Comparison

Visa Tracker vs Roam Rule Residency Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Visa Tracker

Automatically builds a complete trip history from your photos, tracking country visits and filtering out layovers. It helps manage visa days, tax residency rules, and document expirations across numerous countries.

Highlights
  • Automatic trip history from photos
  • Tax residency rule tracking (US, UK, EU, etc.)
  • Schengen and visa day calculation
  • Trip planning impact analysis
  • Home screen widgets for key metrics
  • Passport and document vault
  • Citizenship and Green Card tracking
  • Export travel history (PDF, CSV, JSON)
Features
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Your travel story, built automatically from photos. Residency turns your photo library into a complete trip history. Select your photos, and we extract every country visit — filtering out in-flight photos, layovers, and noise. No manual entry. Just your journeys, tracked automatically in seconds. Built for nomads, expats, dual citizens, and anyone who travels enough to accidentally trigger tax residency or overstay a visa. TRACK TAX RESIDENCY ACROSS BORDERS The 183-day rule isn't the only rule. Residency tracks the IRS substantial presence test, tie-breaker treaties, and thresholds across the US, UK, Canada, EU, Australia, Singapore, UAE, and 50+ countries. Get alerts before you cross expensive lines. All calculations on-device. Works offline. You travel; we count the days. SCHENGEN & VISA CALCULATOR YOU CAN TRUST Track Schengen stays across rolling 180-day windows. Know exactly how many days you can visit, when you must leave, and when you can return. Supports visa rules for US (B1/B2, ESTA), UK (Standard Visitor, ILR), EU/Schengen (90/180 rule), and dozens more. PLAN TRIPS BEFORE YOU BOOK Will that Lisbon trip trigger Portuguese tax residency? Will California push you over the IRS substantial presence test? See exactly how a proposed trip affects your visa days, tax thresholds, and citizenship timelines — before you book. WIDGETS THAT REDUCE ANXIETY See tax residency days, visa countdowns, and Schengen limits on your Home Screen. Track days remaining, upcoming trips, and document expiries at a glance. PASSPORT & DOCUMENT VAULT Manage multiple passports, residence permits, visas, and identity documents. Get alerts before anything expires. Everything encrypted on-device. CITIZENSHIP & GREEN CARD TRACKING Building toward naturalization? Tracking Green Card physical presence? Residency tracks citizenship rules across multiple countries. See how each trip affects your timeline. EXPORT YOUR TRAVEL HISTORY Export your complete trip history with entries, exits, days per country. PDF, CSV, or JSON — ready for immigration officers, tax advisors, or government applications. 100% ON-DEVICE. NO CLOUD. NO ACCOUNT. Every photo scan, every day count, every document — processed on your device. No uploads. No tracking. Your travel history stays private. WHO IT'S FOR: • Digital nomads and expats tracking visa and tax residency days • Dual citizens managing multiple passports • Green Card holders tracking physical presence • Anyone building toward citizenship Built by people who've been detained at immigration. For people who'd rather not be. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Residency requires a subscription to unlock all features including photo trip detection, unlimited rules, full travel history, document vault, and data export. Weekly and annual plans are available. Free trial may be available for eligible subscribers. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://drobinin.com/residency/#terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://drobinin.com/residency/#privacy-policy

About

Roam Rule Residency Tracker

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Roam Rule helps expats, aircrew, remote professionals and globally mobile people keep a travel record they can trust without daily manual logging. Set it up once, then let it work quietly in the background, tracking where your days are adding up and letting you know when important limits may need attention. Created from a real expat problem, Roam Rule is built for people whose movement has tax, visa, financial or compliance consequences. Instead of rebuilding your travel history later from spreadsheets, booking emails, calendars and memory, Roam Rule helps keep the record building in the background as you travel. If you split time between countries, manage Schengen time, watch supported tax residency trackers or set personal limits for other countries, Roam Rule helps you see where your days are adding up before they become harder to explain. Roam Rule is especially useful for: - expats relocating or structuring life across more than one country - founders, consultants, contractors and executives moving between jurisdictions - pilots, cabin crew and other aircrew who need a better days-abroad record - digital nomads and frequent travellers managing stay limits, visa-style windows and residency exposure With Roam Rule you can: - keep your travel record up to date without daily manual logging - see today's status with counters, alerts and next actions - review your calendar and resolve unknown days quickly - track supported tax residency rules, Schengen-style limits and personal travel limits - use Journey Replay on Premium for a richer recent route-history map - use AI-assisted help for booking-email review, rule questions and unknown-day checks - export your record when you need to review it or share it with an accountant or adviser Premium unlocks additional trackers, richer alerts, advanced tools, exports, expanded AI usage, Journey Replay and deeper travel insights. Roam Rule is informational only and should not be treated as legal, tax or immigration advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://roamrule.com/legal/privacy

Screenshots

Visa Tracker4 screens
Roam Rule Residency Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Visa Tracker and Roam Rule Residency Tracker are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Visa Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Roam Rule Residency Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visa Tracker ships an update fortnightly, Roam Rule Residency Tracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Visa Tracker versus Roam Rule Residency Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisa TrackerRoam Rule Residency Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB84 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDrobinin LimitedHANDLR VENTURES LTD

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Visa Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Residency Pro: Days Abroad$3.997 Days
  • Residency Pro: Days Abroad3 Days trial$29.991 Year
5 purchases

Roam Rule Residency Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Roam Rule Core (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • RoamRule Premium (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Roam Rule Core (Annual)$39.991 Year
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  • RoamRule Premium — Annual$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • RoamRule Premium — Lifetime$199.99

Questions

Is Visa Tracker free?
Visa Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Roam Rule Residency Tracker free?
Roam Rule Residency Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Visa Tracker or Roam Rule Residency Tracker have ads?
Neither Visa Tracker nor Roam Rule Residency Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visa Tracker or Roam Rule Residency Tracker?
Visa Tracker ships an update fortnightly, and Roam Rule Residency Tracker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Visa Tracker was updated on November 5, 2026 and Roam Rule Residency Tracker on October 30, 2026.

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