A FIRE calculator that verifies or determines your retirement number
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Most retirement calculators either oversimplify things or ask you to link your accounts so they can make money off your data. I wanted something that actually helped me see if I was on track without handing over a bank login, so I built RetireNumber. It's a privacy-first retirement planner. You type in your own numbers. No account linking, no selling your data, no VC. Just me and a subscription. The engine does real math: Monte Carlo with 1,000 runs, historical backtesting to 1928 using Shiller's Yale data, tax-aware withdrawal strategies, and scenario comparison so you can try different life paths. Whether you're still figuring out your number or you already have a target in mind, you can use it to get there or to check that your plan actually holds up.You can try it without signing up: https://retirenumber.com/try. There's a demo mode and a short guided tour. Changelog and the full story are on the site if you want to dig in.This isn't financial advice. It's just a tool for checking your number and whether your plan holds up. There is still a lot to but I'd love to hear whether the inputs and results feel clear and useful.-Mark
HN · launched Feb 12, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: personal finance calculators · 205 launches, 11 in the last 7 days ▼ -39% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Fintech
- Analytics & BI
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a client-side financial calculator with straightforward mathematical formulas, compounding logic, and input sliders built in standard frontend frameworks.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 747 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #744 of 748 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 96 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Retirement Savings Calculator · ph · 2026-10-13 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.58
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