Life Hacker Guru tools

Practical hacks for money, home, work, and everything between

Subscription & Bill Finder
Drop in the statement your bank already lets you download and every charge that repeats is found for you: streaming, apps, the gym, the phone, the insurance that renews once a year. Drag each into Keep, Cancel or Downgrade and watch the yearly total fall. Price rises, charges after you cancelled, free trials about to charge and the date to cancel by are flagged. No bank login. → Find every charge that recurs in the statements you already have, decide which to keep, cancel or downgrade by dragging them into lanes, and know what each decision saves a year and the date to act by.
Home Inventory Map
Photograph each room, then tap the photo where each thing is: the TV, the sofa, the ring in the drawer. Add the model, serial, receipt and what it would cost to replace. See what it all adds up to against your policy, which valuable things would not stand up in a claim yet, and when the filters and warranties are due. After a loss, mark what went, print a claim with every photo, and keep track of what the insurer has paid and what is still owed once each thing is replaced. → Photograph each room and pin what you own on the photos with its model, serial, receipt and replacement cost, see what your things are worth against your policy and what would not stand up in a claim, keep upkeep and warranty dates, and print the inventory or a claim with every photo.
Room & Furniture Planner
Draw your rooms to scale, or trace a floor plan, then drag in furniture at its real measurements. The plan shows what overlaps, what blocks a door or a drawer, the narrowest point of every walkway, and whether each piece gets in through every door on its way, before anything is bought or carried. → Lay out a room or a whole flat at its real size before buying or moving anything, and see whether every piece fits, whether you can still walk through, and whether each one gets in through the doors on its way.