ALTERSTEILZEIT

Your countdownto freedom.

Altersteilzeit · Daily view, film & game

Enter when your active or passive phase starts – we’ll work out the rest: how far you’ve come, how many working days are left and when your alarm clock gets to retire. At a glance every day, as a short film or as a 3D game where every year is a level.

Daily viewPlay the gameWatch the film

  1. Enter one date

    The start of your active or your passive phase – the model works out the other.

  2. Pick your model

    Block model 1 : 1 to 5 : 5. Name, federal state and leave are optional.

  3. Off you go

    Open the daily view, roll the film – or pick a year and start playing.

Three ways, one goal.

All three use the same details: enter them once, and the daily view, film and game share them – in the same browser, no account needed.

The daily view · one glance a day

Are we there yet?

The big number for every morning: X working days to go, your progress, the saying of the day and the next milestones. Plus the bridge-day finder, your freedom wish list and a year in review to share. As an always-on display, it stays up on a tablet or monitor.

Open the daily view

Light and fast · also as an icon on your phone

The film · about a minute

Your countdown on the big screen.

An animated journey through every year of your active phase – with a coffee counter, your leave, the working days left and a sunrise at the end.

Watch the film

With a narrator in 7 languages and 5 dialects · phone, tablet and computer

The game · one level per year

Run your way to freedom.

Fifteen ways to play every year of your active phase – from a run by the harbour, via the office maze, the Mail Flood and the Coffee Queue, to Stamp Beat, Rubber Band Arena, Office Extraction, the Last Night Shift and Countdown Idle. And the passive phase? You play it by the sea – as mini golf, boules, jetty fishing or a sailing regatta. Four difficulty levels, from Easy-going to Pro.

Play the game

3D in your browser · about 8 MB · keyboard, mouse or touch

What’s inside

Not a calculator, but an experience: the daily view, film and game show how much is already behind you – and how little is still ahead.

Works both ways.

Only know the day you’ll be free? That’s enough. The model works back to the start of your active phase – or the other way round.

Real working days.

Weekends, your federal state’s public holidays and the leave you enter are all deducted – day by day.

Sayings & milestones.

A new saying every day, plus the next milestones: halfway, only 100, 50, 10 working days left – with confetti when the moment comes.

One level per year.

Fifteen game modes, from the run to Countdown Idle – and mini golf, boules, fishing or a regatta by the sea for the passive phase. Classic, over the shoulder or right in the thick of it, from Easy-going to Pro.

Your data stays with you.

No sign-up, no cookies, no tracking. Everything is calculated and stored in your browser only.

Seven languages, five dialects.

Deutsch, English, हिन्दी, Magyar, Slovenčina, Español and Français – plus five German dialects: Saxon, Kölsch, Berlin, Bavarian and Swabian. On your computer, tablet or phone.

Soon, Monday will be just a word.

A gate for every calendar week

Here’s what your journey looks like.

Real-time 3D right in your browser, with seasons and weather to match your calendar weeks.

