Financial planning app: See where your money is heading.

Zenarios forecasts your net worth month by month, until retirement and beyond. Describe your life once and see what a home, a child or a career change would do to it, before you decide.

  • No account
  • No ads, no tracking
  • Your data stays on your phone

Every big decision
is a guess.

Make it a plan.

Guided setup

Describe your life once.

A few plain questions instead of a spreadsheet. Zenarios knows typical taxes, rents and living costs for where you live, so a rough answer is good enough to start.

  1. 1
    Who it's forJust you, or you and a partner. Children too.
  2. 2
    What comes in and goes outPay, housing and everyday costs, with estimates wherever you're unsure.
  3. 3
    What's aheadA home, a child, a new car. Add milestones now or later.

In a hurry? The 1-minute plan starts from a handful of answers. Sharpen it whenever you like.

Month by month

See every month ahead.

Net worth · Mar 2059 · age 67€1,215,994+€1.19M vs today

Every month, worked out

Pay, taxes, spending, loans and investment returns are calculated for every month, so your net worth forecast runs month by month until the plan ends.

Life on the line

A home, a child and a new car sit exactly where they happen, so you can see what each one costs you.

Independence, with a date

See when your investments could cover your costs. For Lena and Jonas that's June 2047, at 55.

Milestones

Plan around the moments that matter.

Life doesn't run in a straight line, and your plan shouldn't either. Choose from more than 30 milestones, from buying a home to retiring early, and watch your whole forecast move with each one.

  • Buy a home
  • Have a child
  • Buy a car
  • Get married
  • New job or raise
  • Go part-time
  • Sabbatical
  • Move
  • Renovation
  • Big trip
  • Inheritance
  • Debt free
  • Financial independence
  • Downsize

Milestones can wait for the right moment too: buy the car when you can afford it, and Zenarios finds the month.

Scenarios

Test a decision first.

Compare what-if scenarios side by side. Copy your plan, change one thing, and see what the difference adds up to, where it comes from, and what it does to the year you could stop working.

Invest €200 a month

Difference at retirement

+€288,932

Net worth in 2059, compared with Your plan.


What changes by 2059

Saved and invested+€122,028
Interest and returns+€166,904

Independence

20472044

3 years earlier

Or start from a ready-made decision

  • Buy or keep renting
  • Cash, loan, lease or no car
  • Invest or keep in savings
  • Pay off the loan or invest
  • Work less or retire at another age
  • Get out of debt

Stress tests

Stress-tested.

What if one of you loses a job, or the market drops just as you retire? Throw the bad years at your plan before they happen: 13 stress tests, a Monte Carlo simulation of up to 1,000 market futures, and replays of real market history from 1929 to 2008.

  • Job loss
  • Pay cut
  • Costs rise
  • Big bill
  • Market crash
  • Crash as you retire
  • Inflation spike
  • Higher loan rates
  • House prices fall
  • Lost decade
  • Recession
  • Long life
  • Market history

Every test ends in a plain verdict: Holds, Gets tight or Runs short, with what would help.

Typical futureWhere 8 in 10 futures landYour plan

What do you want to know?

Answered in a sentence, from your own plan.

Can we afford a child?

Yes. You would still have €760 left each month.

Worked out from your plan's numbers, on this device.

Ask

Ask your plan.

Not every question needs a chart. Ask in plain words and get a straight answer in one sentence, worked out from your own numbers.

  • Pick a common question, or type your own
  • Calculated on your phone. Nothing is sent anywhere
  • Like the answer? Save it as a scenario

Privacy

Private by design.

A plan holds your whole financial life, so it stays with you. Zenarios has no account, and your plans are never sent to a server: your financial data never leaves your phone.

No account
No sign-up, no email, no password. Open the app and start.
Stays on your phone
Plans, scenarios and check-ins live in a database on your device. Nothing is synced.
No ads, no tracking
Anonymous usage statistics never include your plans or amounts, and one switch turns them off. Crash reports stay off unless you turn them on.
Yours to keep or delete
Export your data as a file whenever you like, or delete all of it in one tap.

And the rest

Thoughtful down to the details.

Check in, stay on course.

Once a month or once a quarter, update a few balances and tick off what happened. Zenarios shows whether you're ahead of your plan or behind it, and reminds you when it's time.

At today's prices.

One switch adjusts every future amount for inflation, so a number in 2059 compares to today.

€1,215,994€632,595

Net worth in 2059, not adjusted for inflationNet worth in 2059, at today's prices

Speaks your language.

English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, Nederlands and Filipino.

Taxes and prices built in.

From official statistics, bundled with the app. Nothing is looked up online.

38
countries with income tax worked out
153
countries with living-cost levels
12
countries with local rents and home prices

Share it as a report.

Turn a plan, a decision, a comparison or a stress test into a clean PDF. Hide names with one switch.

Easy on the eyes, day and night.

Light and dark mode that follow your phone, and four text sizes the whole app grows with.

Try it before you type.

Not ready for your own numbers? Open one of five example households, each with a real question to answer.

  • A

    Anna, 31 · Köln

    Earns well, saves a lot, and keeps all of it in cash.

