Comparison

Monaeo vs TaxDay

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

Head to head
About

Monaeo

This app automatically tracks your travel days across different locations to help manage tax compliance and defend against audits. It securely logs your trips, providing data for statutory residency, payroll withholding, and more.

Highlights
  • Automated travel logging
  • Track days in different locations
  • Manage tax exposures
  • Audit defense reports
  • Early travel alerts
  • Secure data encryption
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**This is a companion app for those travelers who utilize Monaeo's broader residency / tax compliance platform built for individuals (Personal Edition) and companies (Enterprise Edition).** Manage travel-related tax exposures and defend against audits with Monaeo’s technology solutions. Monaeo’s platform helps companies and individuals analyze their travel data (for e.g., from this companion app, travel booking, credit card transactions, etc.) to better manage and prove multi-location tax exposures including: Statutory Residency, Domicile Change, Payroll Withholding, Nexus/Permanent Establishment, Corporate Income Allocation, among others. This *companion app* can help Monaeo subscribers automatically track and review the number of days they spend in different locations for personal or work purposes. If you are a business traveler you should check with your HR/Mobility team whether you are approved to use this app as part of Monaeo’s Enterprise Edition. If you are a Personal Edition subscriber, this app can help make for a stronger audit defense. Monaeo’s customers include thousands of wealthy individuals and over 50 global enterprise clients across the technology, software, media, transportation, and financial services sectors. HOW THE MONAEO APP WORKS Monaeo’s companion app can enhance the experience by providing an easy way for travelers to automatically log their trips on the mobile device of their choice (phone, tablet or laptop). The app can run in the background to help you effortlessly and securely track the number of days spent in different tax jurisdictions. This travel data is then encrypted and sent securely to our servers where Monaeo’s proprietary computation engines generate the relevant reports, alerts, data feeds, and calculations you need for confident compliance and audit defense. KEY BENEFITS OF THE APP * Convenience: Automated travel logging. Search trips and travel in the calendar. * Visibility: Early alerts help you plan travel to avoid unnecessary exposures or penalties * Reliability: Audit-tested reports with hard data help protect you in case of an audit PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY Monaeo has carefully designed every part of the platform including this app to ensure the highest levels of individual privacy and security: * You own your data in Monaeo and control access to it * This app only accesses information absolutely needed for compliance * All app data is encrypted before being sent to our servers and remains encrypted in storage SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS * Available on iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, and iPod * OS 10.3 and above Note: continued use of GPS running in the background may dramatically decrease battery life. Having trouble logging in? You can reach our support team at support@monaeo.com

About

TaxDay

Easily monitor your travel and tax residency status across US states and over 150 countries. This app uses GPS to track your movements against state tax codes, providing quick reports and audit preparedness. It includes receipt management and smart notifications for tax thresholds.

Highlights
  • GPS travel tracking
  • Tax residency monitoring
  • State tax code database
  • International travel tracking
  • Receipt management
  • Threshold notifications
  • Travel record export
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Are you a frequent traveller? Have more than one home and travel frequently between them? Are you tracking your tax residency status? The US tax code is over 50,000 pages long. With TaxDay, you’ll be able to easily monitor your travel with GPS against every US state residency tax code. Make filing a breeze with quick reporting and get better prepared for audits with TaxDay. TaxDay is the perfect tool to help frequent interstate business travelers and people with multi-state residency plan and accurately track taxable days (and now includes New York City tracking!). It runs silently in the background, using your phone's GPS, and a comprehensive database of state-by-state residency tax rules, to securely track travel. And, when traveling outside the U.S., TaxDay will now track that as well, indicating the specific travel for over 150 countries countries. Smart notifications and an intuitive reporting interface make it easy to manage records and generate an accurate, complete report in case audits. Key features include: • At-a-glance travel summary: A “just the facts” snapshot of your travel and taxable days in any jurisdiction is at your fingertips. • Receipt management: Attach receipts to your travel records for thorough record-keeping. • Threshold notifications and alerts: Never risk losing track of how many days you’ve spent in a particular jurisdiction. TaxDay warns you when you’re close to triggering tax day thresholds and becoming a potential resident. •Travel record export: Easily generate a detailed report to share with your accountant or anyone else. Getting started is easy! • All new TaxDay members enjoy a risk-free 45-day trial to start. • After your trial, you can decide if you’d like to subscribe to TaxDay for $9.99 per month, billed to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • There’s no commitment—cancel anytime. The fine print: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms & Privacy Policy: http://taxday.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Monaeo4 screens
TaxDay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Monaeo at none against TaxDay's 1. Monaeo also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 35%) and rating (4.0 vs 3.8). TaxDay's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks) and chart position (#82 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. TaxDay sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Monaeo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Monaeo holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 65 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Monaeo's written reviews are positive against 35% of TaxDay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monaeo ships an update every 6 weeks, TaxDay every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on June 14, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Monaeo versus TaxDay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonaeoTaxDay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (56 ratings) — better3.8 (65 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews — better35.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5665 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
Best chart rank—#82 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMonaeo LLCTaxDay LLC

Customer experience

Monaeo

All ratings56 ratings
Positive73.2%
Neutral3.6%
Negative23.2%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative35.7%

TaxDay

All ratings65 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral3.1%
Negative27.7%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive35.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

None

Monaeo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TaxDay

Subscriptions1
  • United States$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Monaeo free?
Monaeo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TaxDay free?
TaxDay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Monaeo or TaxDay?
Monaeo is rated higher. Monaeo averages 4.0 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while TaxDay averages 3.8 from 65 ratings.
Do Monaeo or TaxDay have ads?
Neither Monaeo nor TaxDay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monaeo or TaxDay?
Monaeo ships an update every 6 weeks, and TaxDay every 10 days. Most recently, Monaeo was updated on June 14, 2026 and TaxDay on September 27, 2026.

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