Annual Leave3.8.3 - App Store

Annual Leave helps you to plan, track and overview your leave. The app contains the public holidays of the United States and further countries (see below) to make planning even more easy. No longer miss a long weekend!

What users think about this app:
"A great app for managing leave, it has been the only available leave app not to crash so far."
"Love this app! Syncs perfectly with my calendar which avoids so much duplication. Numerous setting options which makes it very easy to set it up to suit your own needs."
"Been looking for similar app for ages, saves me keep looking at calendar or excel sheets to keek track of all my holidays :-)"
"At last - the app I have been searching for for over a year! So impressed at the ability to track leave in hours and personalise to suit my needs. You can also integrate with existing calendar on iPhone. Brilliant."

Features:
- add a leave entry with title and location for every holiday
- specify a start date and end date, or a start date and the desired duration in days or weeks
- the app calculates the needed leave days in consideration of the public holidays for you
- you can manually change the calculated leave days, or transfer some of them to flex days
- if you like, the app automatically creates iOS calendar events for your leave entries
- not taken residual leave can be automatically transferred into the next year
- all data will be synchronized with all your iOS devices via iCloud

Additional features:
- use the filter in the leave list to show all public holidays, additional days off, and bridge days. You can also quickly switch to the calendar of the app or take over these days as leave days
- use the two categories planned and approved for your leave entries
- send an application for leave by email
- use reminders to get notified about your leaves
- add notes to your leave entries
- use the undo function while editing a leave entry (shake the iPhone)
- use a swipe gesture on the titlebar to navigate back to the beginning of the navigation
- use a swipe gesture on the overview as well as the month in the calendar to quickly browse between the years and months respectively
- customize the appearance of the app with selectable colors for the leave entries as well as selectable background images with adapted color schemata

Application settings:
- specify the number of leave days available for every year
- configure leave years in case your leave is not managed in calendar years
- configure residual leave for every year independently: turn it off, let the transferred days expire on a certain date, or don't let them expire
- deactivate the usage of flex days and categories if you do not need them
- choose your country in order to see the right public holidays
- specify the weekdays the app should count as days off
- choose additional days off which are handled as usual public holidays
- specify for the public holidays and additional days off whether they take a whole day or a half day or have no duration at all
- choose whether you want to track your leave in days or hours
- choose customized colors for the leave entries, public holidays and additional days off
- configure the appearance of the leave entries in the calendar of the app: either display small markers or show them consistently colored
- customize the appearance of the app by choosing background images with adapted color schemata
- select the iOS calendar in which calendar events should be created
- specify whether you want to get reminded of your leave

Note:
The app currently contains the public holidays of the US, UK and Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Australia. Application translations and public holidays of other countries will be added step by step based on sales statistics and personal feedback.

Version History Improvements:
- Compatability with iOS 27 and iPadOS 27
- New application icon
- Added public holidays for the upcoming years 3.8.3 Sep 14 Improvements:
- The app no longer freezes when editing multiple leave entries in succession. 3.8.2 12/17/2025 Improvements:
- Backup creation and backup restoration have been adapted to iOS 26. In addition, legacy backups can be restored.
- Further layout adjustments for iOS 26 und iPadOS 26 3.8.1 10/02/2025 Improvements:
- This update migrates the app’s database to a new technology to ensure compatibility with iOS 26 and beyond. The transition has been carefully implemented and tested, but as it affects a core component, issues on some devices cannot be completely ruled out. Automatic backups are typically still available and can be restored in this version of the app. 3.8 09/16/2025 Improvements:
- Added public holidays for the upcoming years
- Calendar integration: Better support when using multiple devices
- Minimum supported iOS version is now iOS 17.6 3.7.5 11/08/2024 Improvements:
- Added public holidays for the upcoming years
- Minimum supported iOS version is now iOS 14.7 3.7.4 04/18/2022 Improvements:
- Corrected display errors in the date selection in iOS 14
- Minimum supported iOS version is now iOS 13.6 3.7.3 12/30/2020 Improvements:
- Correction of the optional holidays for the year 2021 3.7.2 11/01/2020 Improvements:
- iOS 13 compatibility. Minimum supported iOS version is now iOS 12.4
- Support dark mode
- Support iPad modern multitasking
- Support dynamic text sizes throughout the app
- Support accessibility features throughout the app
- Calendar integration: support deep linking into the app from iOS calendar (iOS 13 only)
- Calendar integration: better support calendars of different types but with the same name
- Added public holidays for the upcoming years 3.7.1 06/15/2020 Improvements:
- iOS 13 compatibility. Minimum supported iOS version is now iOS 12.4
- Support dark mode
- Support iPad modern multitasking
- Support dynamic text sizes throughout the app
- Support accessibility features throughout the app
- Calendar integration: support deep linking into the app from iOS calendar (iOS 13 only)
- Calendar integration: better support calendars of different types but with the same name
- Added public holidays for the upcoming years 3.7.0 06/14/2020 Improvements:
- iOS 12 compatibility. 3.6.0 12/07/2018 Improvements:
- iOS 11 compatibility. 3.5.1 10/03/2017 Improvements:
- The app is now iPad-compatible and scales better on the various sizes of the iPhone. The overview page was reworked, also for the iPhone.
- Backups are now synchronized via iCloud Drive. When iCloud is available, the app copies its local backups to iCloud. These backups are also visible in the "iCloud Drive" app.
- Backups are now created automatically from time to time.
- In case your leave is tracked in hours, you can now configure a custom default duration of a leave day. Till now, the app used always 8 hours per day. 3.5 07/02/2017 Improvements:
- Added missing german public holiday for 2017. 3.4 12/20/2016 Improvements:
- Added the public holidays for the upcoming years.
- Added the public holidays of Luxembourg.
- Added a few default optional days off for all countries. 3.3 07/02/2016 Improvements:
- iOS 8 compatibility.
- Every time a new app version is started for the first time, a local backup of the data is created.

