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Show HN: Financial calculators with no tracking, no signup, no email gates

Posted by stefanneculai on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @11:09AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.financialaha.com/financial-calculators/

I got frustrated with every financial calculator requiring an email before showing results. So I built alternatives. 28 calculators - retirement, FIRE, compound interest, rent vs buy, debt payoff, etc. Everything runs client-side. No data tracking - full privacy.

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Re:Is ProductHunt no longer worth it? on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @07:20AM (#41566488)
PH is no longer what it used to be. We launched today (https://www.producthunt.com/posts/financialaha) and it looks like if you don't get to the Featured List then you don't have any chance of getting to the first page. I believe lately PH is focused more towards making money from ads rather than promoting the best products.

Congrats on Youform. Are you using shipfa.st?

Re:Show HN: I built my own financial planinng app on Monday September 16, 2024 @10:32AM (#41556521)
I am working on adding something that allows to import files. I don't plan to enable connections to financial institutions because that would compromise some of the privacy.
Re:Show HN: I built my own financial planinng app on Monday September 16, 2024 @07:17AM (#41554889)
PS: It is built using Hugo for the frontend and I am using VueJS for the app. Currently, all the data is stored only in localStorage, and when I will add the cloud version I will be using Firebase. For hosting I am using Netlify and Firebase.

Show HN: I built my own financial planinng app

Posted by stefanneculai on Monday September 16, 2024 @07:15AM
from the show-hn dept.

A few years ago, I started managing my finances using Google Sheets. It worked fine for a while, but then I hit some limitations. As my financial planning needs grew more complex, I found myself struggling with tracking assets and forecasting future financial scenarios. Thus, I started to work in my spare time on building FinancialAha: https://www.financialaha.com - a financial planning app...

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Re:Ask HN: Are Medium/PH/IndieHackers outdated for startups? on Monday September 16, 2024 @06:26AM (#41554606)
Right, I've seen people launching only on Discord.
Re:Ask HN: Are Medium/PH/IndieHackers outdated for startups? on Monday September 16, 2024 @06:25AM (#41554602)
Valid point.
Re:Ask HN: Are Medium/PH/IndieHackers outdated for startups? on Monday September 16, 2024 @06:25AM (#41554601)
Totally agree.
Re:Show HN: Magic List – Super Simple Todo List on Sunday September 08, 2024 @07:32AM (#41479780)
Why not use the Notes app?
Re:Ask HN: What side projects are you building in 2021? on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @02:14PM (#25661078)
https://www.activelambda.com/ - ActiveLambda empowers your team to have access to aggregated data from multiple providers, with custom permissions and no coding knowledge required.
Re:Ask HN: What do you think of when you hear Webrupt? on Saturday November 21, 2020 @12:26PM (#25171065)
Thanks!
Re:Ask HN: What do you think of when you hear Webrupt? on Saturday November 21, 2020 @12:12PM (#25170928)
Thanks a lot!
Re:Ask HN: What do you think of when you hear Webrupt? on Saturday November 21, 2020 @12:08PM (#25170890)
Thanks for the feedback!