Flamingo Compliance vs Ternli
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Ternli
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Moving to a new country is a hundred small tasks nobody warns you about. Ternli turns the chaos of relocating into a clear, tickable plan — and points you to the businesses that actually speak your language. Ternli is your local-first companion for settling into a new city. Pick your hub and get a newcomer checklist, plain-English how-tos for the bureaucracy, honest provider comparisons, real cost breakdowns, and a curated directory of expat-friendly businesses. All working offline once loaded. LIVE CITIES • Lisbon, Portugal • Barcelona, Spain • Dubai, UAE • Berlin, Germany A TOOL, NOT JUST A GUIDE • Newcomer checklist: every step from "researching" to "settled," saved on your device and on your iPhone home screen widget. • How-tos: step-by-step recipes for the real tasks: getting a tax number, opening a bank account, sorting residency, a SIM, a lease, transit, and more. • Provider comparisons: banks, SIMs, internet and more, marked clearly: We recommend / Fine / Skip. • Cost snapshots: what life actually costs for a solo mover, a couple, or a family, checked and dated. • Local glossary: the acronyms and words you'll hit on day one, with pronunciation. • Essentials: emergency numbers and key contacts for your city. A CURATED DIRECTORY Find expat-friendly businesses: from accountants and relocation help to cafés and clinics, chosen for newcomers. Save the ones you like. BUILT TO JUST WORK • No account, no login, no fuss. Open it and go. • Local-first: everything you've seen works offline, on the plane or at the town hall. • Save businesses and track your checklist privately on your device. • Maps and directions to get you there. Whether you're still researching the move or already unpacking boxes, Ternli helps you find your feet — one ticked box at a time. Cities are added regularly. Have a request or a business to suggest? Reach us at hello@ternli.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ternli at none against Flamingo Compliance's 9. Ternli also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). Flamingo Compliance's advantage is chart position (#171 vs unranked). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Flamingo Compliance sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Ternli asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flamingo Compliance ships an update weekly, Ternli daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flamingo Compliance | Ternli |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (47 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #171 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AccuraSoft Ltd | Ricardo Cerqueira |
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
Ternli
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flamingo Compliance
- 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
- Globetrotter Lifetime$489.00
Ternli
No in-app purchases









