Comparison

Countdown to Anything! vs Retirement Countdown ·

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

Head to head
About

Countdown to Anything!

Easily track upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Choose from a vast library of icons or create your own to personalize your countdowns for any occasion, from birthdays to holidays. Get notifications and share your progress with friends.

Highlights
  • Create countdowns to any date/time
  • Customizable with hundreds of icons
  • Repeating countdowns (yearly, weekly)
  • Tagging for organization
  • End countdown notifications
  • Shareable countdowns
  • Add notes to countdowns
Features
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Count down to anything - birthdays, vacations, weddings, baby due dates and more - with no ads! FEATURES • Create countdowns to any future date and time, or even countups from a past event • Customise your countdowns with hundreds of cute icons for birthdays, vacations, weddings, baby due dates and lots more • Add a widget to your home screen showing your favourite countdown • Get notifications when your countdowns end • Share your countdowns privately with your friends, even if they don't have the app • Create repeating countdowns, such as yearly countdowns for a birthday, or even a weekly countdown to Friday evening! • Got lots of countdowns? Add custom tags to them so you can see similar countdowns at once. Try creating a "Birthdays" tag! • Add notes to your countdowns, like birthday present ideas, or travel details • No ads! I really don't like ads in apps, so there are no ads and no data sharing at all in Countdown to Anything PREMIUM FEATURES • More widgets - add as many as you want, plus a widget showing a list of your next countdowns • 240+ extra icons for every occasion • Unlimited colours, plus a hex picker for when you need it to be just right • Get reminder notifications before a countdown ends, not just when it ends • Extra layout options, custom time units, and more Premium is available as a one-time lifetime purchase or a yearly subscription. You can try Premium free for 7 days to see if you like it. BUILT-IN COUNTDOWNS Countdown to Anything also has a huge selection of built-in countdowns so you can easily count down to major events. Built-in events include holidays like New Year's Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwali, Easter Sunday, Halloween, St Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, and Chuseok, as well as sporting events including the World Cup and Olympics. ICONS There are icons for every occasion: vacations (including holidays, flights and cruises), concerts and festivals, movie and game releases, exams, anniversaries, parties, retirement, moving house, and hundreds more. In the unlikely event you can't find what you're looking for, contact me from the Settings screen in the app and I'll do my best to add a new icon for you! ABOUT ME Hi! I'm Gary, the developer behind Countdown to Anything. I handle the whole app myself, from development and design to support, bug fixes, and updates. I've built Countdown to Anything to be the kind of app I'd want to use: simple, useful and private. I hope you like it! ABOUT PURCHASES Premium is an optional upgrade, available as an annual subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Annual subscriptions will automatically renew unless auto-renew is tuned off at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. You can manage your subscription on the Premium screen in the app, or in your iPhone's Settings app. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Retirement countdown timer
  • Home screen widget
  • Daily notification reminders
  • Share countdown with friends
  • Offline functionality
  • Customizable background images
Features
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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

Screenshots

Countdown to Anything!4 screens
Retirement Countdown ·4 screens

Verdict

The call

Countdown to Anything! and Retirement Countdown · both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Countdown to Anything!'s written reviews are positive against 49% of Retirement Countdown ·'s. Countdown to Anything! also leads on ads (none vs shown). Retirement Countdown ·'s advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 571). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Countdown to Anything! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year and Retirement Countdown · sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Countdown to Anything! against 4.8 for Retirement Countdown ·. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retirement Countdown · has 12K ratings behind it against 571, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Countdown to Anything!'s written reviews are positive against 49% of Retirement Countdown ·'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown to Anything! ships an update fortnightly, Retirement Countdown · every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown to Anything! versus Retirement Countdown ·: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown to Anything!Retirement Countdown ·
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (571 ratings)4.8 (12K ratings)
Positive reviews94.3% of reviews — better49.3% of reviews
Number of ratings57112K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB227 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJupliZaffles

Customer experience

Countdown to Anything!

All ratings571 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews317 reviews
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.2%

Retirement Countdown ·

All ratings12,392 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative45.1%

User reviews

Countdown to Anything!

From 571 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Fun and cute
  • 🗓️ Helpful for keeping track of events
  • 🎨 Customizable with colors and icons
  • ⭐ Reliable and accurate
  • 🔍 Useful for remembering important dates

Room to improve

  • 💰 Some features locked behind paywall
  • 🕰️ Countdown sometimes off by a day
  • 🔒 Widgets only available with premium
  • 🎨 Limited free icon/color options

Retirement Countdown ·

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Useful widget
  • 💎 Beautiful backgrounds
  • 🎉 Exciting countdown
  • 🙋‍♀️ Helpful daily updates

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Collects too much personal data
  • 🛑 Intrusive ads
  • 🐛 Snapola error message

Bugs and requests

Countdown to Anything!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Countdowns randomly disappearing
  • App crashing on launch for some users

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add option to subtract weekends from countdowns
  • Allow customizing countdown format (days vs weeks)
  • Provide more free icons and color options
  • Make widgets available in free version
  • Add ability to set reminders for countdowns

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

2 purchases

Countdown to Anything!

Subscriptions1
  • Premium7 Days trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium (Lifetime)$9.99
4 purchases

Retirement Countdown ·

Subscriptions2
  • Retirement Supporter/Monthly$0.491 Month
  • Retirement Supporter/Annual$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • Retirement Lifetime Supporter$3.99
  • Retirement Lifetime Supporter$6.99

Questions

Is Countdown to Anything! free?
Countdown to Anything! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retirement Countdown · free?
Retirement Countdown · is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown to Anything! or Retirement Countdown ·?
Countdown to Anything! and Retirement Countdown · are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 571 and 12K ratings respectively.
Do Countdown to Anything! or Retirement Countdown · have ads?
Retirement Countdown · shows ads; Countdown to Anything! does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown to Anything! or Retirement Countdown ·?
Countdown to Anything! ships an update fortnightly, and Retirement Countdown · every 2 weeks. Most recently, Countdown to Anything! was updated on August 25, 2026 and Retirement Countdown · on September 27, 2026.

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