Editorial policy

Last updated: 2026-10-14

Every tool page on FreeToolStation carries written content as well as the tool. This page explains who writes it, how it is checked, and what we do when it turns out to be wrong.

Why the writing is there at all

A tool on its own answers one question: it does the thing. The writing answers the questions that come after it. Why is the converted file larger? Which of these two formats should I actually use? What does this error mean? Those are the questions people arrive with, and a page that only has a button leaves them unanswered.

How a tool page is made

1. The tool is built and tested first. Nothing is published as a placeholder or a coming-soon. If a page exists, the tool on it works.
2. The copy is written for that specific tool. Each page has its own description, its own instructions, its own use cases and its own questions answered. Pages average around 900 words. None of it is spun from a template or generated from another page's text, and no two pages share copy.
3. Claims are checked against the code. If a page says a file is never uploaded, that is because the tool genuinely has no upload path, not because it reads well.
4. The page is tested. Every tool is driven automatically before release, and the ones that produce files have their output opened and inspected rather than assumed correct.

Where we say "no"

Some popular tool ideas cannot work in a browser at all. A browser is not permitted to request another website and read the response, so no page here can genuinely check whether your competitor's site has a broken link, what IP a domain resolves to, or whether a certificate is valid. Pages that would need that either do not exist, or work on content you paste in and say so in plain words on the page.

This costs us traffic. Sites that pretend otherwise rank for those searches. We would rather be useful than ranked for something we cannot do.

Accuracy, and what happens when we get it wrong

The calculators and converters are tested against known values, and a wrong result is treated as a serious fault rather than a rough edge. We still expect to be wrong sometimes: the tools are numerous and the inputs people use are endlessly varied.

If a tool gives you a result you believe is incorrect, send the tool name and the exact input to hello@freetoolstation.org. A reproducible wrong answer gets fixed before anything else on the list.

What the content is not

None of the writing on this site is professional advice. The financial calculators are arithmetic, not financial advice. The BMI calculator is a formula from 1832, not a medical opinion. The legal pages describe how this site operates and are not legal advice for yours. The disclaimer covers this in full.

Advertising and the writing

The two are kept apart. No advertiser pays for a mention, a recommendation or a tool. See the advertising disclosure.

Corrections and updates

Tools are updated as browsers change and as faults are found. Where a change alters what a tool produces rather than just how it looks, the page says so. There are 330 tools here and the intention is to keep every one of them working, not to add new ones on top of broken old ones.