maintained database and available offline. Export Your Records (Pro account required) Generate PDF and CSV travel logs - Schengen, tax residency, and full trip detail - formatted for use with accountants, visa applications, or for your own records. Privacy First Your GPS coordinates are never stored or transmitted. Only country names and dates are logged. And all data lives only on your device and iCloud backup (Pro account required) - never on our servers. brackn is not a substitute for legal or tax advice. Rules change — always verify with a qualified professional before making residency decisions. Privacy Policy: https://www.brackn.app/docs/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.brackn.app/docs/eula Terms & Conditions: https://www.brackn.app/docs/terms

Screenshots

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brackn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: brackn at 5.0 against Flamingo Compliance's 4.4. brackn also leads on ads (none vs shown). Flamingo Compliance's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 1) and chart position (#108 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Flamingo Compliance sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and brackn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

brackn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flamingo Compliance has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

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Flamingo Compliance versus brackn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlamingo Compliancebrackn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (47 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#108 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size200 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAccuraSoft LtdCraffyr

Customer experience

Flamingo Compliance

All ratings47 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

brackn

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Flamingo Compliance

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Features from free trial not included after payment
  • Requires payment for second tier for basic tools
  • Upgrade is complex and unintuitive
  • Constant upgrade prompts
  • Doesn't track properly (hundreds of entries for one week)
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  • Days missing from tracking
  • Overcomplicated and all over the place after update
  • Doesn't keep all data, loses trips
  • Loads some data and it dissipates
  • Doesn't work in the background
  • Logged only 18 days in 8 months
  • Completely inaccurate tracking
  • Deleted all travel data after hours of input
  • Deleted travel data again after a few months

Requested features

7 requests
  • Include "International waters" or "At sea" option
  • Map showing visited places
  • Track cities as well as countries
  • Add dark mode option
  • Improve background tracking reliability
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  • Make pricing and feature tiers clearer
  • Include basic tax tracking in the base plan

brackn

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Flamingo Compliance

Subscriptions8
  • Settler$2.991 Month
  • Flamingo Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Resident$5.991 Month
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  • Globetrotter$11.991 Month
  • Flamingo Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Settler$29.991 Year
  • Resident$59.991 Year
  • Globetrotter$119.001 Year
One-time1
  • Globetrotter Lifetime$489.00
2 purchases

brackn

Subscriptions2
  • brackn Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • brackn Pro Yearly7 Days trial$74.991 Year

Questions

Is Flamingo Compliance free?
Flamingo Compliance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is brackn free?
brackn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flamingo Compliance or brackn?
brackn is rated higher. Flamingo Compliance averages 4.4 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while brackn averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Flamingo Compliance or brackn have ads?
Flamingo Compliance shows ads; brackn does not.

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