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How it works

Buy or Broke is a 10-second gut-check, not a budgeting app. You paste a purchase and a few numbers, and it turns them into plain stats so the trade-off is obvious at a glance.

  • Hours of your life — the price divided by your hourly pay (a month is treated as ~160 working hours).
  • If invested 10 yrs — the same money compounded at about 7% a year.
  • Share of 1 month's pay — the price as a percentage of your monthly take-home.
  • Buffer / months to save — what's left after buying, or how long it'd take to save up from your spare cash.

These are rough estimates for perspective — real returns vary and aren't guaranteed. It's not financial advice; your real situation is yours to judge.

Buy or Broke gives rough estimates for fun & perspective. It is not financial advice.

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