Countdown vs Retirement Countdown ·
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown
This app calculates your predicted lifespan for entertainment purposes. It also tracks your time alive with second-level accuracy. The goal is to encourage healthier habits and a greater appreciation for time.
- Predict lifespan (for entertainment)
- Calculate time alive (accurate to seconds)
- Encourages health awareness
- Promotes efficient time use
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How long have I been alive in this world? The purpose of this program is to make people pay attention to health, drink less alcohol, smoke less, and exercise more. Features: • Base on big data to calculate When Will You Die (For entertainment only). • Calculate How long have I been alive in this world? (Accurate to seconds) • Learn how to cherish time and use it efficiently. For entertainment only, please don't take it seriously, pay attention to life, maintain exercise, and be in a good mood to live longer.
Retirement Countdown ·
Track your retirement date with a visually appealing countdown. Features include daily reminders, home screen widgets, and the ability to share your progress with loved ones. Enjoy beautiful background images and offline functionality.
- Retirement countdown timer
- Home screen widget
- Daily notification reminders
- Share countdown with friends
- Offline functionality
- Customizable background images
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Simple, elegant design shows you how long until your upcoming retirement with beautiful background images. There is also a widget to track your countdown on your home screen. Daily notifications remind you how long until your big retirement day. • Easily share your retirement countdown with friends and family • Post your retirement countdown to Facebook with one click • Retirement Countdown works offline • Countless beautiful background images for you retirement countdown • Great to use as retirement countdown wallpaper Please email us or leave review feedback for feature requests or any other improvement suggestions you have for Retirement Countdown. We love to hear from you and are always looking to improve our Retirement Countdown app! Please share Retirement Countdown app with your friends and family! End User License Agreement: https://zaffles.bitbucket.io/retirementCountdown/terms_of_use.html Thanks! Team Zaffles
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Retirement Countdown · at 4.8 against Countdown's 3.7. Retirement Countdown · also leads on ratings volume (12K vs 150) and review sentiment (49% vs 40%). Countdown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Retirement Countdown · sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Retirement Countdown · holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retirement Countdown · has 12K ratings behind it against 150, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 49% of Retirement Countdown ·'s.
Countdown ships an update every 3 weeks, Retirement Countdown · fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Countdown | Retirement Countdown · |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (150 ratings) | 4.8 (12K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.3% of reviews | 49.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 150 | 12K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 225 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 长金 胡 | Zaffles |
Customer experience
Countdown
Retirement Countdown ·
Bugs and requests
Countdown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Retirement Countdown ·
Reported bugs
1 issue- Snapola error message when setting retirement date
Requested features
2 requests- Ability to track multiple countdowns
- Percentage of career completion
In-app purchases
Countdown
No in-app purchases
Retirement Countdown ·
- Retirement Supporter/Monthly$0.491 Month
- Retirement Supporter/Annual$4.991 Year
- Retirement Lifetime Supporter$3.99
- Retirement Lifetime Supporter$6.99
Questions
Is Countdown free?
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