# True Cost

> See prices in work hours. True Cost converts any product price into how long you'd have to work to afford it. 100% private & local.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/true-cost](https://chrome-stats.com/d/true-cost)

## Overview

- **ID:** `true-cost`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MorningDev
- **Category:** shopping
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-22
- **First published:** 2026-05-19
- **Size:** 33 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/true-cost/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/true-cost/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/true-cost/privacy/)

## Description

Is that €79 jacket really worth it? True Cost shows you: it's 5 hours and 16 minutes of your work.

True Cost is a simple browser extension that converts product prices on any website into work-time equivalents, based on your net hourly wage.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Set your hourly wage in the settings popup
2. Browse any online shop — Amazon, Zalando, eBay, Otto, or any site with prices
3. Prices are automatically converted into work-time (e.g. "3h 12m" instead of "€79,99")

The converted text appears in the exact same font, size, and color as the original price — it blends in perfectly and looks completely native.

FEATURES
• Perfect style matching — replaced prices look identical to originals
• Flexible display — choose what shows by default vs. on hover
• Multi-price support — converts ALL prices on a page
• Works everywhere — Amazon, Zalando, eBay, Otto, and any other shop
• SPA compatible — works on dynamic single-page apps
• Supports €, $, £ currencies
• Handles European (1.299,00) and US (1,299.00) number formats

PRIVACY
True Cost is 100% local. It collects zero data, makes zero network requests, and uses zero analytics. Your wage and settings stay on your device. The source code is fully open for inspection.

PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED
• Storage: to save your wage and preferences locally
• Host permissions: to detect prices on the page you're viewing

## Rankings

- #126,775 — Overall
- #13 — cost

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/true-cost)