Browser add-on for Chrome & Edge

Your cart can wait. Future you can't.

Future Me steps in right at checkout on Amazon, bol and Coolblue. It shows what that purchase could become, and lets you drop the money in a jar instead. One honest pause. Then you decide.

Hold on a second
Wireless earbuds · amazon.com.be
€79.99
could become
€157
in 10 years at 7% a year. An illustration, not advice.
Into the jar
Buy anyway
How it works

Three seconds between you and the impulse.

01

Pause

You hit checkout. Future Me spots the total and puts one honest question in front of you: is this worth what it could become?

02

Jar

Skip it and the amount lands in your jar. Buy anyway? Fine. Pick a reason, and you'll start seeing your own patterns.

03

Move it

Scan a QR code with your banking app and transfer the jar to your own savings or broker account, Trade Republic or BUX. Your money never touches us.

Live numbers

Pledges are cheap. So we count the transfers too.

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Active add-ons
Browsers that checked in during the last 30 days
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Purchases paused
Times someone chose the jar over the cart
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Money in jars
Skipped purchases, pledged to future selves
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Actually transferred
Only counted once a user confirms the transfer went through
— of jar money made it to a real account
Live from the Future Me database
Privacy

We count money. Not people.

What we count

A random install ID that isn't linked to you. The shop's domain. The amount you paused, jarred or transferred. That's it, and it's what feeds the numbers above.

What we never see

What you were buying, your name, your bank, your account numbers or your browsing. Transfers happen in your own banking app.

Your switch

Anonymous stats are on by default because they make these numbers honest. One toggle in Settings turns them off. The add-on works the same either way.

Read the full privacy policy →
FAQ

Straight answers before you install.

What is Future Me?+

Future Me is a free browser add-on for Chrome and Edge. It pauses you at checkout on Amazon, bol and Coolblue, shows what the amount could grow into, and lets you put the money in a jar instead of the cart.

How do I stop impulse buying online?+

Put a pause between wanting and buying. Impulse buys happen in seconds, so a short interruption at the exact moment you pay gives your deliberate self a say. Future Me places that pause at checkout, every time, without you having to remember.

Which shops does it work on?+

Future Me steps in at checkout on Amazon, bol and Coolblue. It runs in Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Is Future Me free?+

Yes. Future Me is free for Chrome and Edge. The beta is available as a download now, and the one-click store versions are on their way.

Does Future Me hold or invest my money?+

No. Your jar is a counter, not an account. When you want to move it, you scan a QR code with your own banking app and transfer it to your savings or broker account, such as Trade Republic or BUX. Your money never touches Future Me.

What data does Future Me collect?+

Only a random install ID, the shop's domain and the amounts you paused, jarred or transferred. Never what you bought, your name, your bank or your browsing. One toggle in Settings switches the anonymous stats off.

Meet the version of you with more money.

Free for Chrome and Edge. The one-click store versions are on their way. Until then, grab the beta and install it in five minutes.

Download Future Me 1.3.1 (beta)
Install in 5 steps
  1. Unzip future-me.zip into a folder you'll keep. Delete the folder and the add-on goes with it.
  2. Open chrome://extensions (or edge://extensions in Edge).
  3. Switch on Developer mode, top right.
  4. Click Load unpacked and pick the unzipped folder, the one with manifest.json.
  5. Pin Future Me via the puzzle-piece icon. Done.
Source code and updates on GitHub