Alternatives · Country-days trackers · 2026

Best Bounded alternatives

Bounded is the country-days tracker of 2026, but it is iPhone-only, its annual price is listed at six different amounts up to $149.99, and its own reviewers say the photo backfill writes days they never spent. Here are the eight alternatives worth your time, Stretch first. Prices checked and dated.

By David Toniolo, Do a Stretch · Updated 2026-08-29 · Prices and facts checked 2026-08-17 · 10 min read

Who this is for

You have Bounded, or nearly bought it, and something stopped you: no Android, an annual price you did not expect, a history full of countries you never visited. Stretch is first here because it answers all three; the other seven are honest picks for what they do better.

Start with how tax-residency days are counted →. Counting days is the easy half; knowing your limit is the rest.

TL;DR

Bounded earned its year: 4.7★ from 214 US ratings six months in, the widest preset library on the App Store, nothing leaving the phone. What sends people looking is in its own reviews: no Android, no free floor, six annual prices up to $149.99, days they never spent.

Why people look for a Bounded alternative

• It is iPhone-only. iPhone, Apple-silicon Mac and Apple Vision. Its own FAQ: "Bounded is currently available on iOS. An Android version is planned."
• The annual price is a ladder, not a number. Premium is $5.99 a month and the US store lists six annual amounts — $19.99, $29.99, $49.99, $69.99, $99.99 and $149.99 (checked 17 August 2026). Nothing says which you get: "I cannot stand apps that let you get through the entire set up process before telling you there is a mandatory subscription" (UK, 11 August 2026).
• The photo backfill writes days you never spent. "It showed dozens of trips that never happened … photo history is effectively useless" (US, 1★, 23 June 2026). Invented days are worse than gaps: you learn which when someone official asks.
• A preset is not a sourced rule. Its 100+ counters are numbers in a box: no source, no checked date, no "sources disagree" when a rule is unclear.

Credit where it is due: the GPS itself is well liked. "The counter went red before my flight booking went through" (US, 5★, 1 August 2026).

Quick comparison

How we evaluated

• Platforms first — Bounded's biggest gap is an entire operating system
• Whether the free tier is a safety net or a trial that ends
• Whether the app can write a day you never confirmed
• Price by top tier, and what the reviews say (read 17 August 2026)

1. Stretch — the only one on both phones

My own app. Log the day you land — two taps — and it gives you the days left, your must-leave date and reminders at 14, 7, 3 and 1 days, for rolling windows like Schengen's 90-in-180 and limits that reset when you leave. Every rule carries its source, the date I checked it and a trust label, published at doastretch.com/visa; no day is backfilled from a photo. It is new, not yet on the stores (waitlist).

Price. Free forever: counter, exit date, alerts, documents. Stretch+ $49.99/yr or $149 once adds GPS you confirm at each border, tax-day tallies, planning, and the Visa Desk, which prepares your entry forms; you review, pay the government and submit.

2. iReside — best tax tracker on iPhone

"iReside: Tax Residency & Visa" (version 2.0.2, 4.8★ from 50 US ratings) counts days from background location across countries, US states and provinces, against the 183-day rule, the correctly weighted US Substantial Presence Test and Schengen 90/180, with PDF reports and a CPA portal. It tracks forward only, so it invents no days; but it is iPhone only, with an account, a server and no sources: "I recently made the switch from domicile365 … way more expensive than iReside" (US, 5★, 25 April 2026).

Price. $3.99/month; yearly listed at both $34.99 and $39.99 (checked 17 August 2026).

3. Country Days Tracker — deepest rules, stingiest free tier

Andrey Solovyev's Apple-only app (version 7.5, 4.0★ from 73 US ratings) counts days per country over 183, 365 or any range you set, does Schengen 90/180, imports history from photos and from Flighty, and exports PDFs and CSVs. It is the widest rule set here and the stingiest free tier — seven days — with no Android app and your own unsourced numbers: "I had to give access to all my photos" (US, 4★, 3 December 2023).

Price. Pro $5.99 or $6.99/month, $34.99/year (checked 17 August 2026).

4. TaxBird — the Android answer for US residency

The snowbird incumbent (on the stores since 2017; 3.9★ from 239 US ratings) counts days per country, US state, Canadian province and New York City against a threshold you set, with alerts and a yearly report for your accountant — on Google Play as well as the App Store. "Just set it and forget it" (US, 5★, 10 January 2024). But it is not a visa app, it needs an account and a server, and nothing is free after the trial.

Price. 30-day trial, then $4.99/month or $39.99/year (checked 17 August 2026).

5. Nomad Tracker — widest free tier, no free alerts

Gotzon Zabala's iPhone and iPad app (version 3.7) gives away GPS tracking, a Schengen 90/180 counter, 183-day rules for any fiscal year, the FEIE 330-day test and US state tracking. Pro holds the alerts, so the free counter counts but never warns you — backwards for a safety tool — and it has one US rating six months in, Bounded's photo-import risk and no sources. Despite the name, no relation to Stretch.

Price. Free tier. Pro $3.99/month; yearly $14.99 or $29.99; lifetime $69.99 or $129.99 (checked 17 August 2026).

