Country Days Tracker for iPhone

Which rules does Geostay count?

Geostay counts Schengen as 90 days in any rolling 180-day period. The 180 days are the 180 days ending today, and for most visitors day 91 is an overstay. It also counts the UK Statutory Residence Test, the US Substantial Presence Test with its three-year weighting, and the 330-day test Americans abroad use to exclude foreign income: 330 full days abroad in 12 months. The UK test has no universal 183-day allowance. The US weighting uses calendar years and has an independent 31-day condition.

You can add your own rule, as days in a place or days away, over a window you choose. A US state is counted beside the US day. Twenty-seven states have a tax card at that state's own line, and New York City's card is 183 days. A 183-day line is a count of days in a year: spending more than 183 days in Spain in a year makes you a Spanish tax resident. Months are calendar months, and each rule counts a travel day its own way.

How does Geostay record country days automatically?

With your permission, the app records where the iPhone is, including in the background, and works out the country from map data stored in the app. Locations are not sent to us or to a mapping service. Recording continues while the app is closed.

A location point establishes that you were in that country. It does not fill the silent days around it on its own. An edit, a trip, or an answer you enter takes precedence over what the phone recorded.

What happens offline, on a flight, or near a border?

Geostay works offline, so roaming and flight mode do not leave a gap in the country record. It ignores flights and points near a border, so a drive along the frontier is not counted as a visit. A point near a border does not prove that you entered the other country.

Can Geostay rebuild past trips from photos?

Yes, if you choose that import. The app reads the date, time and place stored with each photo and rebuilds the stays from them. It does not upload, copy or send the photos. You can postpone photo access, or limit it to selected photos.

Which countries' visa rules are included?

Geostay includes visa rules for 40 countries, and over 800 visas and residence statuses. The App Store listing names the Thai DTV, Spain's digital nomad visa, the UK Skilled Worker visa, EU settled status and the US green card among them. When you pick a status, the app adds the clocks that come with it: how long you can stay, how long you can be away before you risk losing it, and when you will have enough time for permanent residence.

Every limit is shown with its official source and the date it was last checked. Tax residency tests cover 184 countries, plus 27 US states and New York City.

Where is my travel data stored?

Your travel history, locations, photos and documents stay on your iPhone. There is no account and no sign-up. Geostay does not show ads in the app and does not sell your data.

A few things can leave the phone: the purchase details needed to run a subscription, anonymous usage and crash data that never includes where you have been, advertising-measurement data if you allow tracking, feedback you choose to send, and an anonymous download of the law-update list. The privacy policy sets this out in full.

Is Geostay legal, immigration or tax advice?

No. Geostay counts days. It is not legal, immigration or tax advice, and it does not decide your status. When a lot depends on the result, check it with an immigration lawyer or a tax adviser.