Free tools

Tools that help you decide whether you need a piece of software yet, using the same thresholds and checked prices as the guides.

The rules every tool will follow

  • It runs in your browser. There is no account to create.
  • Your answers are never stored or sent. The “Do I need this yet?” check counts, anonymously, how many results of each kind it gives; the privacy policy has the detail.
  • Tool pages carry no affiliate links.
  • The figures come from the same checked dataset as the guides.

In the meantime, the methodology explains how prices are gathered and checked.