Star.97.7 vs Retirement Countdown ·
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Star.97.7
Listen to classic hits from coastal Maine's local radio station. Enjoy local announcers, news, weather, and community event updates. Features artists like Elton John, The Eagles, and Queen.
- Live radio streaming
- Local news updates
- Community event listings
- Classic hits music library
- Local weather forecasts
- Local announcer content
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Locally owned and operated classic hits radio station for coastal Maine. We are a full service radio station featuring local announcers, locally produced news, local weather, and community events. Artists in our library include Elton John, Billy Joel, Heart, The Eagles, The Rolling Stones, Huey Lewis and the News, Pat Benatar, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Paul McCartney, Queen, and more!
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 in-app purchases: Star.97.7 at none against Retirement Countdown ·'s 4. Star.97.7 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and device support (3 vs 1). Retirement Countdown ·'s advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (13K vs 3). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Star.97.7 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Star.97.7 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retirement Countdown · has 13K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Star.97.7 ships an update every 9 months, Retirement Countdown · every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Star.97.7 | Retirement Countdown · |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.8 (13K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 45.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 13K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 10 days — 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 | 18.2 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 227 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stony Creek Broadcasting LLC | Zaffles |
Customer experience
Star.97.7
Retirement Countdown ·
Bugs and requests
Star.97.7
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
Star.97.7
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
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