Comparison

Borderly vs DayStayed

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

Head to head
About

Borderly

This app automatically tracks your daily location to provide verifiable proof of residency for tax purposes. It helps you manage tax residency goals, plan future travel, and generate audit-ready reports. Securely store supporting documents and share access with your tax professionals.

Highlights
  • Automatic GPS day-counting
  • Cryptographically verifiable proof
  • RFC 3161 timestamps
  • Tamper-evident presence records
  • Tax residency goal management
  • Scenario planning and projections
  • Evidence vault for documents
  • Professional sharing and reporting
Features
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Track every day. Prove every day. Know exactly where you stand. Borderly is the tax residency tracker built for high-stakes decisions. Automatic GPS day-counting paired with cryptographically verifiable proof of where you were: every single day, every single jurisdiction. WHY BORDERLY Most apps count days. Borderly counts days and timestamps them with the same RFC 3161 authority used by enterprise compliance teams and accepted in court. If a state tax auditor ever asks where you were on May 12th, you have the answer signed, sealed, and impossible to fabricate after the fact. AUTOMATIC TRACKING • GPS-based detection of state and province boundaries • All 50 U.S. states and every Canadian province • Offline jurisdiction resolution for U.S. states, no signal required • Battery-efficient: built on significant-location-change APIs • Configurable check-in cadence, from a few times a day to hourly EVIDENCE THAT HOLDS UP • RFC 3161 timestamps available on every record • Hash-chained presence records - tamper-evident by design • Optional daily blockchain anchoring • Professional-ready PDF reports with cryptographic verification • Independent verification links your auditor can open without an account GOALS THAT MATCH REAL TAX RULES • Minimum-day goals (e.g., "183 days in Florida") • Maximum-day limits (e.g., "Under 30 days in New York") • Ratio, target, percentage, and domicile-establishment goals • Smart alerts before you cross a threshold PLAN AHEAD, NOT JUST LOOK BACK • Scenario planning with a tap-and-drag to paint calendar • Model future trips against your goals • See projected year-end totals blending actual + planned days • Switch between scenarios without losing your tracked data EVIDENCE VAULT • Upload receipts, boarding passes, photos, and supporting documents • Tied to specific days and jurisdictions • Soft-delete with grace period BUILT FOR YOU AND YOUR ADVISOR • Share read-only access with your CPA or tax attorney • One-time verification links for third-party auditors with usage limits • Bring your professional onto Borderly - professional portal access is free for them • Audit log of every third-party view of your data • Generate audit-ready PDF reports and CSV exports in seconds YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL • Our business is built on trust, and we take that duty seriously • Your data is yours. You decide who sees it and what they can do with it • Scoped sharing for your CPA, attorney, or auditor, revocable anytime • Encrypted in transit and at rest, with an audit log of every third-party view • We don't sell your personal data or share it with data brokers - it wouldn't sit right with us WHO USES BORDERLY • High-net-worth individuals changing domicile • Snowbirds splitting time between high- and low-tax states • Remote workers and digital nomads • Canadian snowbirds tracking Form 8840 days • Tax attorneys, CPAs, and firms managing multi-state clients SUBSCRIPTION Borderly is free to download. New accounts get a 60-day Certify trial with no credit card required. Subscribe to unlock and keep advanced features: • Protect — automatic tracking, scoped advisor sharing • Certify — cryptographic timestamps, audit-ready records • Anchor — blockchain anchoring, unlimited evidence and reports Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Pricing and tiers are shown in-app and may vary by region. SUPPORT Questions, feedback, or audit help? Email support@borderly.day or visit borderly.day for guides, state-specific residency rules, and the substantial presence test calculator. Privacy Policy: https://borderly.day/privacy Terms of Use: https://borderly.day/terms

About

DayStayed

Features
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DayStayed tracks how many days you spend in each state and country, automatically, so you always know where you stand on residency day-counts. Time split across state lines or borders? Residency and tax rules often turn on a day count, like the 183-day rule, and missing it by a few days can be costly. DayStayed keeps an accurate daily record in the background so you don't have to remember where you were. HOW IT WORKS - Automatic daily tracking. DayStayed records which state or country you're in each day, running quietly in the background. No check-ins required. - Manual entries and corrections. Add or fix any day yourself; your edits always win. - Threshold dashboard. See your day count for each jurisdiction you watch, how many days you have left, and alerts as you approach a limit. - Complete picture. Days you stay put carry forward, so your log stays continuous even when you don't move. FREE FOREVER Tracking, your dashboard, jurisdiction watching, and day-count alerts are free for as long as you use the app. Most competitors lock all of that behind a trial. DayStayed doesn't. DAYSTAYED PRO Upgrade when you need the paperwork: - CPA-ready audit report (PDF) with your day-by-day log, jurisdiction totals, threshold status, and methodology - Export to PDF and Excel - Multi-year history and reporting - Track unlimited jurisdictions DayStayed Pro is an annual subscription with a 7-day free trial. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your location is yours. DayStayed never sells your data and has no ads or third-party tracking. Location is used only to determine your daily jurisdiction, and coordinates are encrypted. NOT TAX ADVICE DayStayed records facts about your location to help you track day-counts. It is not tax or legal advice and does not determine your residency or tax liability, confirm any conclusions with a qualified professional. DayStayed Pro is an auto-renewing annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase or at the end of the 7-day free trial. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://daystayed.app/terms · Privacy: https://daystayed.app/privacy

Screenshots

Borderly4 screens
DayStayed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DayStayed at none against Borderly's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Borderly sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month and DayStayed sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $99.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Borderly versus DayStayed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBorderlyDayStayed
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS1817.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBorderlyAdvantage Advisors LLC

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Borderly

Subscriptions6
  • Protect Monthly$29.991 Month
  • Certify Monthly$69.991 Month
  • Anchor Monthly$139.991 Month
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  • Protect Annual$299.991 Year
  • Certify Annual$699.991 Year
  • Anchor Annual$1399.991 Year
1 purchases

DayStayed

Subscriptions1
  • DayStayed Pro7 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Borderly free?
Borderly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayStayed free?
DayStayed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Borderly or DayStayed have ads?
Borderly shows ads; DayStayed does not.

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