Bug fixes:
- Custom leave years are no longer reset in specific situations after each app start.

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Please give feedback and rate the app if you like it. Thanks for your support!

Additional updates are already planned, stay tuned! 3.2 10/03/2014 Bug fixes:
- Bug fixes for version 3.1

Including changes of version 3.1:

Improvements:
- Added the public holidays of Belgium.

Bug fixes:
- The app no longer crashes at certain actions when iCloud synchronization is disabled for the app.
- Improved calendar integration handling of read-only calendars.
- A time zone change no longer changes the dates of the leave entries.

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Please give feedback and rate the app if you like it. Thanks for your support!

Additional updates are already planned, stay tuned! 3.1.1 04/10/2014 Improvements:
- Added the public holidays of Belgium.

Bug fixes:
- The app no longer crashes at certain actions when iCloud synchronization is disabled for the app.
- Improved calendar integration handling of read-only calendars.
- A time zone change no longer changes the dates of the leave entries.

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Please give feedback and rate the app if you like it. Thanks for your support!

Additional updates are already planned, stay tuned! 3.1 04/06/2014 This version is compatible with iOS 7. iOS 4 to iOS 6 is no longer supported.

New features:
- iCloud synchronization: All data of this app will be synchronized with all your iOS devices via iCloud. Before the update, a backup of the data is created on each device.
- Backups of all data can be created and restored manually.

Improvements:
- When entering a title and place of a leave entry a quick selection of the most recently used titles and locations is displayed.
- When using the calendar integration it can be configured whether the calendar events of the leave entries should be created with availability free or busy.

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Please give feedback and rate the app if you like it. Thanks for your support!

Additional updates are already planned, stay tuned! 3.0.1 11/05/2013 This version is compatible with iOS 7. iOS 4 to iOS 6 is no longer supported.

New features:
- iCloud synchronization: All data of this app will be synchronized with all your iOS devices via iCloud. Before the update, a backup of the data is created on each device.
- Backups of all data can be created and restored manually.

Improvements:
- When entering a title and place of a leave entry a quick selection of the most recently used titles and locations is displayed.
- When using the calendar integration it can be configured whether the calendar events of the leave entries should be created with availability free or busy.

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Please give feedback and rate the app if you like it. Thanks for your support!

Additional updates are already planned, stay tuned! 3.0 10/31/2013 Improvements:
- Custom background images are now fully compatible with iPhone 5.
- Date selection views are now again correctly localized.

Included changes from version 2.8.1 and 2.8.2:

Improvements:
- Updated logo.
- Added public holidays of the years 2014 and 2015.
- Added a missing public holiday in 2013 for Germany.

Bug fixes:
- The app no longer crashes when the advanced view is selected on the overview page with disabled flex days.

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Please give feedback and rate the app if you like it. Thanks for your support!

Additional updates are already planned, stay tuned! 2.8.3 01/24/2013 Improvements:
- Added a missing public holiday in 2013 for Germany.

Included changes from version 2.8.1:

Improvements:
- Updated logo.
- Added public holidays of the years 2014 and 2015.

Bug fixes:
- The app no longer crashes when the advanced view is selected on the overview page with disabled flex days.

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Please give feedback and rate the app if you like it. Thanks for your support!

Additional updates are already planned, stay tuned! 2.8.2 12/20/2012 Improvements:
- Updated logo.
- Added public holidays of the years 2014 and 2015.

Bug fixes:
- The app no longer crashes when the advanced view is selected on the overview page with disabled flex days.

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Please give feedback and rate the app if you like it. Thanks for your support!

Additional updates are already planned, stay tuned! 2.8.1 12/08/2012 This version is compatible with the iPhone 5 and iOS 6. iOS 3.1.3 is no longer supported. Your device needs to run at least iOS 4.3.

Note: The App currently has a few minor issues with iOS 6 which will be fixed soon with version 2.8.1.

New features:
- Intelligent leave titles based on category, leave days and flex days.
- Export of leave entries via email as CSV files.

Improvements:
- Display of week numbers in the calendar.

Bug fixes:
- Trying to delete bridge days no longer crashes the app.

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Please give feedback and rate the app if you like it. Thanks for your support!

Additional updates are already planned, stay tuned! 2.8 09/20/2012 New features:
- Long tap an entry in the leave list to use a quick access function. Using this feature you can quickly switch to the calendar or take over a public holiday as a leave day.
- Bridge days are now also shown in the calendar of the app. You can configure their appearance in the calendar by using a marker or a colored background. The color is now also customizable.
- Days off (e.g. weekends) can now be configured to have their own custom color.
- You can now send an application for leave by email from every leave entry.
- The info page contains tips how to use the app.

Improvements:
- Settings for the appearance of the calendar are now directly accessible from the calendar.
- When you use custom leave years both years are now shown on the title of the overview page and leave list.
- There are new custom backgrounds with custom color schemata available.

Bug fixes:
- The settings of the calendar markers for public holidays and days off were not always used correctly.

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Please give feedback and rate the app if you like it. Thanks for your support!

Additional updates are already planned, stay tuned! 2.7 03/30/2012