  • TJ

    Tom & Julia · Leipzig

    A credit card at 19.9 % while €11,000 sits in savings.

  • B

    The Beckers · Hannover

    Buy a house, buy a flat, or keep renting?

  • S

    Sven, 44 · Nürnberg

    A used car, a new EV on a loan, or a lease?

  • KP

    Klaus & Petra · Freiburg

    Stop at 63 instead of 67. Can they afford it?

Make better long-term decisions.

Your whole financial future, month by month.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

How the numbers are worked out: How Zenarios calculates. Something else? Write to us, we read everything.

What is Zenarios?

Zenarios is a financial planning app for iPhone and Android. You describe your household once (income, spending, savings, debts and the milestones ahead) and it projects your net worth month by month until retirement and beyond. You can compare scenarios side by side, stress-test your plan and ask it questions in plain words. Your plans stay on your phone.

Is Zenarios a budgeting app?

No. Budgeting apps look back at what you spent; Zenarios looks ahead. It turns your income, costs, savings and debts into a month-by-month forecast of your net worth, and shows what a decision like buying a home, having a child or working less would change over the years.

Is Zenarios financial advice?

No. Zenarios shows estimates, based on what you tell it and on simplified tax rules. It helps you see what your choices could lead to, but it is not financial, tax or legal advice.

Does Zenarios connect to my bank account?

No. Zenarios never asks for bank logins and doesn't link to banks or brokers. You enter your numbers yourself, and rough figures are fine: wherever you're unsure, it suggests typical values for where you live.

Where is my data stored?

Only on your phone. There is no account, and your plans are never sent to a server or synced. Deleting the app, or using “Delete all data” in Settings, removes everything.

Does Zenarios collect any data?

Only anonymous usage statistics, such as which screens are used, and you can turn them off in Settings → Privacy. Names, amounts, balances, dates of birth and anything you type are never sent. Zenarios has no ads and no tracking, and crash reports are off unless you turn them on.

Do I need to know all my numbers?

No. Wherever you're unsure, Zenarios suggests typical values for where you live, such as living costs, rents and taxes. The 1-minute plan needs only a handful of answers, and you can sharpen it later.

Does it work outside Germany?

Yes. Zenarios works out income tax for 38 countries, in full detail for 12: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Anywhere else you enter a single tax rate, with a suggestion ready. Living-cost levels cover 153 countries, and plans can be in any local currency.

How does Zenarios work out when I could stop working?

Zenarios marks financial independence from the month your savings and investments, drawn down at a safe withdrawal rate (3.5 % a year by default), plus regular income such as pensions, cover a full year of your spending after tax. Money you can't touch yet, like a pension that starts later, only counts once it's available.

Can I use Zenarios for FIRE or early retirement planning?

Yes. Zenarios shows the date your investments could cover your costs, and has milestones for financial independence, Barista or Coast FIRE, going part-time and a sabbatical, and you can move your retirement age to see what changes. A stress test compares a 3.5 % and a 4 % withdrawal rate, so you can see how much the rule of thumb matters.

What assumptions does Zenarios use?

By default, Zenarios assumes 2 % inflation, a 5 % return on investments, 1.5 % interest on cash and 2 % growth in home prices, with pay rising in line with inflation. Every assumption can be changed, and any amount can be shown at today's prices.

Where do the tax and cost figures come from?

From official statistics and published rules, bundled with the app: among others OECD Taxing Wages and Pensions at a Glance, Eurostat, the World Bank, Destatis and national tax and statistics offices. Market history comes from Robert Shiller's and Aswath Damodaran's data. Zenarios lists every source in Settings → Data sources and rules.

How do the stress tests work?

Zenarios runs 13 stress tests, such as job loss, a market crash, a crash just as you retire, an inflation spike and a long life. A Monte Carlo simulation plays up to 1,000 market futures, and history replays run your plan through real markets starting in 1929, 1966, 1973, 2000 and 2008. Each test ends in a plain verdict: Holds, Gets tight or Runs short.

Does Zenarios include my state pension?

Yes. For German plans, Zenarios works out the statutory pension from your pension points, the age you claim it and the early or late adjustments. For other countries it estimates state pensions from published rules or OECD figures, and you can always enter your own amount.

Can I plan together with my partner?

Yes. A plan in Zenarios can be for one person or a couple, with two incomes, joint taxes for married couples, shared accounts and children.

How does Ask answer my questions?

Ask knows about 50 common questions, like “Can we afford a child?” or “When can I stop working?”. It matches what you type to one of them and works out the answer from your plan's numbers, right on your phone. It doesn't use a language model, and nothing you type leaves the device.

Can I export my plan?

Yes. Zenarios exports all your plans and settings as a JSON file, the year-by-year forecast as a CSV table, and a plan, decision, comparison or stress test as a PDF report, with names hidden if you like.

Which phones and languages does Zenarios support?

Zenarios runs on iPhone with iOS 16.4 or later and on Android. It speaks English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Filipino, in light or dark mode.

How many plans can I keep?

Up to five at a time, each with its own scenarios to compare.

Zenarios

See where your money is heading.

For iPhone and Android. No account needed.