Get A Quick Retirement Answer Before You Make A Big Decision Get A Retirement Answer

Can you retire without running out of money? Can you retire safely?

Answer a few questions and get a fast first read on whether your plan works, where it gets tight, and whether your retirement date still holds up. Answer a few questions and get a fast first read on whether your plan still works.

See My Quick Retirement Answer Or Start In The Full Planner

No signup. No install. Works on phone or desktop. Many planning tools are built around accounts, subscriptions, and cloud storage first. Fatboy is built around control first: quick answer now, guided planner next, and desktop plus optional encrypted sync when you want more depth.

No signup | No install | Opens instantly

Want saved scenarios, exports, or deeper analysis after the quick answer? See what Desktop Pro adds.

Pro License - What You Get

One purchase.

$149 $249

Founding Member price | Increases to $249 at 200 users

Price increases to $249 after 200 Founding Members


Founding Member spots

Founding Member pricing

Best for people who want to compare strategies, save scenarios, export reports, and revisit decisions over time.

One-time purchase. Direct support. No subscription lock-in.


One Path, More Depth

Start with the quick answer.
Go deeper only if you need to.

Most people do not need the full build right away. Start with the quick answer, then move into the guided planner or desktop version when the result is worth pressure-testing.

Step 1 - Quick Answer

See the first answer fast

Use the quick web experience when you want to know whether the plan basically works before you invest more time.

  • +fast way to test your retirement date and spending
  • +useful when you want a quick yes / no / maybe read
  • +no signup to explore
See My Quick Answer
Step 2 - Refine Or Pressure-Test

Keep going when the answer is close

Use the guided planner or Desktop Pro when you want more comparison depth, saved scenarios, exports, and a tool you keep coming back to.

  • +refine the answer with more detail and scenario comparison
  • +deeper retirement modeling and saved plans
  • +built for serious ongoing use
  • +one-time purchase for the deepest version
Refine This Answer In The Planner

Start Here - No Account Required

Get the quick answer first.
Then decide whether to go deeper.

Use a few key numbers to get a fast read on whether your retirement plan works. If the answer is close, shaky, or worth exploring, continue into the guided planner with your numbers carried forward.

What you get - free, instantly
  • + Fast first read on whether your target retirement date holds up
  • + Quick pressure test for spending, Social Security timing, and plan longevity
  • + Monte Carlo preview so you can see whether the answer is stable
  • + Federal retirement example with pension + supplement timing preview
  • + Continue into the guided planner later if you want deeper analysis
  • + Works on any device - phone, tablet, desktop
See My Quick Retirement Answer Or start in the guided planner -> No account | No install | Opens instantly

Two Ways to Plan

The right tool
for where you are.

The free trial gives you a real taste. The Pro license unlocks everything - on your desktop and in your browser.

Web App - Free Trial

Plan anywhere.
No install required.

Free

Limited trial | No account required

Runs entirely in your browser via Pyodide - Python in the browser, no planning server receiving your numbers by default, and a local-first workflow from the start. Try the full interface with limited scenarios before you buy.

  • +All planning modules - Roth, IRMAA, estate, goals
  • +Works on any device - Mac, iPad, Windows, Linux
  • +Data stays in your browser - zero server calls
  • - Limited to 1 scenario
  • - No save / load between sessions
  • - No PDF or Excel export
  • - Monte Carlo limited to 500 simulations
Open The Guided Web App

What Makes Fatboy Different

Tax laws change.
Your software should too.

When OBBBA passed in July 2025, most retirement tools went stale. Fatboy users updated their tax parameters in 10 minutes and kept planning.

01

Editable Tax Parameters

Edit federal and state tax brackets yourself. Model TCJA expiration, OBBBA senior deductions, capital gains rate changes - without waiting 6 months for a vendor update.

02

Roth Conversion Modeling

See exactly how a $50k Roth conversion impacts your taxes this year, your IRMAA brackets at 65, and your RMDs at 75. Year-by-year, full tax effects.

