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Heed vs residency tracker apps
Reviewed 17 October 2026
The short answer
A residency tracker app counts the days you spend in each country. Heed counts them too, against each country's own rule, and also watches the rules behind the count: when a country changes its residency test, its tie-breakers or a regime you rely on, Heed tells you, matched to your situation, with the official source.
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Side by side.
| The job | Residency tracker apps | Heed |
|---|---|---|
| Counting days in each country | The core of the app | Yes, with an avoid or establish goal for each country |
| A warning before a threshold | Usually, at a count you set | At day 155 of 183, and at 50% and 85% of any goal |
| Schengen 90 days in 180 | Some apps | Applied across the whole area, not country by country |
| When a country changes its residency test | Not covered | An alert matched to you, with the official source |
| Tax rule changes where you live | Not covered | The Change Feed for every country in your profile |
| Ties beyond days: home, family, interests | Rarely covered | Explained in each country's residency rule |
| Questions about your position | Not covered | Ask Heed, with the official sources cited |
- Counting days in each country
- HeedYes, with an avoid or establish goal for each country
- Residency tracker appsThe core of the app
- A warning before a threshold
- HeedAt day 155 of 183, and at 50% and 85% of any goal
- Residency tracker appsUsually, at a count you set
- Schengen 90 days in 180
- HeedApplied across the whole area, not country by country
- Residency tracker appsSome apps
- When a country changes its residency test
- HeedAn alert matched to you, with the official source
- Residency tracker appsNot covered
- Tax rule changes where you live
- HeedThe Change Feed for every country in your profile
- Residency tracker appsNot covered
- Ties beyond days: home, family, interests
- HeedExplained in each country's residency rule
- Residency tracker appsRarely covered
- Questions about your position
- HeedAsk Heed, with the official sources cited
- Residency tracker appsNot covered
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Which one, when.
When residency tracker apps is enough
- You live in one country and only visit others briefly.
- You need a log of days for a single filing or visa application.
How they work together
Many people keep a travel log anyway. Heed's Residency Tracker takes ranges of dates, or logs today from your device when you check in, so the count sits next to the rules it is measured against.
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What people ask.
Straight answers. Heed is intelligence, not advice.
Yes. The Residency Tracker applies the Schengen rule across the whole area, not country by country, beside each country's own tax residency threshold, so one log of your travel answers both questions.
Yes. The Residency Tracker is part of every plan from Signal. It counts days in each country against that country's own threshold, warns you before you reach it, and sits beside the Change Feed that watches the rules.
Only if you choose to. On a device you can check in, and Heed logs today's country. Only the country and the date are kept.
No. Many countries use 183 days, but others use different thresholds, rolling windows, or tests of home, family and economic ties, and tax treaties add tie-breakers. Heed applies each country's own rule.
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