6. Flamingo Compliance — for the UK residence test

AccuraSoft's London-built "Tax Residency & Visa Tracking" (version 2.4.7, 4.4★ from 47 US ratings, 4.2★ from 34 UK) counts countries, US states and cities against the UK Statutory Residence Test, the US presence tests and thresholds you set, and adds permit alerts, an IATA-synced passport index and document storage. But it is iPhone only, nothing is free after the trial, and three tiers mean you can pay and still hit a paywall: "I paid $30 and cannot even use the core features I expected" (US, 1★, 23 November 2025).

Price. Settler $2.99/month or $29.99/year; Resident $5.99 or $59.99; Globetrotter $11.99 or $119.00 (checked 17 August 2026). UK: £1.99/£19.99, £3.99/£39.99, £8.99/£89.99.

7. Domicile365 — the audit-defence option

Manchester Financial Group's forensic residency logger (on the stores since 2019; 4.7★ from 209 US ratings) records your location continuously — 15-minute GPS polling, per the Play listing — uploads it to its servers, and counts days by country, US state, city and province, with named tests for the UK Statutory Residence Test, the US Substantial Presence Test, Puerto Rico Act 60, Monaco and the UAE. What you pay for is the record: signed PDFs with a QR code anyone can verify, and an advisor portal for your CPA. It is the dearest here, and the account and server are mandatory.

Price. $19.99/month — about $239.88 a year monthly, $219.89 annually. 60-day trial, no card (checked 17 August 2026).

8. Schengen Simple — if Schengen is all you need

Roycroft Labs' single-purpose 90/180 calculator (version 4.2, 4.8★ from 343 US ratings and ~2,400 UK ratings) shows the days you have on any date, when your allowance resets, and — in "Passport Control" mode — how long you have been inside the current 180-day window. It handles several travellers, is tested against the EU calculator, and has an Android build. But it counts one zone, and Full Access is itself listed at three amounts — while Stretch's free Schengen calculator counts the same rule for nothing.

Price. One-week trial, then $7.99, $9.99 or $14.99 (checked 17 August 2026).

What decides it

Android, and the price of counting

Only Stretch, TaxBird, Domicile365 and Schengen Simple are on Google Play, and of those TaxBird ignores visas, Domicile365 costs about $220 a year and Schengen Simple counts one zone. Bounded's year runs to $149.99, and you must subscribe to keep a history.

Winner Stretch — the only full counter on both phones, and $100 under Bounded's top annual tier.

Days you did not spend

Bounded, Country Days Tracker and Nomad Tracker rebuild history from photo metadata; iReside, TaxBird and Domicile365 track forward only. Stretch derives nothing from a photo: two taps, or a border its GPS proposes and you confirm.

Winner Stretch — a log you would hand to a border officer, because you vouched for every line.

Tax depth, and where the rules come from

iReside does the Substantial Presence Test maths most carefully, Flamingo goes deepest on the UK test, Domicile365 gives you a signed record, TaxBird owns US states, and Bounded's presets are the widest. But every one is a preset or a threshold you typed in: fine for 183 days in a state you know, useless for a rule you have never read.

Winner Bounded for breadth, iReside for the Substantial Presence Test, TaxBird for US states — and Stretch when the two clocks have to agree, because a number with a source beats a number in a box.

Quick verdict

Choose Bounded if you…

• live entirely on Apple devices and will keep doing so;
• want the widest tax-preset library on the App Store;
• want years of history rebuilt from your camera roll, and will audit every day of it before anyone official reads it.

Choose Stretch if you…

• are on Android, or share a life with someone who is;
• want the counter, the alerts and your documents free, forever;
• want one price you can quote — $49.99/yr, or $149 once;
• want a log with no invented days, every rule sourced and dated.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Bounded, US App Store — prices, reviews: apps.apple.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• Bounded, UK App Store — £ prices: apps.apple.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• Bounded support FAQ — Android: bounded.app/support (checked 2026-08-17)
• iReside, US App Store: apps.apple.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• iReside FAQ — trial, account: ireside.ai/faq (checked 2026-08-17)
• Country Days Tracker, US App Store: apps.apple.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• TaxBird, US App Store: apps.apple.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• TaxBird, Google Play: play.google.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• Nomad Tracker, US App Store: apps.apple.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• Flamingo Compliance, US App Store: apps.apple.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• Flamingo Compliance site — tiers: flamingo.tax (checked 2026-08-17)
• Domicile365 pricing: domicile365.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• Domicile365, Google Play: play.google.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• Schengen Simple, US App Store: apps.apple.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• Schengen Simple, Google Play — Android, April 2025: play.google.com (checked 2026-08-17)
• Our August 2026 market review (internal)
• Stretch's rules, with source and checked date: doastretch.com/visa
• Stretch pricing and the free tier: doastretch.com

Recommended reads

• Stretch vs Bounded: the two most complete travel-day trackers, compared honestly [2026]
• Bounded vs iReside: which tax-and-visa day tracker is worth it? [2026]
• 8 best Country Days Tracker alternatives in 2026 (free, on Android, and beyond the 7-day window)

Prices, ratings and features are as published by each product on the date shown; they change — check the store listing before you buy. Stretch is a tracker, not legal advice.