About this project

WalkAwayFI exists to help people plan their way out of the rat race. Financial independence isn't about yachts — it's about options: the point where work becomes a choice instead of a requirement. Getting there takes a plan you can trust, and most retirement calculators don't earn that trust — they wave at the problem with a flat tax rate and a single average return.

WalkAwayFI takes the question seriously. Real US and Canadian tax math, your actual accounts and cash flows, government benefits, and stress tests against a century of real markets — so the date it estimates is one you can reason about, examine, and challenge. It's still an estimate, not a guarantee. But it's an honest one.

Why the core is free

The free planner isn't a trial and it isn't bait. It's the goodwill part of the project: everything you need to build a real plan — the full projection engine, both tax engines, every account type — free, for everyone, indefinitely. If it helps you see your path out, that's the point.

Why Pro costs money

Pro adds the advanced tooling — the optimizers, what-if analysis, tax analytics, Monte Carlo and historical stress tests, stock portfolio tracking with real tickers, RSU modeling, the offline copy. It's $29 a year, and the intention behind that number is simple: tax rules change every year, and keeping the engines current, the app improving, and the domain and infrastructure paid for takes real ongoing work. Pro subscriptions fund exactly that. No investors to satisfy, no growth targets, no ads — just enough revenue to keep the project alive and well-maintained.

Privacy isn't a feature, it's the design

Your financial data never leaves your device. There's no account to create, no server that sees your numbers, no telemetry, and nothing to breach — we can't lose or sell what we never receive. The app makes zero network calls until you explicitly ask it to fetch a market quote.

Get in touch

WalkAwayFI is independently built and actively maintained. Questions, bugs, feature ideas — feedback@walkawayfi.com is read and answered directly by the developer.

Open the planner — free