What remains after rent, food, childcare, bills, and minimum debt payments
PUBLIC BETA · FREE TO USE
Burden records an anonymous device ID and basic actions inside the app to measure usefulness. Income, essential costs, and emergency savings stay in your browser and are never sent or saved.
PURCHASE IMPACT CHECK
Before you buy it,
protect the month ahead.
Use one real purchase. Burden checks what it does to the month after rent, groceries, childcare, bills, and savings—not whether your card will approve it. About two minutes. No signup required.
Name the item, add the price, and see what it does to the month ahead. About two minutes. No account required.
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EXAMPLE CHECK · HOME APPLIANCE
30-inch family refrigerator
A household decision—not a product review
MONTH-AHEAD IMPACT · NOT A GRADE65/100LOWER IS SAFER · HIGHER MEANS MORE STRAIN
HIGH MONTH-AHEAD IMPACT
The appliance may be necessary, but this price would consume more than two months of the household's remaining breathing room.
HOW TO READ 65/100
This is an impact gauge, not a grade. A lower number means the purchase is safer for the month. A higher number means more strain on bills, savings, or the month ahead.
- 10–34Lower impact
- 35–61Protect the month
- 62–95High impact
About 2.5 months of the household's available breathing room
Compare repair, used, open-box, and lower-cost options before committing
FREE PURCHASE GUIDES
Check the decision before it owns the month.
01
Protect essentialsRent, food, childcare, transport, utilities, and debt minimums come first.
02
See the impactUnderstand how many months of breathing room the price consumes.
03
Separate need from impulseCompare repair, reuse, used, open-box, cheaper, and waiting.
THE BURDEN STANDARD
The payment is not the same as affordability.
Burden is designed for the person protecting the month ahead—for themselves or a household—not the retailer closing a sale. It keeps essential costs and the emergency buffer visible while the purchase still feels exciting or urgent.
Personal and household numbers are calculated only in your browser and are never saved. Product facts and category estimates stay visibly separated. Burden is a planning aid, not financial advice.