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AtlasDays Changelog

A record of what's shipped in AtlasDays since the App Store launch.

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Update

v2.6

October 3, 2026

New

  • Backup to a file - in addition to iCloud Sync, save a full copy of all your trips, trackers and settings to a file, and restore it on another device.

Improved

  • Under the hood - improvements for a smoother and faster experience.

Update

v2.5

September 24, 2026

New

  • Two-limit trackers - Norway tax residence, UK naturalisation and Australian citizenship follow both of their limits in one tracker, with a chart for each.
  • US Substantial Presence Test and Irish tax residence - two new trackers built around how each test is actually written.
  • Eight more presets - absence planning for residence permits in Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain and Qatar, Cyprus citizenship, New Zealand Super, and Denmark's overseas work rule.

Improved

  • Tracker trip lists - trackers that count days away can show trips inside the country, outside it, or both.
  • Widgets - the medium tracker widget can chart either limit of a two-limit tracker.

Update

v2.4.1

September 15, 2026

Improved

  • Interface - minor improvements and optimizations.

Update

v2.4

September 12, 2026

New

  • Residence status trackers - presets for green card absence limits, Canada's permanent residency obligation, Australia's Resident Return Visa, and the EU long-term resident rule.
  • Citizenship trackers - presence requirements for the United States and New Zealand, and absence limits for Australia, Germany and UK settlement.
  • Days away - a tracker can count the days you are away from a place, not only the days you are there.
  • Windows in calendar months - set a rolling window as a number of calendar months rather than a number of days.

Improved

  • Finding the right preset - presets are grouped by the question you are asking: how long may I stay, will I be taxed here, will I lose my status, am I building a record.

Update

v2.3

September 5, 2026

New

  • Four more languages - Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese, translated throughout the app.
  • A light globe - the 3D globe follows your appearance setting, with a light look to match the rest of the app.
  • Calendar day markers - every day carries a marker on the bar line, and tapping anywhere in a day opens it.

Improved

  • Forward-looking trackers - insights say when planned trips will push you over the limit, or when a target can no longer be reached in time.
  • One full-screen map - the expanded map is the globe, and the country sheet over it follows your appearance.

Update

v2.2

August 24, 2026

New

  • Country Presence Report - the PDF export is rebuilt as a document to hand to a consulate or a tax office, with a personal details block, a country chart, and an optional signed declaration.
  • Select for Export - choose exactly which records go on a report, with sort, select all, and filtered views.
  • Turkish - the tenth interface language, translated throughout the app.
  • Seven more tax residence presets - Albania, Armenia, Lithuania, Moldova, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Taiwan, each with its guide.

Improved

  • Trip cards - one metric treatment across every screen that shows a trip.

Update

v2.1

August 19, 2026

New

  • Guides behind every rule - open the atlasdays.app guide for a tracker straight from the sentence describing its rule.

Improved

  • Add a Tracker - one searchable list instead of a two-step wizard, with search across every preset.
  • A refreshed app icon - Atlas holding a sharper globe.
  • Home Screen widgets - in sync with your latest changes, and in full color on a tinted Home Screen.

Update

v2.0.1

August 12, 2026

Improved

  • Polish and refinements - small under-the-hood improvements across the app.

Update

v2.0

August 7, 2026

AtlasDays 2.0 is the biggest release yet: a new way in over an interactive 3D globe, seven new languages, video support, rebuilt import and export, and a version built properly for iPad.

New

  • Interactive 3D globe - spin the Earth and watch your countries light up as your photos are scanned, in a rebuilt onboarding that starts you with real trips. The globe is also a new view on the full map.
  • Seven new languages - AtlasDays is fully translated into Dutch, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Ukrainian, and Japanese, alongside English, with country names, widgets, and exports following your language too.
  • Videos count too - your videos now help place where you have been, with thumbnails that show their length and full-screen playback with scrubbing, sound, and landscape.
  • Rebuilt exports - export a re-importable AtlasDays backup, a customizable XLSX spreadsheet, or a PDF report, each from its own dedicated screen.
  • US States overview - a dedicated screen for the states you have visited, with swipeable tracker suggestions on the dashboard.

