Comparisons · 2026

Stretch, compared.

Every comparison we've written — Stretch against each rival, and rivals against each other with the honest third option — with prices checked and dated.

• Atlys vs iVisa: which visa service should you pay — and do you need one at all? [2026]Atlys and iVisa are visa agencies. Both fill in your application and submit it for you, and both add a service fee to the government's. Stretch is the third option: the Visa Desk prepares the same forms with you, and you pay the government yourself. Here is how I would choose.
• Bounded vs iReside: which tax-and-visa day tracker is worth it? [2026]Bounded and iReside are the two best-rated tax-and-visa day trackers on the iPhone — Bounded with the deeper preset library and photo backfill, iReside with the weighted Substantial Presence Test and a CPA portal. Stretch is the third option, on both phones, with the counter free forever. Here is how I would choose.
• Schengen Simple vs 90 Days Schengen: which Schengen 90/180 app should you trust? [2026]Schengen Simple is a polished Schengen-only planner on a yearly subscription, rated 4.8★. 90 Days Schengen is free on Android, but it charges for planning and sits at 3.0★. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs 90 Days Schengen: the Android Schengen counter with a 3.0★ problem [2026]90 Days Schengen is the most-installed Schengen counter on Android, free to look back and paid to plan ahead, rated 3.0★ by its own users. Stretch counts Schengen and every other country free, and tells you when to leave. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs Bounded: the two most complete travel-day trackers, compared honestly [2026]Bounded is an iPhone tracker that logs a country a day from your location and offers to rebuild your past travel from your photos. Stretch counts every country from a log you confirmed yourself, on iPhone and Android, and keeps the counter free forever. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs Country Days Tracker: $34.99 a year, or a counter that's free forever [2026]Country Days Tracker is the fullest stay-day counter on the App Store, but its free version shows only the last seven days. Stretch counts every country free forever, on iPhone and Android, with a source and a checked date on every rule. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs DaysAbroad: which stay-day tracker should you use? [2026]Two unrelated iPhone apps are called DaysAbroad, and both log your days per country for about $20 a year. Stretch answers the Schengen question free in your browser and shows where every rule comes from. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs Domicile365: $240 a year of forensic pings, or $49.99 with the counter free [2026]Domicile365 is the audit-defence tracker — location pings every fifteen minutes, uploaded to its servers, and signed PDFs a tax authority can verify — at $19.99 a month. Stretch counts visa days and tax days for every country, keeps GPS on the phone, and is free underneath a $49.99 a year plan. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs Flamingo Compliance: three tiers up to $119/yr, or one plan at $49.99 with the counter free [2026]Flamingo Compliance is a serious tax-and-visa tracker sold in three tiers — Settler, Resident and Globetrotter, $29.99 to $119 a year, iPhone only. Stretch is one plan at $49.99 a year with everything in it, on both phones, and the counter underneath is free forever. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs iReside: the two apps that count both visa days and tax days [2026]iReside is the best-rated of the new tax-and-visa trackers: a real US Substantial Presence Test, a CPA portal, iPhone only. Stretch counts visa days and tax days from one log on iPhone and Android, and the counter, the alerts and your documents are free forever. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs Nomad Tracker (Schengen Visa): the new iOS tracker vs the one that counts every country [2026]Nomad Tracker is a fast-shipping iOS day counter with free GPS and a smart tax switch, sold in five Pro tiers up to $129.99. Stretch counts every country's rule on iPhone and Android, and keeps the counter, reminders and documents free. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs Orbis: which stay-day tracker should you use? [2026]Orbis is a tidy Apple-only tracker with a document wallet, from $19.99 a year. Stretch answers the Schengen question free in your browser and shows where every rule comes from. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs Schengen 90/180 Calculator: ads-and-Pro-tiers, or free and global? [2026]Schengen 90/180 Calculator is a well-supported Schengen-only app, free with ads, with Schengen Pro from $1.99 a month. Stretch counts Schengen and every other country free, with no ads and the date you must be out on screen. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs Schengen Simple: which Schengen calculator should you use? [2026]Schengen Simple is a well-made calculator for one zone, sold as a yearly subscription. Stretch answers the same question free in your browser, then counts every other country from the same log. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs Schengen Visa Tracker: pay once, or free and global? [2026]Schengen Visa Tracker is a clean Schengen-only counter you buy once for $3.99. Stretch answers the same question free in your browser, then counts every other country too. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs TaxBird: $10 a year apart, and only one of them counts your visa days [2026]TaxBird is the snowbird's residency tracker — US states, Canadian provinces, New York City — at $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year. Stretch counts visa days and tax days for every country on your passports, with no account and a free counter underneath. Here is how I would choose.
• Stretch vs TripIt Pro: TripIt knows your flights, Stretch knows how many days you have left [2026]TripIt Pro is the best itinerary organiser on either store, at $49 a year. What it never does is count your days, set your exit date or warn you before you overstay. Stretch does that, free. Here is how I would choose.
• TaxBird vs Country Days Tracker: which day-counting app for tax residency? [2026]TaxBird is a set-and-forget GPS day counter for US states, Canadian provinces and countries, $39.99 a year with an account. Country Days Tracker is a deeper, cheaper iPhone counter with rolling limits, Schengen, photo and flight backfill and proof exports. Here is how I would choose between them — and where Stretch comes in.