Retirement Countdown · vs CT Lottery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
CT Lottery
Play KENO and your favorite lottery draw games directly from your phone. Access winning numbers, game information, and a retailer locator. All official CT Lottery features are now conveniently available.
- Play KENO
- Play lottery draw games
- Find winning numbers
- Learn about games
- Retailer locator
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Play KENO and your favorite lottery draw games today with the official CT Lottery mobile app! This app puts all things CT Lottery right at your fingertips – the ability to play, find winning numbers, learn more about our games, a retailer locator, and more! Purchasers must be 18 or older. Help is available for problem gambling. Call 888.789.7777 or visit CCPG.org.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CT Lottery at none against Retirement Countdown ·'s 4. CT Lottery also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). Retirement Countdown ·'s advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (45% vs 21%). On price, rating and ratings volume 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. CT Lottery asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Retirement Countdown · against 4.7 for CT Lottery. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13K and 12K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of Retirement Countdown ·'s written reviews are positive against 21% of CT Lottery's.
Retirement Countdown · ships an update every 10 days, CT Lottery every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Retirement Countdown · | CT Lottery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13K ratings) — better | 4.7 (12K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.3% of reviews — better | 20.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 12K |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 227 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zaffles | BrightStar Global Solutions Corporation |
Customer experience
Retirement Countdown ·
CT Lottery
User reviews
Retirement Countdown ·
From 13K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful widget
- 💎 Beautiful backgrounds
- 🎉 Exciting countdown
- 🙋♀️ Helpful daily updates
Room to improve
- 🔍 Collects too much personal data
- 🛑 Intrusive ads
- 🐛 Snapola error message
CT Lottery
From 12K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast scanning
- 💡 Organized and easy to use
- 🚀 Quick ticket lookup
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unreliable login and authentication
- 🐛 Inconsistent ticket scanning
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy performance
- 👎 Poor mobile design and user experience
- 🔒 Excessive security verification
Bugs and 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
CT Lottery
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent login issues and account lockouts
- Ticket scanner not working consistently
- App freezing or crashing on startup
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to view past winning numbers and ticket details
- Option to play both day and night drawings together
- Improved ticket scanning and results display
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
CT Lottery
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Retirement Countdown · free?
Is CT Lottery free?
Which has better reviews, Retirement Countdown · or CT Lottery?
Do Retirement Countdown · or CT Lottery have ads?
Which is updated more often, Retirement Countdown · or CT Lottery?
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