Comparison

PassJar vs Retire How $

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

Head to head
About

PassJar

Create and manage personalized digital passes for loyalty cards, vouchers, and important documents. Securely store them on your device and add them to Apple Wallet for easy access. Customize your passes with photos and colors.

Highlights
  • Create custom loyalty and voucher passes
  • Add passes to Apple Wallet
  • Store and protect important documents
  • Scan barcodes and QR codes
  • Customize pass appearance
  • Secure document access with Face ID/passcode
Features
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Create personalized passes for Apple Wallet and keep important documents close at hand. PassJar turns supported barcodes and QR codes into Wallet passes. Scan with your camera, choose a photo containing a code, or enter the details yourself. Save your pass in PassJar and add it to Apple Wallet when you need it. YOUR PASS, YOUR STYLE • Choose from a gallery of pass templates or create your own look. • Add a personal photo and pick a color to match. • Adjust photo zoom and horizontal or vertical position. • Replace a template's picture and preview your changes. • Keep classic color cards alongside your photo passes. READY FOR APPLE WALLET • Create loyalty, voucher, and store-credit passes. • Scan supported codes with your camera or from a photo. • Add a saved pass to Apple Wallet directly from its card view. • Keep your passes together, pin favorites, and edit their details. PROTECTED DOCUMENTS • Save copies of passports, driver's licenses, insurance, and other important documents. • Protect access with Face ID or your device passcode. • Keep useful details with each document and reveal the document number when needed. • With Pro, scan documents, use document widgets, and start temporary Quick Access with a Live Activity. PRIVACY YOU CAN UNDERSTAND Documents are stored encrypted on your device. PassJar does not upload them to its servers. Document backups are off by default; you can choose to include them in your device backups in Settings. PassJar does not provide iCloud sync between devices. When you add a pass to Apple Wallet, its contents, including its photo if you added one, are sent to our signing service to create the signed Wallet file. The service processes that request and does not retain the pass content afterward. If you allow it, PassJar shares anonymous usage analytics to help improve the app. Analytics do not include your pass names, card numbers, photos, document scans, or notes. You can change your choice anytime in Settings. There are no ads or advertising tracking. TRY PASSJAR FOR FREE Save up to three passes and one document, and add one pass to Apple Wallet. Pass barcode scanning is available within the free pass limit. PassJar Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. It removes the pass, document, and Wallet limits and includes document scanning, widgets, and Quick Access. The price is shown in the app before you buy.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

PassJar4 screens
Retire How $4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Retire How $ at none against PassJar's 1. Retire How $ also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. PassJar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Retire How $ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PassJar ships an update weekly, Retire How $ every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PassJar versus Retire How $: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPassJarRetire How $
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTom WeissChristine Mayfield

Customer experience

PassJar

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Retire How $

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PassJar

One-time1
  • PassJar Pro$3.99
None

Retire How $

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PassJar free?
PassJar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retire How $ free?
Retire How $ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PassJar or Retire How $ have ads?
Neither PassJar nor Retire How $ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PassJar or Retire How $?
PassJar ships an update weekly, and Retire How $ every 3 days. Most recently, PassJar was updated on November 5, 2026 and Retire How $ on October 31, 2026.

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