03

Seven Monte Carlo Environments

From optimistic GBM baseline to conservative regime switching to a full century of historical data. A plan that holds up across all seven is a plan you can retire on.

04

Breakpoint Analysis

Find exactly where your plan starts to fail. Minimum required returns. Maximum safe withdrawal rate. Color-coded risk zones so you know what margin you actually have.

05

Estate & Legacy Forecasting

Year-by-year estate projections, legacy goal tracking, inherited IRA RMD implications under the SECURE Act 10-year rule, and estate tax exposure against TCJA exemption thresholds.

06

Professional PDF Reports

Export polished, client-ready summaries of your analysis. Useful for reviewing with a spouse, sharing with a CPA, or documenting your strategy for annual review.

Compared to paying an advisor - or a subscription

1% AUM on $1M is $10,000 a year. Boldin is $12/month. ProjectionLab is $109/year. Fatboy is $149 once - desktop app, web app, all future updates. By year two you've paid less than one month of a competing subscription.

See Full Comparison ->

Federal Retirement

Planning around FERS,
supplement timing, and TSP?

Federal retirement is not just a pension input. Fatboy models how federal-style income sources start, stop, and interact inside the full retirement plan year by year.

Built for timing shifts

See pension, supplement, TSP, and Social Security work together year by year instead of flattening everything into one generic income line.

  • + FERS-style temporary supplement preview in the free web app
  • + Pension timing, TSP balances, and Social Security working together year by year
  • + Full federal editing and deeper controls in the complete planner
See Federal Retirement Page Or load the federal example ->

Right Fit

Who Fatboy is for.
And who it isn't.

Fatboy is planning depth, not hand-holding. The people who get the most from it know what they want to model.

Great fit

  • Engineers, executives, and professionals with 7-figure portfolios who understand their finances
  • DIY investors who want advisor-level tools without advisor fees
  • Pre-retirees modeling Roth conversions, IRMAA exposure, and TCJA impacts
  • Fee-only financial planners who need professional software without SaaS pricing
  • Anyone who wants a local-first workflow instead of mandatory cloud storage
  • Mac and iPad users who want serious browser-based planning (web app works on any device)

Not a fit

  • People who need someone to tell them what to invest in
  • Anyone looking for portfolio management or investment advice
  • People who want their phone to make financial decisions for them
  • Users who want a simple one-number retirement readiness score

Privacy by Design

Your financial data belongs to you.

Many planning tools are built around accounts, subscriptions, and cloud storage first. That means your retirement workflow begins by handing over your financial details to somebody else's system.

Fatboy is built around control first. The desktop app runs on your machine with a local-first workflow. The web app runs Python locally in your browser via Pyodide, so your calculations do not depend on a planning server.

If you want cross-device access later, Pro users can optionally sync an encrypted backup. Your plan is encrypted in your browser before upload using your license key, and we receive ciphertext we cannot read.

LOCAL
Desktop: fully local

The Windows and Linux apps run entirely on your machine. No internet required for planning. Data lives only on your computer.

WEB
Web app: Pyodide in-browser

The web app runs Python locally in your browser - not on a server. Your numbers stay on your device by default. No account required for the trial.

SYNC
Encrypted cloud sync (optional)

The only automatic server call is license key validation. Pro users can optionally sync plans across devices - but the data is encrypted in your browser before upload, using a key only you hold. We store ciphertext we cannot read. How it works ->

PRIVATE
No ads. No data harvesting.

We don't sell data, run analytics on your plans, or share anything with third parties. There's no business model that requires it.

Start with the quick answer.

Built for serious DIY planners who want a fast first answer now and a deeper tool ready when the decision gets more serious.

Get the quick answer first. If the result makes you pause, continue in the guided planner or lock in Founding Member pricing for the full desktop and web version.

See My Quick Retirement Answer Refine It In The Guided Planner

Quick answer first. Guided planner next. Desktop Pro when you want saved scenarios, exports, and deeper ongoing analysis.