MyDebtLens
@mydebtlenssaas
Denver, CO
Project
MyDebtLensmydebtlens.com
MyDebtLens helps people compare debt payoff routes from the numbers they enter, without connecting a bank account.
Small visibility win for MyDebtLens today.
The app is currently ranked #1 in Debt Management Tools on PeerPush.
It is still early, and these lists move quickly, but for a young personal-finance product, every credible public signal matters.
MyDebtLens is a debt payoff planning workspace for people in the U.S., built to help users compare payoff routes and monthly pressure using numbers they enter themselves.
No bank connection required.
Onward.
PeerPush listing:
Small MyDebtLens build update:
I added a free public tool called Can I afford it? Beta.
The idea is simple: before someone takes on a new monthly commitment, they may want to understand what it does to the rest of the month.
Not in a complicated way. Just enough to pause and see the shape of the decision.
A new car payment, rent change, subscription stack, payment plan, loan, or home project can look manageable by itself. But the more useful question is often:
What happens after it joins the bills and obligations already there?
So the tool asks for rough monthly numbers and shows room before, monthly impact, and room after.
It does not require signup.
It does not connect to a bank.
It does not pull credit.
It is not meant to approve or deny anything. It is a small planning layer for a very common question.
This is also part of a broader shift for MyDebtLens: adding more public tools and data pages around consumer debt clarity, not only the full debt payoff planner behind login.
mydebtlens.com/can-i-afford-it.html?utm_source=…
Curious how other builders think about this kind of free tool.
Do you prefer public tools that are narrow and focused, or broader calculators that try to answer more at once?
Hi everyone,
A small MyDebtLens build note from this week.
One decision I keep coming back to is that debt payoff is not only a calculation problem. It is also a clarity problem.
From a distance, payoff planning can look simple:
List the debts.
Sort by APR or balance.
Pay extra where the method says.
Repeat.
That logic is useful, but it does not always answer the question someone is actually carrying:
“What can I do next month without making everything else unstable?”
That question changes the product.
It means balances matter, but so do minimum payments, due dates, income, expenses, available surplus, and the timing of changes.
So I’ve been trying to keep MyDebtLens focused on showing the shape of the decision, not just naming a payoff method.
The goal is not to tell someone what they “should” do.
The goal is to help them see the tradeoff clearly enough to choose a route with more confidence.
Curious how other builders handle this kind of thing: when your product has a “correct” calculation underneath, how much room do you leave for real-life context?
Hey everyone, happy to be here.
I’m new to Strivle and still finding my way around, but I like the idea of a place built around product shipping, progress, and learning from other builders.
I’ve just launched a SaaS product in the personal finance space, and I’m looking forward to sharing more about the product, the decisions behind it, and the early distribution work as I go.
For now, just wanted to say hello:)