Comparison

Leave Balance Tracker 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

Leave Balance Tracker

Track your time off balances with simple additions and subtractions. Log each entry with a date, reason, and time amount. View and edit entries easily in an ordered list.

Highlights
  • Add/subtract from time balance
  • Log entries with date, reason, time
  • View ordered list of entries
  • Edit existing entries
  • Simple interface
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Easily add or subtract from your running total of time. Give each entry a date, reason and amount of time. For easy viewing, scroll through the list of ordered entries. To edit an entry, just tap on it, edit the part you would like, and save.

About

Use Your Days

Easily track your vacation days, personal time, and other leave balances with beautiful countdowns. Plan ahead, manage accruals, and stay organized with customizable categories and smart weekday counting.

Highlights
  • Track vacation, sick leave, and custom balances
  • Customizable accrual schedules (weekly, biweekly, etc.)
  • Countdown timers for upcoming time off
  • Smart weekday-only counting
  • Year-end PTO projections
  • PTO submission tracking
  • 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 -Set your workday hours for calculations that match your schedule -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 Track more than vacation -Track separate balances for Sick Leave, Caregiver Leave, Family Leave, and more -Create custom leave balances for the time off you receive -Set independent allocations, accrual rules, rollover amounts, and caps for each balance -View each balance’s history, current leave, and upcoming time off Organize your time off your way -Categorize entries: Vacation, Travel, Mental Health, Family Time, Medical, Personal & more -Create and customize categories with your own names, colors, and icons -Reorder categories to keep your favorites within reach -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 -Scroll into future years to plan further ahead -Quickly jump back to Today -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 -Refined layouts and improved accessibility -Dark mode support Time off is part of your compensation. Use it wisely. Use it fully.

Screenshots

Leave Balance Tracker3 screens
Use Your Days4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Use Your Days at 4 against Leave Balance Tracker's —. Leave Balance Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Leave Balance Tracker against 5.0 for Use Your Days. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Leave Balance Tracker versus Use Your Days: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeave Balance TrackerUse Your Days
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Devices—iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmily WilsonPaul Hall

In-app purchases

None

Leave Balance Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

Use Your Days

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Leave Balance Tracker free?
Leave Balance Tracker is free to download, 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, Leave Balance Tracker or Use Your Days?
Leave Balance Tracker and Use Your Days are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.

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