cinder.fi connects your monthly budget to your retirement plan, for Canada and the United States. Every dollar you don't spend shows up in your plan, so you can see how today's choices move your retirement date.
Instead of rules of thumb, cinder.fi runs your real numbers through full tax engines, for every Canadian province and territory and all 50 US states, and projects your finances year by year, all the way through retirement.
BUDGET AND TRACK SPENDING
• A monthly budget that shows how the month is filling up, day by day
• Where it went: your spending month by month, by category or by account, with the biggest movers and the charges behind them
• Bills on any schedule, followed to their last payment, with a heads-up before a free trial starts charging or when a bill hasn't shown up
• Connect your bank securely with Plaid, or import CSV, OFX or YNAB
PLAN YOUR RETIREMENT
• Year-by-year projections of income, taxes, account drawdowns and estate value
• Real federal and provincial/state tax brackets, not estimates
• Government benefits modeled directly: CPP, OAS and GIS in Canada; Social Security in the US
• RRIF and RMD minimum withdrawals as you age
• Life events, from an inheritance to a home purchase, on one timeline
KNOW WHERE YOU STAND
• Your Cinder Score, a 0 to 100 retirement-readiness rating that updates as your plan changes
• Net worth across every account type: RRSP, TFSA, FHSA, RRIF, non-registered, 401(k), IRA, Roth, HSA, taxable and more
• Plan together: a partner joins your household and you share one plan
GO DEEPER WITH PRO
• Ask cinder: an AI assistant that answers questions about your own plan and spending
• A strategy optimizer that tests thousands of combinations of benefit timing and withdrawal order
• Monte Carlo simulations and historical backtesting back to 1871
• RRSP meltdown and Roth conversion modeling to smooth out lifetime taxes
• Unlimited scenarios, side by side
• Pension income splitting for Canadian couples
• Rental property, home equity and securities-backed lending
• PDF report export
YOUR DATA, PROTECTED
• Sign in with email, Google or Apple
• Bank credentials are never stored; bank connections go through Plaid
• Your financial data is encrypted and synced privately to your account
Whether you're decades from retirement or already drawing down, cinder.fi turns scattered balances, tax rules and benefit decisions into one clear plan you can act on.
cinder.fi provides educational projections and planning tools. It is not financial, tax or investment advice. Projections are estimates based on the information and assumptions you provide.
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A steadier "you could retire at", and a few fixes.
• "You could retire at" now re-estimates your Social Security for each age it tries, so the same plan gives the same answer whatever age it started from. If your benefit is still cinder's estimate, the age on your first run and your odds can shift slightly.
• A free trial bought on cinder.fi that can't be attached to your account now ends instead of charging you, and the app tells you the date.
• Progress' chart shows each year once, and its Pro button stays on one line.
• The estate checklist reads correctly, and links to Retirement and Progress open the right page.
Version 2.30.0
The developer, Joseph Johansson, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
Joseph Johansson
Size
88 MB
Category
Finance
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.