How does FlySee track the days I spend in each country?
Going forward, it uses your iPhone’s location — in the background, if you allow “Always” — to log the country you’re in each day. For the past, it reads the date and location saved with your photos and rebuilds your travel history. You can add or correct any stay by hand.
How do I count my Schengen days?
FlySee counts the 90/180 rule as 90 days in any 180, with every Schengen country as one zone and any part of a day counting as a day. It logs your days automatically and works out the rolling window for you, then shows the last day you can stay or the date you can come back. EES records your entries and exits at the border; FlySee counts your 90/180 from your own record, so you know the number first.
Which rules can FlySee track?
The Schengen 90/180 rule and Schengen visas; visa-free stays in countries such as Japan, Turkey, Thailand, the UK and the US; tax-residency day tests for the UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Thailand and the UAE; the US 330-day physical presence test for the FEIE; and UK ILR absences (180 days in any 12 months). You can also set up your own visa or tax limit. Each one answers with a date — “Stay until 23 Oct”, “Next entry from 28 Dec” — and shows how it counts.
How are days counted for Schengen, tax residency and ILR?
In your travel log, any time in a country makes it a day there, so a day you cross a border counts for both countries. Each rule then applies its own test: any part of a day for Schengen and visas, present at midnight for UK tax residency, full days only for the US 330-day test, whole days away for UK ILR absences. Days follow your iPhone’s time zone.
Can I correct days or add trips the app missed?
Yes. Any day or stay can be edited or deleted, and you can add a trip the photos missed. A rebuild from photos is never exact — the country of your last photo carries on until something else is logged. For Schengen, visa and tax limits, FlySee doesn’t take those days on trust: it counts them the careful way, marks them as assumed and asks you to confirm them.
Does it drain my battery?
It’s built to go easy on your battery. FlySee doesn’t keep GPS running: it uses iOS’s significant-change and visit monitoring, which wakes the app only when you’ve moved a meaningful distance or arrived somewhere.
Do my photos or location leave my phone?
No. Every location, and every photo’s location, is turned into a country right on your iPhone, using borders built into the app — no internet needed. Coordinates and photos are never uploaded, and your travel history is stored only on your iPhone.
Do I need to create an account?
No. There’s no sign-up and no FlySee server holding your travel history.
What happens when I get a new iPhone?
Your travel history moves with your iPhone’s backup: set up the new one from an iCloud or computer backup of the old one, or transfer directly. FlySee doesn’t sync between devices.
Is this legal or tax advice?
No. FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give legal, tax or immigration advice. Whether you can stay is the border guard’s call; whether you’re tax resident, or whether you qualify for settlement, is for you and your adviser. FlySee’s record isn’t an official one.