Last updated: 25 August 2026
There's no shortage of Schengen 90/180 calculators — the official EU tool, a handful of web calculators, and a number of native apps. This page compares this tool honestly against the two other categories people actually use, including where they're genuinely better than this one. If something here goes out of date, let us know.
How we compared: cost, whether an install or account is required, whether it saves your history between visits, whether it supports planning a future trip (not just counting past days), and cross-device support. We didn't include specific named competitors' pricing or claims we couldn't verify ourselves — the "typical apps" column below reflects patterns common across the category, based on how these products are generally structured and marketed, not a specific product's current terms.
| This tool | Official EU calculator | Typical native apps | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | Free | Often free to install, but core features may be limited to a trial period or paywalled |
| Install required | No — runs in your browser | No — runs in your browser | Yes — app store download |
| Account / sign-up | Not required | Not required | Often required for saving or syncing |
| Saves your history | Yes — in your browser | No — re-enter every visit | Usually yes |
| Plans future trips | Yes — add a date range | Yes — planning mode | Varies by app, sometimes paywalled |
| Visual calendar view | Yes | No — date fields only | Varies |
| Syncs across your devices | No — one browser, one device | N/A — nothing is saved | Often yes, via an account |
Ease of use is the whole point here — the calendar is just one part of it. Take the top Google result for "Schengen calculator," visa-calculator.com: it makes you manually type each trip's entry and exit dates into a form before it calculates anything. Here, you just click the days you were there.
Many Schengen calculator apps lock core features behind a free trial or paid subscription, and some interfaces make the actual day count hard to read or trust. This tool avoids both: the calendar, the rolling window, and date-range entry are free permanently, with no trial clock running and no paywall.
If you want a fast, free, visual way to track your Schengen days with no install and no account, this tool is built for exactly that. If you need cross-device sync or multi-traveler tracking, a native app may serve you better despite the trade-offs above. And whatever you use, it's worth a final cross-check against the official EU calculator before any trip where the math is close.
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