Comparison

Annual Leave vs Hersons Kia Connect

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

Head to head
About

Annual Leave

Easily plan, track, and overview your holidays and leave days. This app helps you avoid missing long weekends by incorporating public holidays and allowing for custom leave durations. It syncs with your calendar and offers extensive customization for personal needs.

Highlights
  • Plan and track leave entries
  • Integrates public holidays
  • Calculates leave days
  • Syncs with iOS calendar
  • Customizable leave years
  • Residual leave rollover
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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Annual Leave helps you to plan, track and overview your leave. The app contains the public holidays of the United States and further countries (see below) to make planning even more easy. No longer miss a long weekend! What users think about this app: "A great app for managing leave, it has been the only available leave app not to crash so far." "Love this app! Syncs perfectly with my calendar which avoids so much duplication. Numerous setting options which makes it very easy to set it up to suit your own needs." "Been looking for similar app for ages, saves me keep looking at calendar or excel sheets to keek track of all my holidays :-)" "At last - the app I have been searching for for over a year! So impressed at the ability to track leave in hours and personalise to suit my needs. You can also integrate with existing calendar on iPhone. Brilliant." Features: - add a leave entry with title and location for every holiday - specify a start date and end date, or a start date and the desired duration in days or weeks - the app calculates the needed leave days in consideration of the public holidays for you - you can manually change the calculated leave days, or transfer some of them to flex days - if you like, the app automatically creates iOS calendar events for your leave entries - not taken residual leave can be automatically transferred into the next year - all data will be synchronized with all your iOS devices via iCloud Additional features: - use the filter in the leave list to show all public holidays, additional days off, and bridge days. You can also quickly switch to the calendar of the app or take over these days as leave days - use the two categories planned and approved for your leave entries - send an application for leave by email - use reminders to get notified about your leaves - add notes to your leave entries - use the undo function while editing a leave entry (shake the iPhone) - use a swipe gesture on the titlebar to navigate back to the beginning of the navigation - use a swipe gesture on the overview as well as the month in the calendar to quickly browse between the years and months respectively - customize the appearance of the app with selectable colors for the leave entries as well as selectable background images with adapted color schemata Application settings: - specify the number of leave days available for every year - configure leave years in case your leave is not managed in calendar years - configure residual leave for every year independently: turn it off, let the transferred days expire on a certain date, or don't let them expire - deactivate the usage of flex days and categories if you do not need them - choose your country in order to see the right public holidays - specify the weekdays the app should count as days off - choose additional days off which are handled as usual public holidays - specify for the public holidays and additional days off whether they take a whole day or a half day or have no duration at all - choose whether you want to track your leave in days or hours - choose customized colors for the leave entries, public holidays and additional days off - configure the appearance of the leave entries in the calendar of the app: either display small markers or show them consistently colored - customize the appearance of the app by choosing background images with adapted color schemata - select the iOS calendar in which calendar events should be created - specify whether you want to get reminded of your leave Note: The app currently contains the public holidays of the US, UK and Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Australia. Application translations and public holidays of other countries will be added step by step based on sales statistics and personal feedback.

About

Hersons Kia Connect

Features
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Introducing Hersons Kia Connect, your all-in-one solution for comprehensive vehicle management. Stay in control and enhance your driving experience with a suite of powerful features: Battery Monitoring: Keep tabs on your vehicle's battery health to ensure it's always ready to hit the road. Vehicle Location: Never lose track of your vehicle with real-time location tracking. Stolen Vehicle Protection and Reporting: Gain peace of mind with advanced security measures and easily report any unauthorized use. Speeding and Boundaries Alerts: Set personalized speed and location boundaries and receive instant alerts for any violations. Valet Mode: Hand over the keys confidently, knowing you can monitor and control your vehicle's usage. Trips Based on Driving & History: Explore detailed insights into your driving habits and view your trip history effortlessly. Dealership Service Reminders: Stay on top of your vehicle's maintenance schedule with timely service reminders. Roadside Assistance: In times of need, access reliable roadside assistance directly from the app. Dealership Shopping Inventory: Browse the latest inventory at your dealership, making car shopping a seamless experience. Hersons Kia Connect goes beyond ordinary car management apps, providing a comprehensive suite of tools to optimize your driving experience and relationship with your dealer. Download Hersons Kia Connect now and take control of your vehicle like never before. Drive smarter, drive safer!

