Work Hours Calculator: Every Price Now Shows How Many Hours of Your Life It Costs

Hey Product Hunt! 👋

I got tired of buying stuff without thinking about what it really costs.

So I built Work Hours Calculator — a free Chrome extension that instantly turns every price tag into hours of your actual life.

Browse Amazon, eBay, Shopify… anywhere. Prices automatically become:

• 💚 Green = Less than 2 hours → Go for it

• 🟠 Amber = 2–6 hours → Think twice

• 🔴 Red = 6+ hours → Sleep on it

That $349 headphones? → 5.8 hours of your life. That $19 phone case? → 19 minutes. 5.8h work5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work 5.8h work

Suddenly every purchase feels different.

How it works (literally 10 seconds):

1. Install the extension

2. Set your hourly wage (supports monthly too)

3. Browse like normal — it does the rest automatically

Why I built it: I was the guy who added random things to cart “just because they were cheap.” Once I started seeing prices in time instead of dollars, my spending dropped hard. This tool does the painful math for you in real time.

Killer Features:

• ✨ Works on any shopping website

• Multiple wage profiles (day job + freelance + side hustle)

• Smart color-coded badges

• Built-in manual calculator

• Wishlist + purchase history

• Impulse protection (24/48/72h reminder emails)

• Category tagging (Electronics, Clothes, Food, etc.)

• Dark mode, full accessibility, keyboard shortcuts

• Supports USD, EUR, GBP, ILS + more

• 100% free • No ads • No tracking • Privacy-first

I made this because time is the one thing we can’t get back.

Try it and tell me if your next shopping session feels completely different.

Links: 🔥 Chrome Web Store → Install Free

🌐 Landing Page + Demo → vovala14.github.io/work-hours-calculator

Would love your brutal feedback — what feature would make this 10× more useful for you?

Drop a comment if this already changed how you see money 👇

#ChromeExtension #FinTech #MindfulSpending #Productivity #TimeIsMoney