iReside vs Days Monitor: two automatic day counters compared
By Quinn Moran · Updated October 6, 2026
Both are iPhone apps that count your days automatically and both track the Schengen 90/180 rule. Days Monitor costs less ($19.99 a year), keeps your history on your device and in your own iCloud, and can rebuild past travel from photos. iReside ($34.99 a year) is built around US state tax residency: NYC counted separately, flyover states ignored, audit-ready PDF reports and a web dashboard, alongside countries and visa limits.
iReside vs Days Monitor at a glance
| iReside | Days Monitor | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $34.99/year or $3.99/month after free trial | Premium $19.99/year. Free web calculators |
| Platforms | iPhone, plus a web dashboard in any browser | iPhone app, plus free web calculators |
| How days are recorded | Automatic background GPS. Edit or add any day by hand | Automatic background logging; past travel rebuilt from GPS-tagged photos |
| US states | Every US state, with NYC counted separately from NY State. Flyover states ignored | Statute-based templates for US states, plus Canadian provinces |
| Countries and Schengen | Every country, with Schengen 90/180 counted across all 29 countries | Schengen 90/180 across all 29 members; 183-day tests for several countries |
| Alerts | Alerts before you reach a limit, with the date you need to leave by | Overstay alerts, with a warning lead time you choose |
| Reports | Audit-ready PDF reports | PDF and CSV travel reports |
| Web access | Web dashboard with your full record | Free web calculators (data stays in your browser) |
| Where your data lives | Synced to your iReside account, so a lost phone loses nothing. Never sold | On your device and, if you choose, your own iCloud |
Days Monitor details are from its own website and App Store page, checked October 6, 2026. "Not listed" means we could not find it there, not that it does not exist.
Built for a US state audit
Days Monitor covers countries, states and provinces for people living across borders. iReside is built first for the US state residency question: it counts New York City separately from New York State, ignores states you only flew over, and produces audit-ready PDF reports, across 307 jurisdictions and 77 tracker presets.
Your record in your account vs on your devices
Days Monitor never sends your travel history to its servers; it lives on your device and your own iCloud. iReside syncs your timeline to your account so you can open it in a web dashboard from any browser and recover it on a new phone. We never sell your data. Both are reasonable choices; pick the one that matches how you want to share your record.
Yes, iReside tracks Schengen
Days Monitor's own comparison article (August 24, 2026) says iReside does not mention Schengen 90/180 tracking. It does: iReside counts your Schengen days across all 29 countries and shows days used, days left, the date you need to leave by and the earliest date you can re-enter. A travel day counts once in each place you were.
In the iReside app
Your days, counted for you
The dashboard shows the days you have spent in each place this year and how close each tracker is to its line, counted from your iPhone's location.
What Days Monitor does well
- Lower price: $19.99 a year for Premium
- Rebuilds past travel from GPS-tagged photos, processed on your device
- Travel history never leaves your device or your own iCloud
- Free web calculators with no sign-up
iReside is best for
- Leaving New York, California or another high-tax state and needing proof
- Reviewing your record on a computer, or sharing it, through a web dashboard
- Tracking state, country and visa days together
iReside is not a fit if
- Price is the deciding factor
- You want your history kept only on your devices and iCloud
- You need to rebuild past years from photos
- You want tax advice: iReside counts days, it does not give advice
$34.99/year after free trial. Cancel anytime.