Comparison

Retirement Countdown App vs Final Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Retirement Countdown App

Track your journey to retirement with a customizable countdown. Discover inspiring quotes, bucket list ideas, and helpful tools to make your pre-retirement and post-retirement life fulfilling. Offers a free version with optional premium upgrades.

Highlights
  • Retirement countdown timer
  • Customizable themes and backgrounds
  • Retirement calculators
  • Bucket list creation and ideas
  • Daily inspiring quotes
  • Games and travel news
Features
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With this Retirement Countdown App you can see how much time you have left until retirement. Just set the date and time when you will retire and the app will calculate the time until your retirement. The Retirement Countdown will count down the months, days, hour, minutes and seconds until you are free to do whatever you want :) You can customize the look of this app by choosing different themes and background images. Where would you like to retire or go on a long vacation? Do you like the beach? Or hiking in the mountains, skiing in the snow? Or watching beautiful sunsets? What is on your bucket list for your retirement? Write down the things that you are dreaming of doing. Need inspiration? Our app will suggest fun ideas for you retirement bucket list. Our Quote of the Day will make the journey to your retirement more fun and inspire you to live a fulfilling life in the here and now. ******************************************* FEATURES - Retirement Countdown - Retirement calculators - Quote of the day - Bucket list - Ideas for your retirement - Picks of the week - Book recommendations - Games - Offers & Deals - Travel News Choose your favorite background theme, change styles and share your countdown via email or social media You can use most of this app totally free of charge. To use the premium version of this app that includes all themes, the feature to use your own picture, the quote of the day and no advertisement, we offer two auto-renewing subscriptions: $4.99 per month $17.99 per year These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. A purchase will be applied to your iTunes account on confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. We also offer a Lifetime subscription which is paid for by a one-off upfront payment of $59.99 with unlimited access to all features forever. Terms of service: http://www.kulanamedia.com/apps/terms.html Privacy policy: http://www.kulanamedia.com/apps/privacy.html

About

Final Countdown

Track upcoming events with beautiful live countdowns and count-ups. Customize your events with themes, categories, and reminders. Sync across devices and import from your calendar.

Highlights
  • Live countdowns and count-ups
  • Customizable themes and categories
  • Repeatable events (weekly, monthly, yearly)
  • Event reminders
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
  • Calendar import
Features
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Count down to the moments that matter, and count up the ones you want to remember. Final Countdown turns any date into a beautiful live countdown: birthdays, trips, weddings, deadlines, anniversaries… or the days since something happened. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Live countdowns to the second, shown as rings or bars, with years, months, days, hours and minutes. • Count-up mode: see how long it has been since a special date. • 8 colour themes and 6 categories to make every event your own. • Repeat weekly, monthly or yearly: birthdays and anniversaries come back by themselves. • Reminders when the time arrives, or earlier: from 15 minutes up to a month before. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. • iCloud sync across your iPhone and iPad, plus an Apple TV app (read-only) that shows your countdowns on the big screen as numbers, rings or bars. • Smart cards: with years or months to go you see just the two units that matter, and the seconds appear when it gets close. • Search, sort by date or name, and undo any delete or archive. • Import events from your Calendar and share any countdown as an image. • Made for iPhone and iPad, with Dark Mode and VoiceOver support. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads and no tracking. Your countdowns live on your device and in your own iCloud. FREE AND PRO Create up to 3 countdowns for free. Unlock Pro once, with no subscription, for unlimited countdowns. Widgets, themes, iCloud sync and the Apple TV app are free for everyone. Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Simplified Chinese.

Screenshots

Retirement Countdown App4 screens
Final Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Retirement Countdown App at 4.8 against Final Countdown's 2.3. Retirement Countdown App also leads on ratings volume (6.3K vs 3). Final Countdown's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Retirement Countdown App sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Final Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retirement Countdown App holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retirement Countdown App has 6.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Retirement Countdown App ships an update every 2 months, Final Countdown every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Retirement Countdown App versus Final Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetirement Countdown AppFinal Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6.3K ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews86.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.3K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreen Gecko LLCRoberto Martín López

Customer experience

Retirement Countdown App

All ratings6,300 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive86.6%
Neutral5.5%
Negative8.0%

Final Countdown

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Retirement Countdown App

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Countdown not updating accurately
  • Inability to turn off daily notifications

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add widget for home/lock screens
  • Option to track work days instead of calendar days
  • Weekly or monthly reminders

Final Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Retirement Countdown App

Subscriptions4
  • Remove Ads$2.991 Month
  • Premium Version$4.991 Month
  • Remove Ads$8.991 Year
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  • Premium Version$17.991 Year
One-time6
  • Theme Mountain Lake$0.99
  • Theme Mountain Lake 2$0.99
  • Theme Beach Hammock$0.99
Show 3 more
  • Theme Forest$0.99
  • function to add own picture$1.99
  • Remove ads$3.99
1 purchases

Final Countdown

One-time1
  • Final-Countdown-pro$0.99

Questions

Is Retirement Countdown App free?
Retirement Countdown App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Final Countdown free?
Final Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Retirement Countdown App or Final Countdown?
Retirement Countdown App is rated higher. Retirement Countdown App averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6.3K ratings, while Final Countdown averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Retirement Countdown App or Final Countdown have ads?
Retirement Countdown App shows ads; Final Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Retirement Countdown App or Final Countdown?
Retirement Countdown App ships an update every 2 months, and Final Countdown every 5 days. Most recently, Retirement Countdown App was updated on November 6, 2026 and Final Countdown on November 8, 2026.

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