Projections vs Retirement Ready 2026
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Projections
This app helps you plan for retirement by allowing you to input your assets, income, spending, and contributions. It provides real-time updates on how adjustments affect your savings goals, offering confidence in your financial future.
- Create retirement projections
- Manual or guided setup
- Real-time impact analysis
- Input assets, income, spending
- Track contributions
- Confidence in financial future
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Planning for retirement can be overwhelming. "How much do I need to save in order to retire?" Well, that depends... when do you want to retire? How much do you want to spend in retirement? When do you want to spend it? You probably want to spend more early in retirement than later. Do you have a pension? How much debt do you have? So many variables. Projections simplifies the complicated task of retirement planning. Create a new projection with a guide or start with a blank slate and enter your assets, income, spending and contributions manually. You can see the impacts of every slight adjustment to your projection in real time so it's easy to identify how much you need to save in order to support the amount you intend to spend. This will give you confidence that your future is on solid ground and that your family and estate will be cared for by the assets that you leave behind. Projections is supported with Ads. (A Subscription can be purchased to remove ads) To view our terms of use and privacy policy please visit the link below: https://1010consulting.ca/apps/projections/ProjectionsPrivacyPolicy
Retirement Ready 2026
This offline calculator helps military members estimate their retirement pay and VA disability compensation. It supports various retirement systems and includes detailed breakdowns of income, assumptions, and official source links for planning purposes.
- Offline retirement pay calculator
- VA disability compensation estimation
- Support for multiple retirement systems
- Detailed income breakdown
- Official source links
- No account required
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Plan your military retirement with Retirement Ready, an offline calculator for retired pay and VA disability compensation. Explore High-36, Blended Retirement System (BRS), Final Pay, REDUX, approved early retirement, Guard and Reserve retirement, and Chapter 61 medical retirement scenarios. • Estimate monthly military retired pay from your entered pay base and creditable service. • Use the High-36 helper to calculate a weighted average over 36 months. • Estimate VA compensation with bundled 2026 rates and supported dependent additions, or enter your actual VA award. • Understand VA offsets, CRDP, and an entered approved CRSC award. • Include estimated Survivor Benefit Plan premiums and other deductions. • Review the income breakdown, assumptions, explanations, and official source links. • Optionally remember your selections on your device and clear them in Settings. No account is required. Calculations work offline. No advertising, analytics, tracking, or subscriptions are included. Results are planning estimates before tax, not official benefit awards or eligibility determinations. Enter your actual High-36 average or Final Pay basic pay; the app does not derive pay from rank. Bundled VA rates are effective December 1, 2025. Special cases may require individual review. Retirement Ready is an independent app from Momentum Apps, LLC. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by DoD, DFAS, VA, or any military branch. Verify decisions using official records and qualified guidance. Official references: https://militarypay.defense.gov/Pay/Retirement/ https://www.dfas.mil/RetiredMilitary/plan/estimate/ https://www.va.gov/disability/compensation-rates/veteran-rates/ Privacy Policy: https://retirementready.app/privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: https://retirementready.app/terms-of-service/ Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: support@momentumapps.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Projections at Free against Retirement Ready 2026's $0.99. Projections also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 9 months) and rating (2.0 vs 1.7). Retirement Ready 2026's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Projections is free to download; Retirement Ready 2026 costs $0.99 up front. Projections sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Retirement Ready 2026 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Projections holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retirement Ready 2026 has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Projections ships an update every 2 weeks, Retirement Ready 2026 every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Projections | Retirement Ready 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 7015781 Manitoba Inc | Momentum Apps, LLC |
Customer experience
Projections
Retirement Ready 2026
In-app purchases
Projections
- Individual Subscription$2.991 Month
- Annual Description$29.991 Year
Retirement Ready 2026
No in-app purchases
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