TrackingDays vs SchengenCalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrackingDays
This app automatically tracks your international travel, counting days and nights spent in every country. It specifically helps with Schengen Area compliance and various residency tests by providing rolling day counts and reminders to prevent overstays. All data is stored locally for privacy.
- Automatic day and night tracking
- Schengen Area 90/180 day rule tracking
- Rolling 365 day count for residency
- Favorite countries with reminders
- Local iCloud backup for privacy
- Exportable travel data
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TrackingDays: The Residency Travel Tracker App. - Recently added features: Favourites - add favourite countries, set your days or nights allowed and then set a reminder, so you don’t accidentally overstay. Add as many favourite countries as you need. TrackingDays: - Automatically tracks your travel, counting your days and nights in ALL COUNTRIES of the world. - With Schengen Area automatic travel tracking, count your combined Schengen days (EU), then view your last 180 days with one touch, no manual input required. For the 90 in 180 days rule. - Rolling 365 day count, eg. for New Zealand and Malaysia residence, look back at your past 365 days instantly. - 100% privacy, we don't collect your travel locations these are backed up locally on your personal iCloud. - Accurate even at country borders. If you are a long term user of the App, please consider leaving us a positive review, positive reviews help us grow and help us to continue to improve the App. IF FOR ANY REASON you haven’t had a 4 or 5 start experience with our Apps, please contact us via our support page, before leaving a review so that we can have a chance to make it right for you. TrackingDays.com – Support – Submit a Request - TrackingDays is for all worldwide residency situations including: - USA Substantial Presence Test - USA Physical Presence Test - UK Statutory Residence Test - Schengen Area ROLLING 180 days (90 in 180) - Canada residence / physical presence - New Zealand non-residence ROLLING 365 day count - Malaysia non-residence ROLLING 365 day count - Cyprus residency the 60 day rule - Puerto Rico Act 60 (act 20/22) day counting - India residence status day counting - South Africa physical presence rule - Israel residency - The 183 day rule, international - Visa time - Flexible for many other tax residence situations. - Travel compliance. Track of your movements for business travel, including Schengen Area time. - Second homeowners. Avoid accidentally becoming a tax resident. Subscriptions: TrackingDays offers a 30 days free trial, cancel at any time before day 30 without charge. You can manage and cancel your subscription from your account in the App Store. Monthly or yearly subscription options are available. Subscription price - US$3.99 per calendar month, (or equivalent amount in your country), that’s less than a latte from your favorite vendor, per month, for peace of mind. Your TrackingDays subscription gives you access to all features of the app, including: - Continuous automatic day and night tracking. - Clear Country views, quick and clear country summaries for every country as well as detailed travel movements for all countries of the world. - Timeline, a chronological record of your travel, with entry and exit dates and times. - Exportable Data to send to your advisor. - Editable Trips, fully flexible trip editing. - Add Previous Days - starting mid-year? No problem, add back your previously tracked days. - Rolling 180 Days - Schengen (EU) day counting - Rolling 365 Days – Day counting for New Zealand and Malaysia residence - Non USA Days, for the US Foreign Earned Income Exclusion. - Adjustable date ranges, between any two dates. - Location maps Notes: TrackingDays works with regular movement, please move your phone approx 500m daily. If for any reason you will not move this distance every few days, please restart your App from time to time to ensure location tracking has not been disabled by iOS. USA State Tracking? Please search up our sister App - TrackingStates. Terms of use trackingdays.com/terms/ TrackingDays is an actively managed and established App, with regular improvements and updates and responsive customer support. We appreciate all of our loyal customers and love to hear your feedback and suggestions. We are committed to improving our Apps to meet your needs. Contact us Go to trackingdays.com – support – Submit a request.
SchengenCalc
This app helps non-EU citizens track their days within the Schengen Area. It calculates remaining stay days based on your recorded trips, ensuring compliance with the 90/180-day rule. All your travel data is stored securely on your device.
- Schengen Area stay tracking
- 90/180 day rule calculation
- Trip logging
- Remaining days display
- Local data storage
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This application is for non-EU citizens who travel in the EU with Schengen Visa. The Application helps travelers to control the remain days of their staying in Schengen Area (the visa holder is limited to remaining in the EU no longer than 90 days within 180 days period). You add your trips to the Schengen zone in the applications, and the application shows the number of days remaining at the current or selected date. All your data is stored locally on your iPhone. *** Important! Only Border Control can decide if your stay is authorized or not. The app is for your consideration only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TrackingDays at 49% against SchengenCalc's 0%. TrackingDays also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). SchengenCalc's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, 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
Both are free to download. TrackingDays sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and SchengenCalc sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TrackingDays ships an update every 3 weeks, SchengenCalc every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TrackingDays | SchengenCalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 48.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #190 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lauco Trading Limited | Andrey Mikhaylin |
Customer experience
TrackingDays
SchengenCalc
In-app purchases
TrackingDays
- 1 Month Location tracking.1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- 1 Year Location tracking.1 Month trial$41.991 Year
- Unlock All FeaturesFree
SchengenCalc
- Tea$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Donate$4.99
Questions
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