Bounded is an app for iPhone and Android that automatically tracks how many days you spend in each country — and, in the US, in each state and in tax-relevant cities like New York City — so you stay compliant with visa limits and tax-residency rules. It’s built for digital nomads, expats, and frequent travelers who need an accurate day count without spreadsheets. Read the full guide
Bounded reconstructs your full country-by-country history in seconds by reading the location metadata attached to photos in your camera roll. It uses only the GPS tags — it never opens, analyzes, or uploads the images themselves, and the entire process runs on your device. In Bounded 2.1 or later you can also import your history from Google Timeline, Flighty, TripIt or a CSV file. Either way you get an accurate, backdated record without typing in years of trips by hand. Read the full guide
Go to You → Your data → Import travel data (Premium) and choose a Google Timeline export, a Flighty CSV, a TripIt calendar (.ics), or any CSV with date and country columns. Bounded shows every stay it found for review before saving anything, and an import never overwrites your manual edits or GPS-tracked days. Read the full guide
Bounded uses your device’s location to detect border crossings and logs which country you’re in each day. You choose which rules to track — like Schengen 90/180 or a 183-day tax threshold — and Bounded counts against each one automatically. Read the full guide
Yes. Once enabled, Bounded updates your day counts without you opening the app, and warns you before you approach a limit you’ve set. Read the full guide
No. Bounded uses low-power location detection rather than continuous GPS, so background tracking has minimal impact on battery life. Read the full guide
Bounded counts your days to the day, and for some rules it deliberately warns you early — for example, it flags Arizona's nine-month residency presumption on day 271, before the shortest nine months (272 days) can pass — so you stay on the safe side of the line. When a photo scan has to guess — a stay carried forward for two weeks with no photos, or a single photo in a country — Bounded asks you to confirm or fix it instead of counting on it silently. Read the full guide
Edit it directly, or choose Report this trip on the trip: tell Bounded what’s wrong — the country, the dates, or a trip that never happened — and the fix is applied on the spot, with an optional diagnostic report you can send to help improve detection. The reporting flow is rolling out gradually, so not everyone sees it yet. Read the full guide
Yes. You can run several counters in parallel — for instance, tracking the Schengen 90/180 limit and a 183-day tax-residency threshold at the same time, each with its own warnings. Read the full guide
Yes, in Bounded 2.1 or later. Add a trip that starts or ends after today and it is stored as planned days: upcoming trips sit above your current stay in History, and counters that look ahead include them in their forecast. As each day arrives, your real GPS, photo, or manual data replaces the plan. Read the full guide
Days more than 25 km from any coast are logged as International Waters, a pseudo-country with a ship icon. They appear in your history like any other stay, count as days away from every country for absence and days-abroad rules, and are left out of your countries-visited total. Read the full guide
Label those trips as Work and turn on Cabin crew mode on the You tab. Work days are then excluded from presence counters such as Schengen 90/180 and 183-day rules. Days-away counters, the UK Statutory Residence Test, and the US Substantial Presence Test still count them, because those rules count on-duty days. Read the full guide
Yes. Bounded is available on both iOS and Android — download it from the App Store or Google Play. The same features, and your data stays on your device on either platform.
No. Your location history and photo metadata never leave your phone. Bounded has no servers that store your travel data, and it requires no account. Read the full guide
No. When rebuilding your travel history, Bounded reads only the location tags stored alongside your photos — never the image content. Nothing is sent off your device, so your camera roll stays entirely private. Read the full guide
No. Bounded works with no sign-up, no email, and no profile. Everything is stored locally on your device. Read the full guide
Bounded needs location access to detect when you cross a border and count your days automatically. That data is used only on your device to power your counters — it’s never uploaded or shared. Read the full guide
Because your data is stored only on your device, you’ll want to back it up before switching phones. Optional cloud sync is planned for a future release and will always remain optional. Read the full guide
The rule lets non-EU visitors stay up to 90 days within any rolling 180-day period across the Schengen Area. The 180-day window moves forward every day, which makes it easy to miscalculate — Bounded tracks the rolling window for you and shows your remaining days. Read the full guide
No. The Schengen window is rolling, not per-trip, so leaving and re-entering doesn’t reset your count. Every day you spend in the Schengen Area counts against the same 180-day window. Read the full guide
The EES digitally records every entry to and exit from the Schengen Area, so your day count needs to be exact. Bounded keeps your own precise record, which helps you stay compliant and resolve any discrepancy at the border.
Yes. Beyond Schengen, Bounded includes ready-made counters for the UK Visitor visa, US ESTA and B1/B2 visas, and India’s tourist-visa caps — plus any custom limit you define. Read the full guide
Yes. Bounded can track absence caps that protect status you already hold — like the US green card’s 180-day absence limit, UK Indefinite Leave to Remain, or a UAE residence visa — and warn you before an absence puts it at risk. Read the full guide
Many countries treat you as a tax resident if you spend 183 or more days there in a given period. The exact counting method varies, so Bounded lets you set the threshold and counting style to match the specific country’s rule. Read the full guide
Yes. Bounded tracks the weighted day count behind the Substantial Presence Test, which combines all your days this year, a third of last year’s, and a sixth of the year before. It keeps a running total so you always know where you stand. Read the full guide
Bounded tracks the day-count side of the UK SRT, including the Sufficient Ties day bands (15, 45, 90, 120, 182). It counts on the UK tax year from 6 April, though tie-based factors beyond day count still need your own assessment. Read the full guide
Yes. Bounded covers US state residency rules — including the common “183 days plus a permanent home” test — across more than 30 states and cities, from New York to California, plus safe-harbor rules. Read the full guide
Yes. Any tax-residency counter can be flipped to track reaching a threshold instead of staying under it — useful for rules like Cyprus’s 60-day non-dom regime, Portugal’s residency requirement, or UAE tax residency. Read the full guide
No. Bounded is a tracking tool, not a tax, legal, or immigration advisor. Some rules also depend on factors a day-counter can’t measure — like your permanent home or closest personal ties — so Bounded flags those and gives you an accurate record to share with a qualified professional.
Yes. Bounded tracks presence requirements toward goals like US naturalization, a Canadian PR card or citizenship, UK settled status, and Australian permanent residency, and keeps an exportable history for your application. Read the full guide
Yes. Bounded lets you export your day counts and full travel history whenever you need documentation for a tax authority, immigration office, or residency application. Read the full guide
Bounded is free to download and includes a free trial so you can try the full experience. Continued access to features like automatic tracking is available through a subscription. Read the full guide