Comparison

RetireWhen vs RetireMint

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RetireWhen

This app helps you plan your retirement by allowing you to adjust various financial factors and instantly visualize their impact on your future savings and depletion age through dynamic charts and interactive sliders.

Highlights
  • Dynamic real-time charts
  • Support for 3 user profiles
  • Adjust income, savings, and spending
  • Visualize depletion age and savings breakdown
  • Interactive sliders for real-time adjustments
  • Year-by-year results view
  • Advanced variable adjustments
Features
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RetireWhen: Plan Your Future, Instantly Take control of your retirement journey with RetireWhen – the intuitive, all-in-one retirement calculator that lets you see your future take shape as you adjust your plans. Features: • Dynamic charts that update instantly as you adjust values • Support for 3 profiles: Partner 1, Partner 2, and the two Combined • Set your income, savings, retirement age, spending, and more • Visualize depletion age and savings breakdown with clear graphs • Interactive sliders to tweak retirement age and spending in real-time • View detailed, year-by-year results in the Results tab • Adjust advanced variables like growth and inflation rates • iPad and iPhone optimized – works great in both portrait and landscape • All features included – no subscriptions or in-app purchases • Save results to Files or share via text, email, etc. • Your personal info stays on your phone. None of it is shared or sold to third parties Plan smarter. Know When you can Retire. Download RetireWhen today and take the guesswork out of your future.

About

RetireMint

This app simplifies retirement planning by providing visual tools and scenario modeling. It helps users understand their financial readiness for retirement and explore various life events and their potential impact on savings.

Highlights
  • Retirement scenario planning
  • Financial readiness assessment
  • Thousands of future simulations
  • Explore 'what-if' scenarios
  • Visual outcome modeling
  • Data privacy on device
Features
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Retirement planning shouldn't feel overwhelming. RetireMint makes it simple, visual, and empowering. RetireMint is the retirement planning app built for people who want real answers — not guesswork. Whether you're 10 years out or just starting to think about the future, RetireMint gives you the tools professionals use, in an interface anyone can navigate. KNOW YOUR NUMBER See exactly what you can live on in retirement — and whether you're on track to get there. RetireMint models your savings, contributions, pensions, and investments to give you a clear, honest picture of your retirement readiness. RUN THOUSANDS OF SCENARIOS Life doesn't follow a straight line. RetireMint's backtesting simulation engine runs thousands of possible futures so you can see the range of outcomes — best case, worst case, and everything in between. Know your probability of success before you need it to matter. EXPLORE THE WHAT-IFS The best retirement decisions aren't made in a vacuum — they're made by asking the right questions. RetireMint lets you model the moments that matter most: - What if I retired this year instead of waiting one more? - What if I bought an RV and traveled for a few years? - What if I worked part-time in retirement instead of stopping completely? - What if we bought a vacation home? - What if I increased my contributions by just 2% today? - What if I had a medical emergency? - What if the market drops 30% in my first year of retirement? Every what-if is a chance to make a smarter decision. RetireMint makes exploring them instant and visual. BUILT FOR iOS Designed natively for iPhone and iPad, RetireMint is fast, beautiful, and works the way Apple users expect. Your data stays entirely private, never leaving your device. Your retirement is worth planning carefully. RetireMint gives you the clarity to do it right.

Screenshots

RetireWhen4 screens
RetireMint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: RetireWhen at free against RetireMint's paid. RetireWhen also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). RetireMint's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RetireWhen against 5.0 for RetireMint. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RetireWhen has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RetireWhen ships an update every 4 weeks, RetireMint every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RetireWhen versus RetireMint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetireWhenRetireMint
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOrestes MelgarejoDaedalus onWing

Customer experience

RetireWhen

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RetireMint

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RetireWhen

No in-app purchases

None

RetireMint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RetireWhen free?
RetireWhen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RetireMint free?
RetireMint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RetireWhen or RetireMint?
RetireWhen and RetireMint are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do RetireWhen or RetireMint have ads?
RetireWhen shows ads; RetireMint does not.
Which is updated more often, RetireWhen or RetireMint?
RetireWhen ships an update every 4 weeks, and RetireMint every 5 weeks. Most recently, RetireWhen was updated on October 12, 2026 and RetireMint on October 6, 2026.

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