Comparison

Working Days Counter & Widget 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

Working Days Counter & Widget

Track days until important events like vacations, holidays, or project deadlines. This app offers customizable countdowns, work schedule adjustments, and home screen widgets for a clear overview. Premium features include exclusion lists and calendar imports for precise tracking.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns and count-ups
  • Work schedule customization
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • iCloud sync
  • Sharing options
Features
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Get a clear view of the days ticking down to your next big milestone, vacation, or project deadline with Working Days! This sleek app is tailored for professionals who anticipate their free time or count days until important work-related events. Key Features: ◆ Customizable Countdowns Create multiple countdowns (or count-ups!) for vacations, project deadlines, or public holidays ◆ Work Schedules Customize to your workday schedule ◆ Exclusion Lists Filtering out off days and holidays for a precise countdown (requires premium) ◆ Calendar Import Import holidays from your existing calendars (requires premium) ◆ Home & Lock Screen Widgets Stay updated with a quick glance, no need to open the app ◆ Apple Watch App & Complications Quickly check Working Days right on your wrist ◆ iCloud Sync Seamlessly sync countdowns across your devices ◆ Sharing Options Share your countdowns with colleagues or on social media with a tap Perfect for anyone needing a visual reminder and tracker for the working days left until their well-deserved break or important work events.

About

Retirement Countdown

Plan your retirement with this app that calculates your financial readiness and identifies potential shortfalls. It helps you visualize your progress and explore options for early retirement, offering insights into your assets and risk.

Highlights
  • Financial retirement preparedness calculation
  • Retirement shortfall analysis
  • Early retirement affordability assessment
  • Asset tracking and organization
  • Risk assessment based on assets
  • Retirement countdown clock
Features
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Plan your path to retirement – with the WorkEnd app. - Calculate how well you're financially prepared for retirement - Identify a potential retirement shortfall early on - See if you can afford to retire earlier WorkEnd – your smart companion for a financially relaxed retirement. Your personal Retirement Countdown: The retirement countdown shows you exactly how close you are to your goal and helps you stay on track. Retirement Shortfall Analysis (Premium Feature): Find out early if you're at risk of a retirement shortfall. WorkEnd gives you a clear picture of your future financial situation and where you currently stand. Flexible Retirement (Premium Feature): Discover if you can retire earlier than planned. Don’t want to work until 67? WorkEnd helps you see if your assets are enough to support early retirement. Assets & Risk Assessment (Premium Feature): Keep track of your assets – clearly and organized. Based on your asset allocation and investment horizon, you'll receive a risk assessment to support smarter financial decisions. WorkEnd Premium can be activated via a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time purchase for lifetime use. Please note our data privacy regulations at https://workend.app/privacy-policy-app. Apple's Terms of Use apply, which you can find at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.

Screenshots

Working Days Counter & Widget4 screens
Retirement Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Retirement Countdown at none against Working Days Counter & Widget's shown. Retirement Countdown also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and review sentiment (91% vs 74%). Working Days Counter & Widget's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Working Days Counter & Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Retirement Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 — 4.7 for Working Days Counter & Widget against 4.8 for Retirement Countdown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 203 and 166 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Working Days Counter & Widget's written reviews are positive against 91% of Retirement Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Working Days Counter & Widget ships an update monthly, Retirement Countdown weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Working Days Counter & Widget versus Retirement Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorking Days Counter & WidgetRetirement Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (203 ratings)4.8 (166 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings203 — better166
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShayes Apps LLCTobias Feldmann

Customer experience

Working Days Counter & Widget

All ratings203 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative21.7%

Retirement Countdown

All ratings166 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

Bugs and requests

Working Days Counter & Widget

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App icon multiplies on Home Screen
  • Does not work as expected, wrong counting
  • App counts down incorrectly, stays at the same number
  • Lost schedule after a new release
  • Widget is black and doesn't show countdown

Requested features

6 requests
  • Widget counters rotate
  • Display time in years, months, days, minutes
  • Show percentage towards completion based on start date
  • Add other languages
  • Annual recurrence option
Show 1 more
  • More detailed breakdown in one click (weeks, months, hours, minutes, weekdays)

Retirement Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Working Days Counter & Widget

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99
5 purchases

Retirement Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • WorkEnd Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • WorkEnd Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$17.901 Year
One-time3
  • WorkEnd Premium (Solidarity)$6.99
  • Premium (Lifetime offer)$14.99
  • WorkEnd Premium (Lifetime)$29.99

Questions

Is Working Days Counter & Widget free?
Working Days Counter & Widget 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, Working Days Counter & Widget or Retirement Countdown?
Retirement Countdown is rated higher. Working Days Counter & Widget averages 4.7 out of 5 from 203 ratings, while Retirement Countdown averages 4.8 from 166 ratings.
Do Working Days Counter & Widget or Retirement Countdown have ads?
Working Days Counter & Widget shows ads; Retirement Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Working Days Counter & Widget or Retirement Countdown?
Working Days Counter & Widget ships an update monthly, and Retirement Countdown weekly. Most recently, Working Days Counter & Widget was updated on October 17, 2026 and Retirement Countdown on October 16, 2026.

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