Comparison

Annual Leave vs Use Your Days

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

Use Your Days

Easily track your vacation days, personal time, and other earned breaks with beautiful countdowns. Manage accruals, plan ahead with year-end projections, and get reminders to submit requests. Stay organized and ensure you use all your well-deserved time off.

Highlights
  • Track remaining PTO at a glance
  • Countdown to next break
  • Manage accrual schedules
  • Categorize time off entries
  • Set banking caps and rollover
  • Track PTO submissions
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Your PTO is earned. Make sure you use it. Use Your Days helps you track your vacation days, personal time, and all the breaks you deserve, whether your time off is granted upfront or earned gradually, with beautiful countdowns that build excitement for every moment away from work. See exactly where you stand -Track remaining PTO at a glance -Watch the countdown to your next break -Know how many days are left in the year to plan ahead -Track PTO as it accrues each pay period, as a simple annual total, or scheduled lump sum -Support for weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly accrual schedules -Configure accrual rate, lump sum days, rollover amounts, and banking caps -Toggle between days and hours when adding time off -Smart weekday-only counting (skip weekends automatically) -Option to exclude federal holidays from your totals -View a full history of how your available balance was calculated, including accruals, PTO used, rollovers, and lump sums Organize your time off your way -Categorize entries: Vacation, Travel, Mental Health, Family Time, Medical, Personal & more -Add custom emoji icons to personalize each entry -Add notes to remember trip details, reservations, or plans Stay in control of your balance -Set a maximum banking cap for total PTO days -Allow negative balances (borrow against future PTO) with a configurable limit -Automatically roll over unused PTO into the new year -Year-end PTO projections so you know what you’ll have left -See warnings when you try to book more PTO than you have available Track PTO submissions to your employer -Mark each PTO entry as submitted or not submitted -With PTO submission tracking enabled, your available balance reflects only submitted PTO -Perfect for workplaces that require PTO to be submitted as it accrues Never forget to submit PTO -Get reminders when it’s time to submit a PTO request -Choose how far in advance you’re notified -See visual indicators on PTO entries that still need submission -App badge shows how many requests need attention -Tap a notification to jump straight to that PTO entry See your entire year at a glance -Interactive Days Left calendar showing all 12 months -See every PTO day on the exact dates it occurs -Tap any day to preview what’s happening Home screen widgets that inspire -Full dashboard widget showing available PTO based on current accrual -Focused widgets: PTO countdown only, days remaining only, or next event countdown -Small, medium, and large sizes to fit your home screen Sync everywhere with iCloud -Your PTO data and settings sync seamlessly across all your Apple devices -Add time off on your iPhone, see it on your iPad & Mac Designed to delight -Haptic feedback throughout -Beautiful category gradients and modern glass-style UI -Dark mode support Time off is part of your compensation. Use it wisely. Use it fully.

Screenshots

Annual Leave4 screens
Use Your Days4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Use Your Days at Free against Annual Leave's $1.99. Use Your Days also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months). On ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Use Your Days holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Annual Leave's written reviews are positive against 100% of Use Your Days's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Annual Leave ships an update every 6 months, Use Your Days every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Annual Leave versus Use Your Days: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnnual LeaveUse Your Days
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTobias ForstPaul Hall

Customer experience

Annual Leave

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews104 reviews
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative4.8%

Use Your Days

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Use Your Days

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Annual Leave

No in-app purchases

None

Use Your Days

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Annual Leave free?
Annual Leave costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Use Your Days free?
Use Your Days is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Annual Leave or Use Your Days?
Use Your Days is rated higher. Annual Leave averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Use Your Days averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Annual Leave or Use Your Days have ads?
Neither Annual Leave nor Use Your Days shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Annual Leave or Use Your Days?
Annual Leave ships an update every 6 months, and Use Your Days every 10 days. Most recently, Annual Leave was updated on November 6, 2026 and Use Your Days on October 30, 2026.

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