Improved

  • Built for iPad - a proper two-pane layout in Settings and the Timeline, and an edge-to-edge world map that adapts as you resize or rotate.
  • A fresh look throughout - every card, sheet, and settings screen takes a softer hand-drawn style, with a new slider for how strongly your accent color tints the background.
  • One way to import - Photos, Flighty, and CSV now share a single import screen, each with its own setup guide, and review lists open newest first.

Update

v1.13

July 27, 2026

New

  • Chart view modes - pinch or double-tap a tracker chart to switch between a readable scrolling window and the full history at a glance.
  • Multi-year tracking windows - counting windows and limits now reach up to ten years, for long-term residence and citizenship rules.

Update

v1.12

July 17, 2026

New

  • Residence presets - ready-made tax residence trackers for 26 countries, each built from official government rules.
  • Schengen visa preset - track a single-entry visa using the authorized stay printed on your visa.
  • Visa presets - ready-made trackers for the US Visa Waiver (ESTA) and short stays in Türkiye.

Improved

  • Preset picker - browse tracker presets by category: Residence, Schengen, Visa and Entry Limits, Travel Goal, US State, or Custom.

Update

v1.11.3

July 10, 2026

New

  • Days at sea - photos taken offshore can be recognized as international waters, with coastal shots matched to the nearest country.

Improved

  • Photo import - better heuristics for in-flight photos and photos saved from other people, so suggested trips reflect your own travel.
  • Auto-Detect - open trips now end the moment your departure is detected, and quietly resume if you return the same day.

Update

v1.11.2

July 8, 2026

Improved

  • Auto-Detect - trip suggestions include clearer notifications and smoother review flows.

Update

v1.11.1

June 30, 2026

New

  • More state presets - US residency trackers now cover 21 states.

Improved

  • Trip suggestions - auto-detected trips now sit in date order within your timeline, styled like your other trips.
  • Dashboard title - the dashboard now opens with today's date.
  • Photo scanning - flags reveal in a smooth, paced cascade as your library is scanned.

Update

v1.11

June 22, 2026

New

  • Auto-detected trip suggestions - add or dismiss them by long-pressing the notification, without opening the app.
  • Home Screen quick actions - long-press the app icon to add a trip or send feedback.
  • Send Feedback flow - a structured way to reach support, with diagnostics included automatically.
  • Quarterly Pro option - a shorter-term option alongside annual and lifetime.

Improved

  • Redesigned Pro paywall - a calmer layout with an animated preview of each Pro feature.

Update

v1.10.1

June 18, 2026

Improved

  • Cleaner world map - small countries are easier to see and tap, down to the smallest micronations such as Vatican City and Liberland.
  • UN labels in the dashboard - the Places list can show UN and observer-state tags, matching the country pickers.

Update

v1.10

June 17, 2026

New

  • US state tracking - your US trips can record which state you were in, and it flows through your timeline, map, trackers, and exports.
  • States on import - re-scan your photos or re-import from Flighty and your existing US trips fill in their states, with nothing to re-enter.
  • US states in the widget - the home-screen tracker widget now shows the state for state-tagged US trips.

Improved

  • Import review - review every trip before importing, with manual entry available any time.

Update

v1.9

June 12, 2026

New

  • Import success screen - every import now finishes with a clear summary of trips imported and photos linked.
  • Photo favorites - tap the heart in the full-screen photo viewer to favorite a photo in your Photos library.

Improved

  • Crisper flags - every country flag is sharper at any size, with new flags for the MERCOSUR, CARICOM, GCC, and East Africa Tourist Visa presets. Tap a flag on the country detail sheet to zoom in.
  • Faster Timeline - loads quickly even with hundreds of trips.

Update

v1.8.1

June 8, 2026

Improved

  • Polish throughout - small refinements to trip cards, imports, and accessibility across the app.

Update

v1.8

June 6, 2026

New

  • Flighty import - import your Flighty history and choose whether to include overnight flights and transits.

Improved

  • Import review - Flighty, CSV, and photo imports now share a clearer conflict inspector for similar trips.
  • Trip editor - refreshed trip editing with a cleaner design for adding or reviewing a trip.
  • Date selector - the trip date picker now supports swiping between start and end dates and shows weekdays.

