# Final Formation — Military Transition Guide

> Military Transition Guide (iPhone/iPad app by Patricia Decker.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/final-formation/id6797622330 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Patricia Decker](https://appshunter.io/developer/6797622332)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: $4.99 with in-app purchases (on sale, was $9.99)
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 27 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-21
- Data updated: 2026-09-17
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/final-formation/id6797622330/reviews.md

## What is Final Formation?

Final Formation is an all-in-one military transition companion currently designed for United States Service Members preparing for retirement or separation.

Stay organized with a personalized timeline, transition checklist, VA claims education, local document storage, benefits planning, calendar tools, and career preparation resources.

Features include:
• Personalized retirement or separation timeline
• Transition milestones, tasks, reminders, and calendar synchronization
• VA claims education and condition tracking
• On-device document vault with viewing, renaming, export, backup, and restore
• Retirement, VA compensation, SBP, VGLI, and PCS planning estimates
• Retirement ceremony planning
• Career preparation and résumé tools
• Account deletion inside the app

Premium Career and Premium Planning Tools are available through a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase.

Firebase Authentication handles account credentials. Documents and personal transition information remain stored locally on the user’s device. Deleting the app may remove unexported local documents.

Final Formation is an independent educational and organizational resource. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, or United States Marine Corps, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard and Navy. Benefit and payment estimates are for planning only and should be verified with official agencies.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $4.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Final Formation Premium Tools | $7.99 | one-time |


## Chart rankings

- #76 in Top Paid · Productivity (US App Store)


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5 — 2026-09-11

small visual fixes
fixed bugs in system
added a share options for user on the dashboard.

### 1.4 — 2026-09-06

This update improves Final Formation’s transition-planning experience across all supported military branches.
• Remove SkillBridge from your Timeline when it isn’t part of your transition plan, with confirmation and an easy option to restore it
• Improved progress tracking so completion bars accurately reflect the tasks currently listed
• Updated 2026 PCS mileage, travel, retirement-pay, and benefits information
• Added prior-enlisted officer pay support to the retirement estimator
• Refreshed official VA resources and eligibility guidance
• Improved branch-specific timelines, terminology, and transition requirements
• General reliability, accuracy, and usability improvements

### 1.3 — 2026-08-31

Added LinkedIn Links to help service members get Free LinkedIn Premium.
Added collapsibility to the task lists.

### 1.2 — 2026-08-25

- Added full support for Marine Corps, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard transition paths.
- Added branch-specific dashboards, imagery, ranks, terminology, timelines, milestones, checklists, and official resources.
- Added a Coast Guard TAP tracker and branch-specific transition guidance.
- Added a unified progress system that preserves completed tasks when switching branches or transition types.
- Improved profile persistence and added a non-destructive migration for existing user data.
- Added transition-calendar planning with custom events, task-date editing, map locations, and Apple Calendar synchronization.
- Added configurable transition reminders and notification management.
- Expanded SkillBridge, TRS/TAP, outbound interview, retirement ceremony, and VA claim preparation workflows.
- Added VA condition tracking, evidence preparation, claim education, and dependent-benefit calculations.
- Added career tools for job tracking, networking, interview preparation, résumé building, job matching, education goals, and offer comparison.
- Added retirement income-gap, survivor-insurance, benefits, and PCS/move-planning calculators.
- Expanded the local Document Vault with scanning, importing, organization, renaming, deletion, and document sharing.
- Added encrypted local backup, export, import, and restoration.
- Added Face ID app protection and quick sign-in support.
- Expanded Firebase account authentication, account creation, password recovery, guest access, and saved-account handling.
- Added premium-access and StoreKit entitlement handling.
- Added a Job Share extension for sending job opportunities into Final Formation.
- Added Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, customer support, data-storage information, data deletion, app-version, and “What’s New” screens.
- Added new dashboard, branch, login, ceremony, invitation, theme, and App Store artwork.
- Updated the app’s display name, bundle identifiers, signing configuration, entitlements, privacy manifest, encryption declaration, and permission descriptions.
- Lowered the deployment target to iOS 17 for broader compatibility.
- Added unit and UI test targets.
- Incremented the release from version 1.1 build 1 to version 1.1 build 2.
- Included general interface refinements, reliability improvements, data-preservation safeguards, and release-validation fixes.

### 1.1 — 2026-08-22

What’s New in Final Formation 1.1

• Added complete United States Air Force support, including Air Force-specific ranks, terminology, dashboard, visual theme, retirement and separation timelines, transition milestones, official resources, and SkillBridge guidance.

• Added a dedicated Air Force dashboard image and branch-specific transition experience.

• Added access to the Retirement Ceremony Planner from the retirement timelines for every supported branch.

• Improved the Marine Corps Outbound Interview requirements. Document-related actions now clearly say “Upload.”

• Updated the Marine Corps retirement checklist by replacing the CO/EAS Interview requirement with the Survivor Benefit Plan document requirement.

• Added collapsible VA Claim and Post-Service Benefit checklists across all supported branches, reducing excessive scrolling and making each section easier to navigate.

• Improved branch-specific timeline behavior so retirement-only tools remain hidden from Separation profiles.

• Added regression testing covering branch timelines, retirement ceremony access, ranks, terminology, profile data, and transition types.

• Included additional reliability improvements and interface refinements.

## More apps by Patricia Decker

- [Final Formation Lite](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/final-formation-lite/id6809262215)

All apps by Patricia Decker: https://appshunter.io/developer/6797622332

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