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Heed vs residency tracker apps
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.
Reviewed 17 October 2026
- Portugal155 days
- United Kingdom64 days
- Spain18 days
- Nothing about the rules the days are measured against.
With Heed
- Portugal, 155 of 183 days28 to go
- United Kingdom, against its residence test64 days
- Spain, 18 of 183 daysClear
- Matched changeEnactedUK dividend tax rises to 10.75% and 35.75% from 6 April 2026
An example. The changes in it are real ones from Heed's feed.
Job by job.
| The job | Residency tracker apps | Heed |
|---|---|---|
| 01Counting days in each country | The core of the app | Yes, with an avoid or establish goal for each country |
| 02A warning before a threshold | Usually, at a count you set | At day 155 of 183, and at 50% and 85% of any goal |
| 03Schengen 90 days in 180 | Some apps | Applied across the whole area, not country by country |
| 04When a country changes its residency test | Not covered | An alert matched to you, with the official source |
| 05Tax rule changes where you live | Not covered | The Change Feed for every country in your profile |
| 06Ties beyond days: home, family, interests | Rarely covered | Explained in each country's residency rule |
| 07Questions about your position | Not covered | Ask Heed, with the official sources cited |
- 01Counting days in each country
- Heed: Yes, with an avoid or establish goal for each country
- Residency tracker apps: The core of the app
- 02A warning before a threshold
- Heed: At day 155 of 183, and at 50% and 85% of any goal
- Residency tracker apps: Usually, at a count you set
- 03Schengen 90 days in 180
- Heed: Applied across the whole area, not country by country
- Residency tracker apps: Some apps
- 04When a country changes its residency test
- Heed: An alert matched to you, with the official source
- Residency tracker apps: Not covered
- 05Tax rule changes where you live
- Heed: The Change Feed for every country in your profile
- Residency tracker apps: Not covered
- 06Ties beyond days: home, family, interests
- Heed: Explained in each country's residency rule
- Residency tracker apps: Rarely covered
- 07Questions about your position
- Heed: Ask Heed, with the official sources cited
- Residency tracker apps: Not covered
Which one, when.
When residency tracker apps are enough
- 01You live in one country and only visit others briefly.
- 02You 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.
Questions
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.