About PriceSense
PriceSense helps you look beyond raw exchange rates. We convert foreign prices into your hometown's purchasing power using cost-of-living data, so you can make smarter spending decisions while traveling.
How it works
- Select your hometown and travel city. We load representative city prices (e.g., coffee, fast food, eggs, apples) to estimate local affordability.
- Enter a local price in the travel city. We compare it against your hometown's costs to compute what that price "feels like" back home.
- We factor current exchange rates and city market prices to approximate purchasing power.
Key features
- Intuitive comparisons using common items like coffee, fast food, eggs, apples.
- Simple and fast UI optimized for mobile and PWA installation.
- Localized routes with multi-language support (content currently in English).
- Privacy-friendly: minimal local storage of last selected cities only.
Use cases
- Travel budgeting and price awareness.
- Expat and relocation research.
- Everyday comparisons for smarter spending abroad.
Data sources
City prices come from public cost-of-living datasets. Certain items may be normalized (e.g., pounds/ounces converted to kilograms) to enable consistent comparisons.
FAQ
Is this financial advice? No. PriceSense is a tool for intuitive comparisons. Always verify prices locally.
Is my data stored? We only store the last selected home and travel city in local storage to streamline your next visit.
Why do items differ by city? Markets vary. We aim for "good enough" intuition with representative items, not perfect parity.