Screenshots

Annual Leave4 screens
Hersons Kia Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hersons Kia Connect at Free against Annual Leave's $1.99. Hersons Kia Connect also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.5). On update cadence, 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

Hersons Kia Connect is free to download; Annual Leave costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Annual Leave ships an update every 6 months, Hersons Kia Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Annual Leave versus Hersons Kia Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnnual LeaveHersons Kia Connect
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.514.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB185 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTobias ForstVBI Group LLC

Bugs and requests

Annual Leave

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Data loss after iOS updates
  • App crashes after opening leave entitlement
  • Values getting mixed up after update
  • Cloud sync failing
  • Corrupt files message
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  • Cocoa error 259
  • Calendar synchronization issues with new iOS versions
  • Dark mode missing

Requested features

64 requests
  • Add a yearly overview/summary
  • Allow sharing entries with others
  • Option to mark school holidays without affecting leave count
  • Add a time tracking/working time account feature
  • Separate input field for additional leave days (e.g., for shift workers)
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  • Allow longer periods for leave quota usage
  • Option to mark leave as approved/unapproved
  • Integration of company-specific request forms with digital signatures
  • Display rest leave in days when tracking hours
  • Option to input sick days or other absence types
  • Print or email annual leave summary
  • Support for landscape mode on iPad
  • Option to add other people's holidays
  • Add school holidays to the calendar
  • Optional display of school holidays
  • Make specific holidays optional (e.g., Mariä Himmelfahrt)
  • Add a dark mode
  • Two-way calendar integration with iOS calendar
  • Print to PDF of yearly overview
  • Add support for AU (Australia) localization
  • Implement leave accrual functionality
  • Ability to edit the length of a workday
  • Add extra calendars for multiple jobs with different leave allowances
  • Include sick days in tracking
  • Add functionality to add and store other people's holidays
  • Add a separate category for special leave/training days
  • Allow input of work days and calculation of total days
  • Add a feature to track overtime
  • Allow input of vacation application dates and calculation of remaining days
  • Add a feature to mark leave as taken or not taken despite approval
  • Add vacation entry for holidays
  • Allow planning of leave based on seeing other appointments/dates
  • Add a feature to sync between iPhone and iPad
  • Allow sending the entire leave plan to a supervisor
  • Add a feature for leave accrual
  • Add a feature to track part-time hours
  • Add a feature to track bank holidays
  • Add support for different calendar year periods (e.g., April to April)
  • Add a feature to mark school holidays without adding to leave count
  • Add a feature to edit the length of a standard workday
  • Add the ability to add multiple calendars for different leave allowances
  • Add leave accrual functionality
  • Add support for Australian holidays
  • Add a feature to track sick days
  • Add a feature to track overtime
  • Add a feature to mark leave as approved or unapproved
  • Add a feature to add school holidays
  • Add a feature to print or email leave summaries
  • Add support for landscape mode on iPad
  • Add the ability to share leave plans with others
  • Add a feature to track overtime
  • Add a feature to track sick days
  • Add a feature to mark leave as approved or unapproved
  • Add a feature to add school holidays
  • Add a feature to print or email leave summaries
  • Add support for landscape mode on iPad
  • Add the ability to share leave plans with others
  • Add a feature to track overtime
  • Add a feature to track sick days
  • Add a feature to mark leave as approved or unapproved
  • Add a feature to add school holidays
  • Add a feature to print or email leave summaries
  • Add support for landscape mode on iPad
  • Add the ability to share leave plans with others

Hersons Kia Connect

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Annual Leave

No in-app purchases

None

Hersons Kia Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Annual Leave free?
Annual Leave costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hersons Kia Connect free?
Hersons Kia Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Annual Leave or Hersons Kia Connect have ads?
Neither Annual Leave nor Hersons Kia Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Annual Leave or Hersons Kia Connect?
Annual Leave ships an update every 6 months, and Hersons Kia Connect every 3 months. Most recently, Annual Leave was updated on October 29, 2026 and Hersons Kia Connect on October 18, 2026.

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