Spending Buddy

Make better buying decisions by converting dollar values to hours of work.
What is Spending Buddy?
Spending Buddy is a Chrome extension that helps you make better buying decisions by converting dollar values to hours of work. Simply enter your hourly wage and highlight prices on your screen to see how many hours of work they equal. Useful for chronic online shoppers or those looking to be more frugal with their purchases.

Extension stats

Users: 37 ▲ 4
Rating: 5.00 (19)
Version: 1.8 (Last updated: 2024-05-14)
Creation date: 2018-05-20
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 37.59K

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Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

It's hard to gauge if a product is worth buying by just looking at the price tag. However, when you think about it in terms of how many hours you'd have to work in order to purchase it, it changes your perspective on the value of the product entirely.

Just enter your yearly or hourly wage and start highlighting prices on your screen. Spending Buddy will automatically calculate the number of hours of work the price tag equals.

This tool is especially useful for chronic online shoppers or people looking to become more frugal with their purchases. It only works when you highlight prices and numbers, so you can leave it on and highlight text as you normally would.

User reviews

DOPE I LOVE SPENDING BUDDY EXTENSION.
by Milian Daniel, 2022-03-12

excellent working smoothly
by Fly Monk, 2022-03-12

HELPER FOR ALL BUSINESS OWNER LIKE ME LOVE USING IT
by Oladoran Ayomiposi, 2022-03-12
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Spending Buddy requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Spending Buddy has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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