WorthTheHours
WorthTheHours is a native Android app that helps you rethink spending by converting prices into hours of work.
Instead of asking “Can I afford this?”, the app helps you ask a more meaningful question:
“How many hours of my life does this cost?”
By visualizing expenses in terms of working time, WorthTheHours encourages conscious, mindful purchasing decisions.
📱 App Screens
✨ Key Features
- Flexible Salary Setup
- Enter your net hourly wage directly
- Or calculate it from monthly net salary + working hours
- Salary data is stored securely and locally, encrypted on the device
- Item Tracking
- Add items with a name and price
- Instantly see how many hours and minutes of work each item represents
- Automatic Time Conversion
- Prices are converted into working time using your configured hourly wage
- Results are displayed in a clear, human-friendly format
- Local & Private
- No accounts
- No cloud sync
- No network access
- All data stays on your device
- Modern UI
- Built entirely with Jetpack Compose
- Uses Material 3 for a clean, minimal, modern look
- Supports light and dark themes
🧱 Tech Stack & Architecture
WorthTheHours is built using modern Android best practices and follows a clean MVVM architecture.
- Language: Kotlin
- UI: Jetpack Compose + Material 3
- Architecture: MVVM
- Dependency Injection: Hilt
- Async & State: Kotlin Coroutines + Flow
- Navigation: Navigation Compose
- Local Persistence:
- Room for storing items
- EncryptedSharedPreferences for securely storing salary data
- DataStore for lightweight user preferences