Comparison

RetirementTracker vs Retiro

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

Head to head
About

RetirementTracker

This app tracks the remaining workdays until your retirement, deducting weekends, public holidays, and vacation time. It offers detailed calculations, customizable plans, and motivating milestones to keep your finish line in view.

Highlights
  • Workday countdown to retirement
  • Deducts weekends, holidays, and vacation
  • Career progress percentage
  • Customizable workweek and vacation
  • Milestones and reminders
  • Shareable countdown image
  • Local data storage
Features
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How many workdays are left until you retire? RetirementTracker is your retirement countdown: it counts not just the calendar days until your retirement date, but your real workdays – weekends, your region's public holidays and your vacation are already deducted. Up to date every day, live down to the second. Whether retirement is months or many years away, RetirementTracker keeps your finish line in view. YOUR RETIREMENT COUNTDOWN • Calendar days until your retirement date, live with hours, minutes and seconds • Your actual workdays until retirement – after weekends, public holidays and vacation • Career progress: what percentage of your working life is already behind you? • Weeks and months until retirement at a glance • Motivating messages for your final years at work • Share your countdown as an image with family, friends and coworkers TRANSPARENT CALCULATION No guesswork: the detailed breakdown shows how your workdays add up – weekdays, non-working days, your region's public holidays and your total vacation entitlement until retirement, including the vacation you haven't planned yet. YOUR RETIREMENT PLAN, YOUR RULES • Set your retirement date • Choose your workweek: Monday to Friday, part-time or your own workdays • Enter vacation days per year and the days you have left this year • Optional: your career start date for your career progress • Work phases: plan changes to your workweek, such as fewer workdays before retirement • What-if plans: save different retirement plans and compare them MILESTONES & REMINDERS • Automatic milestones such as 1,000, 500 or 100 days left • Your own milestones for personal stages • Reminders on the milestone day and the day before at 8:00 AM VACATION, HOLIDAYS & LONG WEEKENDS • Vacation calendar with your vacation, public holidays and your own holidays • See the upcoming public holidays at a glance • Public holidays for 13 countries, including every US state, the UK nations, all German states and Swiss cantons, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland and the Nordic countries • A holiday is missing? Add it yourself – it counts in the calculation • Find time off: combine public holidays and vacation into long weekends and longer breaks WIDGETS WITH PREMIUM With RetirementTracker Premium, your countdown lives on your home screen: • Workdays, calendar days, progress and motivation widgets • Each in light and dark • With your own photo • One-time purchase: no ads, no subscription YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU All your details are stored locally on your device. No account, no sign-up. IN 5 LANGUAGES English, German, French, Italian and Spanish – in light and dark mode. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose your retirement date, country and region 2. Enter your workweek and vacation days 3. Start your countdown – RetirementTracker does the math WHO IS RETIREMENTTRACKER FOR? • Anyone planning their retirement who wants to count the workdays left • Full-time and part-time employees who want to keep track of vacation and holidays until retirement • Anyone who wants to approach their final working years with a clear goal in sight • Everyone who looks forward to retirement a little more every day WHY RETIREMENTTRACKER? Real workdays instead of a rough estimate A calculation you can follow, with a detailed breakdown Your region's public holidays included automatically Flexible for full-time, part-time and planned changes Clear, fast and no account needed Premium is a one-time purchase – no subscription Note: RetirementTracker counts the days until the retirement date you choose. It does not calculate pension amounts, is not affiliated with any pension provider or authority, and does not provide financial or retirement advice. Holiday data without guarantee. Start your retirement countdown today and watch retirement get closer every day.

About

Retiro

Features
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Ready to leave the daily grind behind? Retirement Countdown: Retiro is the ultimate tracker to help you calculate the exact time left until your well-deserved retirement! This isn't just a simple date tracker. Retiro takes your unique work schedule into account, deducting your days off so you can see exactly how many actual workdays stand between you and your pension. Watch the time tick down and let the anticipation build! Top Features & Benefits: - Detailed Timer Overview: See your remaining time break down into years, months, days, and even hours. - Personalized Work Schedule: Input your custom factors, including regular days off and your annual vacation allowance. - Custom Target Date: Set your exact retirement entry point (e.g., beginning of the month, your birthday, or end of the month). - Public Holiday Support: Automatically calculates regional public holidays (currently supported for German states). - Global Pension Guide: Access a comprehensive overview of legal retirement ages in various countries around the world. - Social Sharing: Share the excitement! Export your customized countdown timer as a beautiful image and send it to friends, family, and coworkers. Download Retirement Countdown: Retiro today and start your worry-free journey toward life after work. Planning your future has never been this rewarding! Note: Old man icons created by Pixel perfect - Flaticon

Screenshots

RetirementTracker4 screens
Retiro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Retiro at none against RetirementTracker's 1. RetirementTracker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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. RetirementTracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Retiro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RetirementTracker ships an update every 3 days, Retiro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RetirementTracker versus Retiro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetirementTrackerRetiro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent WaelkenTimo Strehling

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RetirementTracker

One-time1
  • Premium-Widgets$1.99
None

Retiro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RetirementTracker free?
RetirementTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retiro free?
Retiro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RetirementTracker or Retiro have ads?
Retiro shows ads; RetirementTracker does not.
Which is updated more often, RetirementTracker or Retiro?
RetirementTracker ships an update every 3 days, and Retiro every 3 weeks. Most recently, RetirementTracker was updated on October 19, 2026 and Retiro on October 6, 2026.

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