Loan Calculator‰ vs Retire How $
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loan Calculator‰
Easily calculate loan or mortgage payments. Simply input the loan amount, repayment term, and interest rate to get your estimated monthly payment.
- Loan calculation
- Mortgage calculation
- Amount input
- Term input
- Rate input
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This app is perfect to calculate a loan or mortgage. It is very simple just enter your amount, term, and rate.
Retire How $
This app helps you calculate your monthly retirement income based on your savings and life expectancy. It offers inflation adjustments and educational videos to improve financial literacy. Plan your retirement with confidence.
- Monthly retirement income calculation
- Inflation adjustment
- Partner income integration
- Financial literacy videos
- Simple 3-5 input fields
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‘Retire How $’ calculates how much you can take out of savings each month from this month until your life expectancy age when your savings gets to zero. Add a partner, it’s inflation adjusted year over year. No generic 4% rule. 3 input fields, 5 if a partner. Short videos on every field to build your financial literacy along the way. Your finances. Your move. No In App Purchases, no Subscriptions. Built by ThreeOneOGirl LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Retire How $ at none against Loan Calculator‰'s shown. Retire How $ also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 16 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Loan Calculator‰'s advantage is ratings volume (106K vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Loan Calculator‰ against 5.0 for Retire How $. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loan Calculator‰ has 106K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Loan Calculator‰ ships an update every 16 months, Retire How $ every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loan Calculator‰ | Retire How $ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (106K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 106K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tim O's Studios, LLC | Christine Mayfield |
Customer experience
Loan Calculator‰
Retire How $
Bugs and requests
Loan Calculator‰
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ad banner covers input fields, making the app unusable
- Monthly interest figure shown is incorrect
- App crashes or freezes on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to calculate weekly or bi-weekly payments
- Implement amortization schedule feature
- Allow entering monthly payment to calculate loan amount or interest rate
- Provide option to remove ads through in-app purchase
Retire How $
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Loan Calculator‰
No in-app purchases
Retire How $
No in-app purchases
Questions
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