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Free Everyday Tools

Straightforward calculators and planners for everyday decisions. Everything runs in your browser, with no account or paid API required.

19 free tools

Money

Hidden Cost Calculator

Calculate the real cost of a purchase after fees, delivery, subscriptions and the value of your time.

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Money

Is It Worth It? Calculator

Compare a total cost with expected use and time saved to make a clearer value decision.

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Home

Will It Fit? Calculator

Check whether an item will fit inside a space, including rotated orientations and clearance.

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Planning

Backwards Planner

Work backwards from a deadline to create a practical, timed plan and calculate when to start.

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The Use-It-Up Engine

Turn the food or craft materials you already have into useful combinations, with quantities and leftovers.

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Planning

The Domino Effect

See how one change affects your weekly money, time and energy, including setup costs and routine knock-ons.

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Planning

The Household Bottleneck

Schedule household jobs around shared equipment, dependencies and available people to reveal the main bottleneck.

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Technology

What Cable Do I Need?

Choose the source port, destination port and job to find the right connection and the capabilities to check.

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Home

Can These Go Together?

Check a flavour combination, garment care labels or an everyday craft material pairing.

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The Packaging Problem Solver

Estimate a box, padding and a downloadable folding template from your item dimensions.

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Money

The Small Savings Machine

Rank small habit changes by annual savings and the effort they take.

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Money

The Real Break-Even Point

Compare two options including upfront costs, ongoing costs, usage and adjustable future assumptions.

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Money

The False Economy Detector

Compare pack prices after realistic consumption, waste and storage limits.

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How Long Will It Last?

Estimate when a supply will run out, when to reorder, and what is tied up in stock.

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Planning

What Am I Missing?

Build a practical checklist of overlooked requirements, dependencies and the three biggest remaining risks.

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Planning

The Friction Finder

Map a recurring process and estimate the effect of cutting searching, waiting, travel and repeated entry.

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Home

The One-Trip Challenge

Group objects into estimated trips using their dimensions, rotations and a load limit you choose.

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Home

The Minimum You Need

Separate the essentials from nice-to-haves, account for what you own, and total the missing items using your quotes.

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Planning

The Better Way Generator

Describe a problem and choose constraints to compare practical ways to simplify it.

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The Better Way theme and bundled tools do not add analytics or advertising trackers.