A counter has to know where you've been
There's no way around it: to count the days you spend in each country, an app needs your location history. That is about as sensitive as personal data gets. So the only question that really matters is where that information lives.
Countly's answer: on your device
Countly does the counting locally. Your location history stays on your phone. There is no account to create, nothing to sign in to, and no server quietly accumulating a map of your life. The ledger of where you have been is yours, on your hardware.
What that means in practice
- No account. You don't hand over an email or a phone number to start.
- No analytics, no ads. Countly doesn't track usage or sell attention. It isn't that kind of app.
- The data doesn't leave. The counting, the rolling-window math, and your history all happen on the device.
Why we'd rather count quietly
Endless River builds quiet software — apps that move at the pace of a life, not a feed. For something as personal as your movements, the calm choice and the private choice turn out to be the same one: keep it local, keep it yours, and get out of the way.
That's the whole design. Countly watches your thresholds — the Schengen 90/180 rule, tax-residency days, visa limits — and tells you what you need to know, without ever needing to know more about you than your phone already does.
General information only — not legal or tax advice.