Update

v1.7

May 31, 2026

New

  • Custom date format in PDF reports - choose your own date format when exporting a PDF.

Improved

  • Trip form - cleaned up the form for adding a trip, with year-only dates moved into the date picker.

Update

v1.6.1

May 28, 2026

Improved

  • Tab navigation - the active tab now stays put across sheet dismissals and app resume.

Update

v1.6

May 27, 2026

New

  • Manage Imports - review all your past CSV and photo imports, and remove an entire batch at once if you want to start over.
  • Country picker overhaul - we made it easier to select the right country by adding an A-Z side index for fast jumping, and offering suggested countries at the top.
  • Trip Colors in calendar - the timeline calendar can now tint trip bars by the country's continent instead of a single accent color.

Improved

  • Dashboard stats cards - redesigned progress cards in the dashboard stats.

Update

v1.5.1

May 20, 2026

Improved

  • Photo matching - Improved photo matching from your library, especially for photos taken near coastlines.
  • Timeline navigation - Refined search and navigation in Timeline.

Update

v1.5

May 19, 2026

New

  • Calendar timeline - Switch the Timeline between list and calendar views, browse trips month by month, and jump straight to the month you want.

Update

v1.4.1

May 10, 2026

Improved

  • iCloud sync status - AtlasDays now shows when local changes are still waiting to sync to iCloud, alongside clearer sync error messages.
  • Photo import continuity - improved how AtlasDays groups at-home photo history into trips when photo evidence is sparse.

Update

v1.4

May 9, 2026

New

  • Find Photos - scan your photo library to automatically match photos to trips in your timeline. Review matches before saving.
  • Hide home country - new timeline toggle hides stays in your residence country, for users who want to focus on travel abroad.

Improved

  • iCloud sync - clearer labels in sync settings, showing when data was last sent and received.

Update

v1.3

May 1, 2026

New

  • Home screen widgets - add a world map or any tracker to your Home Screen, with small, medium, and large layouts, including tracker forecasts at a glance.
  • Charts for all trackers - charts are now available across all tracker types, including calendar-year trackers, so every tracker shows the same visual history.

Improved

  • Tracker experience - refined tracker layouts, clearer status text, and polish across widgets, charts, and related views.
  • Trip timeline - upcoming trips now stay grouped with their year, with clearer planned-trip labels in tracker detail and the main timeline.

Update

v1.2

April 24, 2026

New

  • Tracker chart - rolling window trackers now include a scrollable chart showing your day count over time, with projections based on planned trips.
  • Photo strip on trip cards - trips with photos now show a swipeable preview strip on the card in comfortable view.

Update

v1.1.1

April 16, 2026

Improved

  • Photo import review - a new help sheet explains how trips are inferred from your photos and what to check before importing.

Update

v1.1

April 15, 2026

New

  • Photo import - scan your photo library to reconstruct travel history from geotagged photos, review and edit candidates, then import - all processed on-device, nothing leaves your phone.
  • Trip photos - imported trips display live thumbnails loaded directly from your photo library - AtlasDays never copies or stores your photos.

Improved

  • Smarter auto-detect - location-based trip detection now supports return trips and smart transit detection.

Update

v1.0.1

April 6, 2026

New

  • Travel purpose - categorize each trip as Tourism, Business, Medical, Transit, or Personal.

Improved

  • Refined trip cards and a simpler trip-entry form.

App Store launch

v1.0

April 2, 2026

First public release of AtlasDays - a private travel history, day counter, and reporting tool for iPhone.

Included in this release

  • Travel timeline - log exact trips, older approximate history, and transit records in one continuous timeline.
  • Visa and residency trackers - Schengen 90/180, rolling windows, per-entry limits, fiscal-year periods, and custom day thresholds.
  • Dashboard overview - world map, country totals, days abroad, and yearly breakdowns.
  • Threshold alerts - notifications as you approach any visa or residency day limit.
  • CSV and PDF export - export your records or generate printable travel reports.
  • On-device and private - no account required, with optional iCloud sync.