Court Days - Date Calculator for Lawyers app for iPhone and iPad


4.5 ( 3895 ratings )
Business Utilities
Developer: Daniel Friedlander
0.99 USD
Current version: 2.0, last update: 8 years ago
First release : 18 Jul 2009
App size: 247.94 Kb

Court Days is an essential iPhone application for lawyers, paralegals, legal secretaries and all other legal professionals. Court Days allows you to quickly calculate the number of court days or calendar days (or a combination of the two) before or after a given date. It is simple to use and allows you to calculate multiple dates on a single screen.


New in version 2.0:

- You can now provide you own custom court holidays. This is especially useful if your jurisdiction is not in the applications default database or if your local court sets its own holiday schedule.

- You can now calculate the number of court days, calendar days, weekdays, etc. between two dates.

- You can now email the results of your date calculations.

- The application now defaults back to your last selections and settings on relaunch.

Because the observance of legal holidays varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction within the United States, the Court Days database contains legal holiday information for over 60 jurisdictions, including both state and federal courts.*

For example, in California, use Court Days to calculate the filing deadlines for a notice of motion, opposition brief, and reply brief by requesting dates 16, 9, and 5 court days before the hearing date. Dates can also be calculated in sequence (e.g. 30 calendar days from A, 10 court days from B, and 5 calendar days from C)

Court Days for iPhone provides a quick and efficient way to calculate court dates and deadlines without having to rely on that clumsy old paper date wheel or counting by hand on a paper calendar.

*(The Court Days database does not contain legal holiday information for the states of Wisconsin or Massachusetts, as each individual court in those states determines which holidays will be observed.)

Pros and cons of Court Days - Date Calculator for Lawyers app for iPhone and iPad

Court Days - Date Calculator for Lawyers app good for

I almost gave this app "5 stars". I just sent the developer an email suggesting that the numbers stay populated in the three fields after exiting the program. I hate to re-enter the numbers after each use. Maybe he can add a reset button for those who want a clean slate...
Love this app. Its great when you are out about and need to count days back or forward for motions or sol. Highly recommend. Also takes into account court closures, holiday and whatever.
Does not have the federal or state holidays of Puerto Rico. :-/
I heard about this app a couple of years ago, but for some reason (basic stubbornness, probably) refusing to get it. I mean, hello, Im an attorney, got through law school and everything, calculus before that--yes, I can count just fine, all by myself, thank you very much. But lately Ive started feeling like my head is going to explode if I have to count dates while Im trying to talk to someone--getting old, I guess. Ive played around with it a little now and it seems to work just fine and not be too hard to figure out, so I think this should make life a little easier. Thank you!
i have downloaded over 300 apps and this is the first time, i have written a review - terrible app no purpose to it and I want my money back. itunes should not let an app like this in the store. wow this is bad and I am just a fool for downloading it. it will be last dollar this developer gets from me.
Great little reference tool.. Very easy to use.. 5 big stars..

Some bad moments

Useless for statute of limitations tool. There is no reason to not allow calender to start more than a year back to check for the running of a statutes date. You should update this
While the calendar function works, the court date calculations do not - at least in Florida. The due dates are shown as long after when actually due under the Rules. If you rely upon the date calculations, make sure your malpractice coverage is current.
Have someone on your staff add in all the territories, commonwealths, possessions, trusts, etc into the Juristictions. Especially the Virgin Islands.
Your description is misleading. It says that the app does not include the Massachusetts holidays, but it doesnt even include Massachusetts at all!! Please update with Massachusetts, or refund money. Also, no instructions as to how to use.
App will not work on iPhone OS versions under 3.13. Thats a real shame. Developer: you should change your target OS settings to iPhone 3.0 under the "Project Settings" screen in XCode. You can still compile against the Base SDK, but youll also support devices all the way back to 3.0.
The functionality of this app is different than what is stated in the app description. It is extremely difficult to use and the developer will likely not respond to any questions (at least he has not yet responded to me). That is shameful for an attorney not to respond to another attorney. That should tell you all you need to know. Think twice before buying.

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