Purpose-built for tax residency compliance. Every country you set foot in, counted against its own rule — with threshold alerts and advisor-ready exports for digital nomads and expats who can't afford to get this wrong.
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Open the app and your position is already there — no spreadsheets, no reconstructing the year from boarding passes.
CURRENTLY IN
🇸🇪 Sweden
64
days in current country
4
countries in 2026
121
days left in 2026
COUNTRIES THIS YEAR
87 days until residency
119 days until residency
28 days until residency
154 days until residency
14 / 16 days
2 days until residency triggers · counted over the local tax year
⚠ Your limit depends on your situation
183 days is only the ceiling. With UK ties you can become resident much sooner.
See whether a future trip would push you over a residency threshold — before you book.
✓ You'd stay clear in Spain
20 days · Oct 1 → Oct 20, 2026
Spain: 0 → 20 / 183 days · 163 to spare
Not a fitness tracker repurposed. Not an expense app with a day counter bolted on. DayTrace is built from the ground up for tax residency compliance.
Your location is captured as you move, at most once every 4 hours to spare battery and data. Runs with the app closed — and tells you if tracking ever stops.
Not just the ones you remember to add. Every country you set foot in is counted against its own residency rule — because any of them can trigger liability.
Helsinki → London → New York in one day is a counted day in all three. Most jurisdictions treat any part of a day as a full day of presence — so we count it that way.
Sint Maarten is not the Netherlands. Hong Kong is not China. Territories with their own tax systems are tracked separately — including the ones that sit outside Schengen.
Finland's clock is a continuous six-month stay AND a calendar-year cap — miss either and you're resident. Where a country binds on more than one rule, DayTrace counts both, each in its own window.
Thresholds depend on your status, ties and exemptions — so set your own. The UK alone ranges from 16 to 183 days depending on your situation.
Green / Amber / Red risk indicators. Notified at 30, 15, and 0 days remaining — before it's too late to act.
Simulate a future trip and see whether it would push you over a residency limit — or past the Schengen 90/180 ceiling.
A formatted PDF travel summary — per-country totals plus every separate stay with dates — and a full CSV day log, ready for your accountant.
EU hosting, AES-256 at rest, no third-party sharing. Signup requires only email — no name, no passport, no government ID.
Passport stamp? Border crossing? Layover? Mark transit days and fill gaps by hand — the audit trail stays complete with or without perfect GPS.
One tap produces a dated travel summary: per-country totals, every separate stay with its exact dates, and a confidence score for each country so nobody has to guess which parts of the record are solid. A full CSV day log comes with it.
2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31 · generated September 8, 2026
| Country | Days | % yr | Stays | First – last seen | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal PT | 149 | 41% | 3 | 2026-01-06 – 2026-08-22 | 98% |
| United Kingdom GB | 71 | 19% | 4 | 2026-01-02 – 2026-09-01 | 96% |
| Spain ES | 38 | 10% | 2 | 2026-03-11 – 2026-07-30 | 94% |
| United States US | 12 | 3% | 1 | 2026-05-04 – 2026-05-15 | 100% |
| Germany DE | 4 | 1% | 2 | 2026-02-19 – 2026-08-23 | 88% |
Each continuous run of days in one country. A break in the record also ends a stay, so consecutive rows for the same country mean the log has a gap.
| From | To | Country | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | 2026-01-05 | United Kingdom GB | 4 |
| 2026-01-06 | 2026-02-18 | Portugal PT | 44 |
| 2026-02-19 | 2026-02-19 | Germany DE | 1 |
| 2026-02-20 | 2026-03-10 | United Kingdom GB | 19 |
| 2026-03-11 | 2026-04-06 | Spain ES | 27 |
| 2026-04-07 | 2026-05-03 | Portugal PT | 27 |
Exported as PDF, with a full CSV day log alongside it.
“183 days” is a myth as often as it's a rule. Windows differ, look-backs differ, and your own status can move the line dramatically. DayTrace models the differences — and lets you override any of them.
| Country | Threshold | Counted over | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
GBUnited Kingdom | 16–183 days | Tax year (6 Apr) | Ties and prior residence decide where your line sits |
FIFinland | 6 months | Continuous presence | Spans calendar years — and a calendar-year cap applies on top |
USUnited States | SPT weighted | 3-year formula | 1× this year + ⅓ prior + ⅙ two years prior |
IEIreland | 183 or 280 days | Two-year look-back | 30+ days in each of two years can be enough |
EUSchengen area | 90 days | Rolling 180 days | Hidden automatically if you hold an EU/EEA passport |
—Everywhere else | 183 days | Calendar year | A conservative default — change it to match your advice |
Built-in rules are general guidance, not tax advice. DayTrace counts your days — you and your advisor decide which limit applies.
One plan, every feature — less than an hour of advisory time per year. Getting your residency wrong costs orders of magnitude more than getting it counted right.
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Everything you need to know before you start tracking.
Location is captured as you move, at most once every 4 hours. Each day records where you were at midnight plus every country you passed through, so a travel day counts in each of them. Gaps are flagged rather than guessed, and you can correct any day by hand — which is exactly what advisors and auditors want to see.
Yes — that's the point. Once enabled, background tracking runs silently without opening the app. Your phone's OS manages the battery impact, and DayTrace is designed to stay within iOS and Android background location budgets.
Missed pings are queued and retried on your next connection. Gaps are flagged in your log so you — and your accountant — can see exactly where the data is complete versus estimated.
No. Your data is stored on EU infrastructure, encrypted at rest (AES-256), and never sold or shared with third parties. Nothing leaves DayTrace unless you export it yourself — you choose when to generate a PDF or CSV and who to send it to.
Most countries use a simple count: spend 183+ days and you're a tax resident. The US SPT is weighted across three years — current year days count fully, prior year days count as 1/3, two years ago as 1/6. You can breach the 183-day threshold even if you only spent ~120 days in the US this year.
Yes. Export a formatted PDF travel summary or a full CSV of your day log — per-country day counts, first and last dates, and data confidence. It is a record of where you were; your advisor decides what it means.
Choose monthly billing and cancel any time from your App Store settings — no lock-in, no cancellation fees. Or save 28% with the annual plan.
No. DayTrace gives you the data — accurate counts, audit trails, and risk indicators. Tax residency has legal consequences that depend on your full situation: treaties, ties, intent, and more. Always have a qualified advisor review before filing.
Still have questions? Read the guides or email us.