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Pay it off early.

The bank shows you a payment. This shows you the shape of the loan — and what dragging one slider does to twenty years of interest. Works for any currency.

EXTRA, EVERY MONTH — DRAG IT
ONE-TIME LUMP SUM AFTER
 
Total interest
—
Paid off
—
as scheduled
principal interest

Field notes

What do extra payments actually do?

Every extra unit goes straight at the principal, and all future interest is computed on the smaller balance — that’s why modest extras snowball. The math here keeps your required payment fixed and shortens the term, which is how most lenders apply overpayments by default. (Some instead recalculate a lower payment over the same term — less powerful; ask yours.)

Anything to watch out for before overpaying?

Two honest caveats. Some fixed-rate mortgages cap penalty-free overpayment (commonly ~10% of the balance per year) — check your terms. And if you carry more expensive debt elsewhere, arithmetic says feed that first.

How exact is this?

It’s the standard amortization formula — the same one your bank uses — with interest compounded monthly on the remaining balance. Real schedules can differ by a few units from rounding to cents and by start-date conventions; the shape and the savings are what to trust. Currency doesn’t matter to the math: type amounts in whatever you borrow in.

Can I type European decimals?

Yes — 12,5 and 12.5 both work, and thousands separators are fine (1,234.56 or 1.234,56). A lone comma followed by exactly three digits, like 1,234, is read as one thousand two hundred thirty-four.

Where does this run?

Entirely in your browser. Numbers you type are never sent anywhere — there is no server doing the math, no analytics watching you do it.