Questions & answers

YearAtlas is your digital command center for a life across places. You see at a glance where you were on every day of the year, with calendars, documents, finances, goals and family in one place.

It is made for anyone whose life spans several places: with a second home or holiday home, travelling a lot for work, running a business, or as a family across several countries.

iPhone, iPad and Mac. With an account, your data stays in sync across all your devices. An Android version is planned but not yet available.

No. YearAtlas works fully without an account; your data then stays on your device only. You only need an account to sync between several devices or to share calendars with family or a team. You sign in with Apple or with your email address, no password needed.

YearAtlas was founded by Folkert Eggen in Hamburg. He spent much of his working life on the move and never found a tool that showed his life across places as a whole. So he built it, at first just for himself.

Only you and the people you deliberately share something with. Your entries are encrypted on your device before they ever leave it (end-to-end encryption). Only you hold the key. Not even we can read your content.

On your device, everything is stored in an encrypted database. The key is kept in your device’s protected keychain. If you like, you can also lock the app with Face ID or Touch ID.

When you sync your devices or share calendars, every entry and every document is encrypted on your device before it reaches the server (end-to-end encryption). Only your devices and the members of the respective calendar can read it – neither we nor our server provider.

If a member’s key changes, the app warns you. You then compare a safety number with that person.

Automatic backups are encrypted and can only be read on your device. Calendar files you save or share are protected by a password you choose yourself.

To be open about it: the server needs some information unencrypted to check permissions and send notifications – for example your email address, who is a member of which calendar and when something was added. It never sees the content itself. All details are in the privacy policy.

First and foremost on your device, encrypted there as well. With an account, an additional encrypted copy is kept on servers in Frankfurt, Germany, so your devices can sync. Subscriptions are billed through Apple’s App Store.

No. We don’t sell data, we don’t use ad networks and we don’t track you across other apps or websites. YearAtlas is funded entirely by subscriptions.

With an account, sign in on the new device and enter your recovery code. All your data will be back. Keep the code somewhere safe: without it, not even we can restore your encrypted data.

Without an account, it’s best to save your data regularly as a calendar file (Settings → Save calendar file), protected by a password you keep somewhere safe. If you set up a new iPhone from an iCloud backup, your data only comes along if iCloud Keychain is turned on – so don’t rely on that alone.

Then this file can no longer be opened – by anyone, including us. The password is the only key to the file. We don’t store it anywhere and can’t reset it.

So keep the password safe, ideally in a password manager, and remember where you saved the file. If you lose the password or can’t find the file, that copy is gone for good.

Your data in the app itself is not affected. As long as you have your device, or your account with the recovery code, you can save a new calendar file with a new password at any time.

Yes. A calendar file lets you take everything with you at any time, including receipts and documents. There are also PDF reports, for example for your tax advisor.

You can delete your account directly in the app (Settings → Account). This also deletes all your data on our servers.

For each day, you note where you were, one day at a time or a whole period at once. YearAtlas counts your days per country and place. The traffic light shows how close you are to thresholds such as the well-known 183 days and warns you in good time.

Countries count differently, for example on arrival and departure days. The traffic light is therefore guidance, not a legal assessment.

No. YearAtlas does not provide tax or legal advice. It makes sure you have clear, complete records for the conversation with your advisor: day by day, with receipts and proof.

A clear PDF for your tax advisor: your year calendar with every day in the colour of its place, a timeline of your moves, a daily list with proof and an index of all receipts. You create it in a few taps and pass it on, instead of gathering everything piece by piece.

Yes. You create shared calendars and decide, piece by piece, what others can see: for example the holiday home schedule and emergency documents, but not your finances. Everything you share stays end-to-end encrypted.

There are four tiers: Free to get started, Standard, Premium and Team, each monthly or yearly. Every subscription starts with one free month.

You’ll find current prices for your country in the App Store and in the app. Billing runs through Apple, and you can cancel at any time in your iPhone settings.

The first 100 members get 25 % off the annual plan, for as long as their subscription runs without interruption. The offer applies until 100 places are taken or until a cut-off date shortly after launch. You’ll see it right in the app when subscribing.

Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about the launch.

Nothing is lost. All your entries stay in place; only the features of your previous tier are locked. If you subscribe again later, everything is back immediately.

Write to us at [email protected]. We read every message and reply personally, usually within one or two working days.

Yes. Roughly every two weeks Folkert writes about what is being worked on, what has been finished and what comes next. You can subscribe on the home page or under News, separately from the waiting list. Unsubscribing takes one click, anytime.