Unlatched

Choice Horizon Planning

Work becomes a choice.

Understand when financial independence makes work optional. Model retirement, test alternate futures, and see how today's decisions affect tomorrow's options.

Choice Horizon graph showing assets over time, retirement timing, and life events

The Better Question

Most retirement tools answer the wrong question.

Retirement is not just a date on a calendar. It is the point where your plan can support your desired life and work becomes optional.

Traditional Question "When do you want to retire?"
Better Question "When could you?"

How Unlatched Works

Build a plan, branch the future, and find your Choice Horizon.

01

Build Your Plan

Income, savings, spending, taxes, housing, college, investments, and equity compensation in one planning model.

02

Explore Alternate Futures

Retire earlier, start a business, buy a rental property, pay off the mortgage, or test a different spending path.

03

Find Your Choice Horizon

See when work becomes optional and how each decision moves that date forward or back.

No Registration Required

Calculate your first Choice Horizon.

Enter a few numbers to estimate the age where invested assets could support expected retirement spending. Use the full app for taxes, housing, college, equity compensation, historical scenarios, branches, and AI planning.

Estimated Work Optional Age 56

Product Screens

Designed for life's biggest decisions.

Choice Horizon graph

Choice Horizon

Track projected assets, work timing, retirement age, and major life events on one timeline.

Branches comparison table

Branches

Compare your Plan of Record against alternate futures without losing the original plan.

Assets planning screen

Assets

Model cash, taxable investments, retirement accounts, and account drawdown behavior.

Housing planning screen

Housing

Evaluate mortgages, extra payments, downsizing, rent, community fees, and property income.

College planning screen

College

Add education costs and timing so family decisions are part of the same financial picture.

AI Planning Assistant

AI Planning Assistant

Ask planning questions and explore what-if scenarios with context from your plan.

Who It's For

For people making high-impact life decisions.

Approaching Retirement

Understand whether your current plan can support the life you want.

Financial Independence / FIRE

See how savings, spending, taxes, and market history affect your timeline.

Major Life Decisions

Evaluate housing, spending, business ideas, and retirement strategies before committing.

Couples Planning Together

Build confidence around shared assumptions, tradeoffs, and future options.

AI Planning Assistant

Get answers, not just numbers.

Use AI to analyze retirement readiness, explore what-if scenarios, understand Roth conversions, and evaluate major financial decisions.

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AI Planning Assistant screen

Pricing

Free to start. Upgrade when you need deeper planning.

Starter

$0

Build a plan, create one branch, and calculate your first Choice Horizon.

Pro

Advanced planning

Unlimited branches, AI planning, historical scenario analysis, and Strategy Lab.

Start Planning

What would you do if work became optional?

Calculate My Choice Horizon

Free to start. No credit card required.