Financial independence, retire early

Find your FIRE number, track your progress

FIRE Journey builds your plan, analyzes your finances and brings you along on a journey to financial independence

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FIRE Journey dashboard showing a projected FIRE date, funding progress and a portfolio projection chart

The dashboard for a demo household. Every number is recomputed nightly from linked balances, real spending and a tax-aware projection engine.

The ascent

One trail from your first account to your last paycheck.

A trail winding up a volcano to a glowing summit
  1. 01
    Balances
    Link every account
  2. 02
    Spending
    Know your real burn rate
  3. 03
    Plan
    Get your number and date
  4. 04
    Stress test
    Survive the bad years
  5. 05
    Progress
    Track it every month
  6. 06
    FIRE
    Work becomes optional
How it works

Your number comes from your life, not a rule of thumb.

Most calculators ask you to guess what you spend. FIRE Journey reads it from your accounts, then keeps the number honest every month after.

FIRE portfolio
$0
synced 2m ago
  • ChaseChecking$12,480
  • VanguardBrokerage$318,200
  • Empower401(k)$224,900
  • RobinhoodRoth IRA$41,300
  • CitiCredit card-$2,140
  • HSAManual$17,660
01Kindling

Link everything, once

Banks, brokerages, retirement accounts and crypto sync through Plaid. Anything else, type in a balance. Every account rolls into one FIRE portfolio.

12-month average spend
$0/ mo
14 recurring found
  • Housing$2,150
  • Everything else$1,283
  • Food$780
  • Health$410
  • Transport$390
  • Travel$320
02Fuel

Learn what you really spend

Transactions are categorized, recurring charges are detected, and a twelve-month average becomes the spending your plan is built on.

$5,333 × 12$64,000 / yr
÷ 4% safe withdrawal× 25
FIRE number
$0
FIRE date
Dec 2035
9 yrs 3 mo away
03Ignition

Get your number and your date

Spending, savings rate, taxes and returns run through the projection engine and out comes a FIRE number, a FIRE date, and a monthly progress bar.

04Burn rate

Every dollar, sorted the moment it clears.

Link a card and the swipes flow straight into one ledger. No receipts, no spreadsheet, no guessing what you actually spend.

Live ledger
October 2026
$0.00
    • Categorized on arrival

      Every charge from every linked card lands sorted. Fix one and the rule sticks.

    • Recurring charges watched

      Subscriptions get spotted, and you hear about it the month one gets pricier.

    • Real spend, real FIRE number

      Your actual burn rate feeds the plan, so the target moves with your life.

    05Stoke

    Then pressure-test it from every angle.

    Move a lever and watch the date move with it. Replay the plan against a century of markets. Nothing here is a black box.

    Playground

    drag the slider
    FIRE date at a 41% savings rate
    Dec 2035
    base plan
    retire at 43
    age 25financially freeage 70
    save 10%save 75%

    Every lever in the app moves the date the same way: savings, spending, returns, retirement age, a house sale.

    Monte Carlo

    10,000 futures, 40 shown
    0%of retirements last 30 years
    starting portfolio
    made it ran outbootstrapped from 1928 to today

    Every FIRE flavor

    Coast to Fat
    Flamingo FI$800,000

    Backtest

    every start year since 1928
    0%of history would have worked
    19281993

    Plans

    compare side by side
    Base planDec 2035
    the plan your dashboard tracks
    Sell the condoMar 2034
    21 months sooner
    Coast from 40Aug 2041
    68 months later

    Unlimited plans, glide paths and bulk edits. Every scenario keeps its own date.

    06Slow burn

    Know what's waiting on the other side.

    Before you hand in your notice, see whether the money survives a bad decade, what you'll pay in tax and health insurance, and when Social Security starts. All of it comes from your one plan.

    • ResilienceRetire into 1929, 1966 or 2008 and see whether the plan holds.
    • Work a little longerWhat one to three more years buy in odds and spending.
    • Social SecurityYour benefit by claim age, with the household breakeven.
    • Taxes and withdrawalsWhich accounts pay for each year, the bridge to 59½, and what a Roth conversion costs.
    • HealthcareACA premiums before Medicare and the 400% cliff, year by year.
    A rough first decade · 30 years retired
    starting portfoliolow point −39%retire+10 yrs+20 yrs+30 yrs
    Your first year retired2036
    • $52,000 from taxable
    • $3,400 in tax
    • $4,100 for ACA coverage
    07Keep it lit

    A plan you actually come back to.

    Monthly reviews, milestones, a seat for your partner and a phone in your pocket. The boring parts of staying on track, made pleasant.

    August review
    FIRE date moved 0 months closer
    • Savings+1.0
    • Markets+1.5
    • Spending drift-0.5

    Reviews

    A recap that says exactly why your FIRE date moved. Savings, markets and spending drift, each given its share of the credit.

    Milestone reachedPortfolio crossed $600,000
    Price increaseNetflix went from $15.49 to $17.99

    Notifications

    Milestones crossed, subscriptions that quietly got pricier, a bank link that needs attention. Email or push, your choice per type.

    MMayaFIRE at 43
    One planDec 2035
    JJordanFIRE at 45

    Partner sharing

    One household, two people, one date. Your partner gets their own login, their own accounts and the same shared plan.

    FIRE date
    Dec 2035
    0%
    of $1.6M

    Mobile

    A glance-and-go companion for iOS and Android. Balances, the date, the streak, and push notifications on the day they matter.

    firejourney.app/share/m4y…live
    Progress to FIRE
    0%
    balances hidden

    Sharing and stories

    A read-only proof page for the people who ask how it's going. Or tell your story anonymously alongside everyone else's.

    Connections

    Twelve thousand institutions, one secure link.

    Banks, brokerages, 401(k) providers and Coinbase sync nightly through Plaid. Anything without a connection is a manual balance away.

    • Credentials never touch us

      You log in through Plaid. We receive a token, never a password.

    • Read-only, always

      Balances, holdings and transactions come in. Nothing goes out.

    • Unlink in one click

      Remove an institution and its data is deleted with it.

    Pricing

    One plan. Everything included.

    The full projection engine, withdrawal suite, and tax planner, with your accounts synced automatically. Join now and your founding price never goes up.

    Founding member

    Everything in FIRE Journey, at a price locked in for life.

    $99/year
    Works out to $8.25/month
    Projections, Monte Carlo, and backtests
    Unlimited plans and scenarios
    Link up to 10 institutions, unlimited manual accounts
    Periodic reviews and milestone alerts
    Social Security, healthcare, and retirement tax planning
    Founding-member price, locked in for as long as you stay subscribed

    30-day money-back guarantee

    Mobile

    FIRE Journey in your pocket.

    Glance at your FIRE date, triage new transactions and get milestone alerts from your phone. iOS and Android apps are on the way.

    Your number is waiting.

    Ten minutes to a FIRE date you can trust. See it before you pay.

    Or explore a demo household