Comparison

Simply Clock vs RetirementTracker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Simply Clock

This app displays the current time in a large, easy-to-read analog format. It offers gesture controls for customization, allowing users to change colors, show/hide elements, and adjust brightness. Multiple designs can be saved for quick access.

Highlights
  • Large, easy-to-read analog time display
  • Gesture controls for customization
  • Save multiple clock designs
  • Supports 24-hour format
  • No advertising
  • Email support
Features
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Simply Clock will show you the most current time in a lovingly designed layout. Due to the huge size of the displayed time you can read it very easily. How Simply Clock is controlled with gestures is described in the FAQ's! What time is it? The app gives you the answer! • No annoying advertising • E-Mail Support (German / English) • Clear layout / easy to use • 24h format is supported • gesture control    > 1 finger: change colors    > 2 fingers: show / hide date    > 3 fingers: Show / hide statusbar    > 4 fingers: Show / hide seconds / year    > Swipe: change the brightness or light intensity    > Long tap: Change font    > Shake: Show help • use it for promotional purposes / grandfather clock • Save multiple designs    > Delete: by a longer tap • FAQ available • PS: If you have any questions or requests feel free to contact the support. Please check beforehand, if your questions can already be solved with FAQ. Every comment helps to improve Simply Clock. enjoy..

About

RetirementTracker

This app tracks the remaining workdays until your retirement, deducting weekends, public holidays, and vacation time. It offers detailed calculations, customizable plans, and motivating milestones to keep your finish line in view.

Highlights
  • Workday countdown to retirement
  • Deducts weekends, holidays, and vacation
  • Career progress percentage
  • Customizable workweek and vacation
  • Milestones and reminders
  • Shareable countdown image
  • Local data storage
Features
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How many workdays are left until you retire? RetirementTracker is your retirement countdown: it counts not just the calendar days until your retirement date, but your real workdays – weekends, your region's public holidays and your vacation are already deducted. Up to date every day, live down to the second. Whether retirement is months or many years away, RetirementTracker keeps your finish line in view. YOUR RETIREMENT COUNTDOWN • Calendar days until your retirement date, live with hours, minutes and seconds • Your actual workdays until retirement – after weekends, public holidays and vacation • Career progress: what percentage of your working life is already behind you? • Weeks and months until retirement at a glance • Motivating messages for your final years at work • Share your countdown as an image with family, friends and coworkers TRANSPARENT CALCULATION No guesswork: the detailed breakdown shows how your workdays add up – weekdays, non-working days, your region's public holidays and your total vacation entitlement until retirement, including the vacation you haven't planned yet. YOUR RETIREMENT PLAN, YOUR RULES • Set your retirement date • Choose your workweek: Monday to Friday, part-time or your own workdays • Enter vacation days per year and the days you have left this year • Optional: your career start date for your career progress • Work phases: plan changes to your workweek, such as fewer workdays before retirement • What-if plans: save different retirement plans and compare them MILESTONES & REMINDERS • Automatic milestones such as 1,000, 500 or 100 days left • Your own milestones for personal stages • Reminders on the milestone day and the day before at 8:00 AM VACATION, HOLIDAYS & LONG WEEKENDS • Vacation calendar with your vacation, public holidays and your own holidays • See the upcoming public holidays at a glance • Public holidays for 13 countries, including every US state, the UK nations, all German states and Swiss cantons, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland and the Nordic countries • A holiday is missing? Add it yourself – it counts in the calculation • Find time off: combine public holidays and vacation into long weekends and longer breaks WIDGETS WITH PREMIUM With RetirementTracker Premium, your countdown lives on your home screen: • Workdays, calendar days, progress and motivation widgets • Each in light and dark • With your own photo • One-time purchase: no ads, no subscription YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU All your details are stored locally on your device. No account, no sign-up. IN 5 LANGUAGES English, German, French, Italian and Spanish – in light and dark mode. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose your retirement date, country and region 2. Enter your workweek and vacation days 3. Start your countdown – RetirementTracker does the math WHO IS RETIREMENTTRACKER FOR? • Anyone planning their retirement who wants to count the workdays left • Full-time and part-time employees who want to keep track of vacation and holidays until retirement • Anyone who wants to approach their final working years with a clear goal in sight • Everyone who looks forward to retirement a little more every day WHY RETIREMENTTRACKER? Real workdays instead of a rough estimate A calculation you can follow, with a detailed breakdown Your region's public holidays included automatically Flexible for full-time, part-time and planned changes Clear, fast and no account needed Premium is a one-time purchase – no subscription Note: RetirementTracker counts the days until the retirement date you choose. It does not calculate pension amounts, is not affiliated with any pension provider or authority, and does not provide financial or retirement advice. Holiday data without guarantee. Start your retirement countdown today and watch retirement get closer every day.

Screenshots

Simply Clock4 screens
RetirementTracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simply Clock at 83% against RetirementTracker's 0%. Simply Clock also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). RetirementTracker's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

RetirementTracker is free to download; Simply Clock costs $0.99 up front. RetirementTracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simply Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simply Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simply Clock has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Simply Clock's written reviews are positive against 0% of RetirementTracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simply Clock ships an update every 2 months, RetirementTracker every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Simply Clock versus RetirementTracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimply ClockRetirementTracker
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (22 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerbest-ios-appsVincent Waelken

Customer experience

Simply Clock

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

RetirementTracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Simply Clock

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

RetirementTracker

One-time1
  • Premium-Widgets$1.99

Questions

Is Simply Clock free?
Simply Clock costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RetirementTracker free?
RetirementTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simply Clock or RetirementTracker?
Simply Clock is rated higher. Simply Clock averages 4.8 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while RetirementTracker averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Simply Clock or RetirementTracker have ads?
Neither Simply Clock nor RetirementTracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simply Clock or RetirementTracker?
Simply Clock ships an update every 2 months, and RetirementTracker every 3 days. Most recently, Simply Clock was updated on October 6, 2026 and RetirementTracker on October 19, 2026.

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