Wishlist in hours
Park a want and decide once you see what it asks of you.
- Road bike · €1,45095 h
- Weekend in Lisbon · €62041 h
- Espresso machine · €38925 h
How the working hours are worked out
- Your hourly wage. Your net monthly salary divided by the hours you actually work in a month. At €2,500 net and 40 hours a week that is €15.31 an hour. Work out your hourly wage
- The price divided by it. Headphones for €299 ÷ €15.31 = 19.5 hours of work.
- Counted in working days. At 8 hours a day that is 2 working days, 3 hours, 32 minutes. Larger amounts are shown in working months.
Standard or realistic?
Standard counts your whole net salary. Realistic first takes off your fixed monthly costs (rent, insurance, subscriptions), because that money is already spoken for. What is left is the wage you can really spend, so a purchase costs noticeably more hours.
Frequently asked questions
How long do I have to work for a phone, a holiday or a car?
That depends on your hourly wage. At €2,500 net a month and 40 hours a week (€15.31 an hour), a phone for €999 costs about 65 hours of work, a holiday for €1,800 about 118 hours, and a car for €25,000 about 1,633 hours, or 10 months’ salary.
What does a coffee a day cost in working time over a year?
A coffee for €4.50 on each of your 245 working days a year adds up to €1,102.50. At €15.31 an hour that is about 72 hours of work, for coffee alone.
Does it work for part-time work or a mini-job?
Yes. Enter your actual salary and your actual weekly hours, however few they are. In a German mini-job paying €603 a month for 10 hours a week, for example, your hourly wage is €13.93, and a purchase of €100 costs about 7 hours of work.
The app keeps counting where the demo stops
The calculator above is the app’s own maths. In the app, your wishlist and your month’s spending are counted in hours too.
Your month in hours
Spending adds up against the hours you actually have.
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Private by design
Your salary is nobody’s business.
- Everything stays on your device
- No account and no sign-up
- Works offline, installs as an app