Comparison

Countdown to Everything vs iRetire Soon

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

Head to head
About

Countdown to Everything

Track important upcoming events with a customizable countdown. Create unlimited events, organize them with color-coded folders, and receive personalized alerts. Add widgets to your home screen and lock screen for quick access.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event creation
  • Color-coded event folders
  • Repeating event setup
  • Customizable countdown units
  • Personalized alerts
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Calendar event import
Features
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Countdown to Everything is a simple and customizable app to count down the days until any events in your life. Features: - Create unlimited events for any time in the past or future - Group events into color coded folders - Set up repeating events (yearly, monthly, weekly, daily) - Customize countdown units (years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes) - Customize alerts (yearly, monthly, weekly, daily) - Personalize each countdown and widget - Add widgets to your home screen and lock screen - Import events from your calendar

About

iRetire Soon

Features
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Nothing more than a simple, single date widget that calculates the time you have until your retirement. Nothing fancy. Just math.

Screenshots

Countdown to Everything3 screens
iRetire Soon4 screens

Verdict

The call

Countdown to Everything and iRetire Soon are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Countdown to Everything versus iRetire Soon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown to EverythingiRetire Soon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVictor JohnsonRickey Carter

In-app purchases

None

Countdown to Everything

No in-app purchases

None

iRetire Soon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown to Everything free?
Countdown to Everything is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iRetire Soon free?
iRetire Soon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown to Everything or iRetire Soon have ads?
Neither Countdown to Everything nor iRetire Soon shows ads.

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