RetireSmartIRA

RetireSmartIRA

Roth, RMD & IRMAA Calculator

15 ratings
7 reviews
Free

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Released
March 4, 2026
Updated
November 2, 2026

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Plan and manage retirement taxes with real-time financial modeling. Analyze Roth conversions, Social Security claiming, RMDs, and Medicare surcharges. Offers detailed projections and scenario building for informed financial decisions.

✓Roth conversion analysis
✓Social Security claiming strategy
✓RMD projections
✓IRMAA and ACA cliff impact
✓Scenario builder with real-time updates
✓Detailed tax waterfall visualization
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What's New in RetireSmartIRA

2.8.2

November 2, 2026

2.8.2: A Better Mac App, and Refined Legacy Calculations Mac - Text size on Mac: choose View > Make Text Bigger (Command-=) to enlarge text across the app, up to 150%. Make Text Smaller (Command-minus) and Make Text Normal Size (Command-0) are next to it, and the app remembers your choice. - A new Go menu moves between screens, with Command-1 through Command-9 for the first nine. - File > Export Tax Summary PDF (Command-E). - Two windows open on the Multi-Year Plan now keep each other's changes. Legacy planning - Legacy Impact now counts the RMDs you and your spouse take during your lifetimes, after tax and reinvested in a taxable account, with and without a Roth conversion. Family wealth figures will change, and the family gain from a conversion can be substantially lower. - The return on taxes paid is now an annual rate, shown next to your taxable account's growth rate. - If your heir's salary would not change the result, a note now explains why. Scenarios and Medicare - The Scenario Summary now shows how its Additional Tax total divides between income tax and Medicare IRMAA. - The IRMAA-free conversion banner now appears only when no one in your household is 63 or older, because IRMAA uses joint income from two years earlier. - Clearer notes and labels throughout, including the Per-Decision Tax Impact and the Social Security planner. The app shows the numbers and leaves the decision to you. Charts and reports - The 40-year RMD chart labels each decade. - The Tax Summary PDF keeps section headings with their tables, and the tax bar displays correctly on Mac. - The Social Security chart names your plan-to age under the legend. - Account balances stay on one line in narrow columns, and conversion ladder labels fit on iPhone.

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User reviews

Just ok

The ‘optimized’ scenario has me doing ROTH conversions for several decades, well into when I would be subject to RMDs.

Interesting

A little hard to navigate and compare different scenarios

Response from developer

Thank you for the review. Navigating between scenarios and comparing them is fair feedback and it is something I want to get right. If you have a few minutes to tell me what you were working on and where it slowed you down, I would appreciate it. support@retiresmartira.com comes straight to me.

Detailed annual retirement contribution and tax decisions!

Finally an app that helps you make detailed annual retirement contribution and tax decisions. I’ve used several other apps, always looking for something that would give me the annual big picture information I needed to make my annual decisions are IRAs, Roth Conversions, Estimated Taxes, etc in one place, not spread across multiple apps and screens.

I’m in my early 60s and married. I’ve used, and very much appreciate, tools like Boldin (New Retirement) that really help with long term retirement planning, but leave a bit of hole when trying to see the impact of competing financial decisions for a single year. The app uses sliders and graphs to help see benefits and tradeoffs of different amounts of contributions, conversions, and withdrawals as it relates to taxes. The Analysis section is detailed with good tips and detailed info. Very happy to find this app.

Developer is active and responsive to feedback.
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Response from developer

Thank you RP or taking the time to write this — and especially for naming the gap so precisely. You've described the design intent better than my own marketing copy: long-term planners like Boldin show you the multi-decade picture, but leave you stuck when you sit down in March needing to decide this year's Roth conversion, this year's QCD, this year's estimated tax payments. Please continue to share your input and critical analysis to help make RetireSmartIRA better. Reviews like this and direct feedback to retiresmartira@gmail.com genuinely shape the roadmap.

Just in Time!

This app came along “just in time” for me. I was wrestling with some of the same questions it’s designed to answer —how to avoid tax bracket changes and Medicare surcharges while maximizing 401K and RMD withdrawals. It’s very comprehensive and easy to use. I love the scenario feature and the ability to see all the impacts and sources quickly. It even helped identify a flaw in a homemade spreadsheet I had made for the same questions. Thank you!
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Response from developer

Thank you Kaveat Emptor. I am so pleased you quickly found value and are now diving into scenarios to uncover more. Your input is invaluable to me, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any issues or opportunities RetireSmartIRA should address. Mt support email is retiresmartira@gmail.com. Thank you again and best regards - John

Just what I needed!

This app is terrific. Gave me insights and guidance I would not have clued into anywhere else. Best tool I have in the toolbox for retirement planning. Thank you!

Response from developer

Thank you, GregorJames. “Best tool in the toolbox” is high praise — and it captures exactly what I wanted this to be: a focused, specific tool that sits alongside whatever else you’re using. If features or scenarios come up that would make it more useful, please let me know at retiresmartira@gmail.com.

FAQ

What is RetireSmartIRA?

RetireSmartIRA is a free finance app designed to help users plan and manage their retirement taxes. It provides tools for analyzing Roth conversions, Social Security claiming strategies, Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs), and Medicare surcharges (IRMAA).

Is RetireSmartIRA free to use?

Yes, RetireSmartIRA is completely free to use. It is available at no cost to users, offering advanced retirement tax planning features without any purchase required.

What devices does RetireSmartIRA support?

RetireSmartIRA is available on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. This allows users to access their retirement planning tools across multiple Apple devices.

How secure is RetireSmartIRA?

While the description doesn't detail specific security measures, the app focuses on providing accurate financial projections. Users should always practice general online safety when inputting financial information into any application.

When was RetireSmartIRA last updated?

RetireSmartIRA was last updated on May 13, 2026. The latest version is 1.8.1, indicating ongoing development and feature enhancements.

What kind of tax scenarios can RetireSmartIRA model?

RetireSmartIRA can model various tax scenarios, including the impact of Roth conversions on federal, state, and Medicare taxes. It also analyzes Social Security claiming strategies, RMDs, IRMAA, ACA cliffs, and charitable giving timing.

Does RetireSmartIRA have ads?

No, RetireSmartIRA does not contain advertisements. As a free application, it provides an ad-free experience for users focused on financial planning.

How does RetireSmartIRA handle inherited IRAs?

RetireSmartIRA specifically addresses the complexities of inherited IRAs, including different beneficiary types and the 10-year rule. It projects annual RMDs for up to 20 years, accounting for various decedent treatments.