Time cost
Work hours
See how many hours and full workdays your money represents.
Financial clarity in the currency of your life
Know what every dollar costs in your most limited currency: time.
TrueTimeCost turns purchases, debt, subscriptions, cars, and homes into work hours, future value, and clear tradeoffs—before you commit.
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Transparent example
A $1,200 phone
43 work hours
The time required at $28/hour take-home pay
5.4 workdays
The same cost translated into eight-hour days
$2,361 later
Illustrative value in 10 years at a 7% annual return
The goal is not to tell you “yes” or “no.” It is to make the tradeoff visible while the decision is still yours.
Change every input
Use your price, pay, taxes, workweek, and investment horizon.
One price. Four clearer answers.
See what the price tag leaves out.
TrueTimeCost translates a financial decision into the parts that affect your life now and later.
Opportunity cost
Future value
Understand what the same money could become if you kept or invested it.
Affordability
Income impact
Put the price in context using your take-home pay—not a generic budget.
Decision clarity
A practical next step
Compare the tradeoff before you buy, borrow, subscribe, or commit.
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What is your life worth?
Drag the slider to your hourly wage and see how much life energy common items actually cost you.
Your Hourly Wage (After Tax)
$35
$15$250
Daily
Daily Latte
$6
Costs you
10 mins
of work life
Monthly
Streaming Suite
$45
Costs you
1.3 hrs
of work life
Leisure
Weekend Trip
$450
Costs you
12.9 hrs
of work life
Tech
New AirPods
$249
Costs you
7.1 hrs
of work life
Tech
iPhone 15 Pro
$1,099
Costs you
3.9 days
of work life
Work
MacBook Pro
$2,499
Costs you
8.9 days
of work life
Luxury
Luxury Watch
$8,500
Costs you
1.4 months
of work life
Major
New Car
$45,000
Costs you
7.7 months
of work life
Major
House Deposit
$120,000
Costs you
1.7 years
of work life
Most financial tools show the price. TrueTimeCost shows what the price takes from your life.
Most financial apps stop at the dollar amount. TrueTimeCost goes deeper. It shows how many hours you need to work, how many days of your life the purchase takes, and what that money could become if you kept it.
Money
Traditional tools show you the price in dollars, but dollars are abstract and easy to spend.
Time
We show you how many hours and days of your life you are actually trading for that purchase.
Future Value
See what that same money would be worth in 10, 20, or 30 years if you invested it instead.
How TrueTimeCost works
1. Enter the decision
Add the purchase, subscription, loan, car, or debt payment you are considering.
2. Convert dollars into time
We calculate the real cost using your after-tax income, work hours, and future value assumptions.
3. Decide with clarity
See the work hours, workdays, income impact, future value lost, and a clear verdict.
Real decisions. Real life-cost.
$6 coffee every workday
= $1,560/year
= 55.7 work hours
$650 car payment
= $7,800/year
= 278.5 work hours
$89/month subscriptions
= $1,068/year
= 38.1 work hours
$3,500 vacation
= 125 work hours
= 15.6 workdays
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Built for people who want their money to mean something.
For debt payoff
See how every purchase affects your freedom date.
For smart spenders
Know when something is worth buying and when it is just impulse.
For car buyers
Understand the real cost beyond the monthly payment.
For families
Compare decisions in time, not just dollars.
For FIRE and minimalism
Protect future value and avoid lifestyle inflation.
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Built for trust
Clarity you can verify.
A financial tool should explain its reasoning, show its assumptions, and be honest about what it can—and cannot—tell you.
Visible assumptions
The inputs behind each result stay in view, so you can understand and challenge the math.
Your numbers, not averages
Adjust income, hours, rates, timelines, and costs to reflect your actual decision.
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Educational by design
Get practical context for a decision without pretending a calculator replaces professional advice.
Trust is earned with clear math, honest limitations, and proof that can be independently verified.
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Active Analysis
“I really want that new $1,200 phone. My current one is 2 years old. Should I?”
Conscience Verdict: Hold Off.
That phone costs 43 work hours. Your current phone is still performing at 90% efficiency. Waiting 6 months saves you $300 in depreciation and keeps $1,200 in your compounding fund.
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