The character in an open-plan office between partitions with calendar pages on them
The office mazeCollect the weeks, dodge Meeting, Deadline, Boss and Mail Flood.
The runner seen from the side on a waterfront promenade at night
ClassicSide-on, old school – with reflections in the harbour basin.
The character racing through the open-plan office on a swivel chair, with the Meeting ghost on its own chair just ahead
The office-chair raceFour laps, twelve month gates – and the office ghosts racing you on their own chairs.
A big wall planner in the office with colourful sticky-note blocks stacked into rows, the character standing next to it
Calendar StackEvery full row is two working weeks – and public holidays blast a row clear.
The character on a swivel chair facing a formation of floating envelopes in the open-plan office, two of them golden
The Mail FloodEvery email a working day, every wave a month – and a boss after every quarter.
The character hopping across office lanes with file trolleys and rolling chairs, a month sign at the edge
The Clock-off HopperEvery lane a calendar week, every month a checkpoint – all the way to home time.
A paper plane with a turquoise trail flies through an open-plan office at night towards a filing cabinet labelled “Week 29”, with ceiling lamps above
The Paper PlaneEvery gap a calendar week – on leave, a tailwind carries you across the beach.
From above: a wall of calendar bricks with the days of July under the heading “July 2025”, a yellow stress ball and a desk as the paddle
The Week BreakerOne calendar wall per month: every brick a day, and the desk is your paddle.
A coffee pot with eyes leads a line of colourful mugs across the office floor, with a mug labelled with the next calendar week up ahead
The Coffee QueueEvery mug a calendar week – and the queue at the coffee machine grows all year.
Nine desks in an open-plan office, office ghosts popping up from the floor beside them, with a “Cancelled” stamp above
Meeting WhackNine desks, one stamp: cancel the meetings, leave the postcards alone.
The character stamping calendar pages at the conveyor belt, with office ghosts behind playing drums and keyboard as a band
Stamp BeatEvery working day a note: stamp right on the beat while the office band plays.
The character between partitions in an office at night with a glass façade onto the Spree, surrounded by rubber bands and office ghosts
Rubber Band ArenaEvery working day an office ghost – flicked out of office with rubber bands. At the end of each quarter, the boss turns up.
The character running through an open-plan office with glass walls, with April calendar pages floating all around
Office ExtractionEvery calendar week a room, every working day a page – only what leaves in the lift counts.
A security desk in the dark office facing a wall of monitors: the camera feed from the boss’s office, the month’s calendar, a clock and the battery gauge, with Berlin at night outside
The Last Night ShiftEvery night a month, from 10pm to 6am: six cameras, two doors – and the boss only moves when you look away.
An office at night with the board reading “127 remaining workdays”, the character and the intern at their desks, a meeting ghost behind glass and the list of upgrades beside it
Countdown IdleThe coffee machine, the intern and the double stamp pitch in – even when you’re not there at all.
The character with a putter on a mini golf hole on the beach, surrounded by sandcastles, palm trees and the sea
Mini golf by the seaThe passive phase: twelve holes per year of freedom, each decorated for its month.
Close-up in the sand: three boules lying right next to the small yellow jack
Beach boulesThe passive phase: twelve ends per year of freedom against the office ghosts, retired too.
The character with a fishing rod at the end of a wooden jetty, a red-and-white float out on the sea
Jetty fishingThe passive phase: two casts a month, and what bites depends on the season.
A sailing boat with the character at the helm, a pedal boat with an office ghost alongside, and the next buoys further out
The sailing regattaTwelve month buoys round the bay – against the office ghosts on their pedal boats.
Film scene with the sun over the sea
The filmAct II, the passive phase: Monday is just a word now.
The game’s overview page with the input form, today’s status, phase bar and level cards
Your overviewElapsed, remaining, working days – and every year as a level with your best score.

Good to know

What is the block model?

With partial retirement in the block model, you first keep working (active phase) and are then released from work for just as long (passive phase). 4 : 4 means four years of work, then four years off. The daily view, film and game know the models 1 : 1 to 5 : 5.

Which date do I need to enter?

One is enough: the start of the active or of the passive phase. The model gives you the other date – and you can switch which one you know at any time.

How are the working days counted?

Monday to Friday, minus your federal state’s public holidays and the leave you enter. The app doesn’t know about part-time work, company rules or sick days: it’s an estimate, not a binding statement.

Where does my data end up?

Only in your browser. Nothing is sent to us or to anyone else. If you share a link with your data, it sits after the # sign – and that part of an address is never sent to a server.

How do I get the daily view onto my phone?

Open the daily view with your data and choose “Add to Home Screen” in your browser – then one tap each morning is all it takes. On a tablet or monitor, “Always-on display” keeps it running around the clock.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The daily view, film and game run on phones, tablets and computers. The game loads about 8 MB once and needs an up-to-date browser with WebGL 2 – which every common browser has.

Can I add the milestones to my calendar?

Yes. In the daily view, “📅 Add to calendar” downloads a calendar file with the halfway point, the last 100, 50 and 10 working days, your last working day and the day you’re free – for Outlook, Google or the iPhone. “🖨️ Cross-off calendar” prints every remaining year on an A4 page to tick off, and “🖼️ Share as image” turns your countdown into a picture for Teams or WhatsApp.

Is there a version for the whole team?

Yes. In the team countdown you collect your colleagues’ links and see all the countdowns side by side and on a shared timeline. This list stays in your browser too.

The daily view with the number of working days left, progress ring and saying of the day

Your data stays with you.

The daily view, film and game do all their maths in your browser. There’s no account, no cookies and no tracking – and nothing we could store about you.

The numbers are an estimate to guide you. Only the dates in your partial retirement agreement are binding.

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