Frequently asked questions

What the tools do, what happens to your data, and how the figures are worked out.

Answers to the questions we are asked most, in four groups: using the site, your data, the figures the calculators produce, and getting in touch. If yours is not here, the contact page will reach us.

Using the tools

Are FreeToolStation tools free?

Yes, all 330 of them. There is no paid tier, no trial, no usage limit and no feature held back behind a sign-up. The site is supported by advertising, which is why you will see clearly marked advertisement areas on some pages.

Do I need to create an account?

No. There is no registration, no login and no email capture anywhere on the site. Open a tool and start using it.

Are the tools available on mobile?

Yes. Every page is responsive and every tool interface has been built to stay usable on a phone screen, including the ones with tables, which scroll sideways rather than squashing.

Do the tools work offline?

Once a tool page has loaded, the browser-based tools keep working even if the connection drops, because all the processing code is already in the page. Loading a different tool page does need the network.

Which browsers are supported?

Current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on desktop and mobile. A few tools rely on newer browser features, such as WebP export in the image compressor, which older browsers may not offer.

Your data and your choices

Do you store my data?

Almost every tool processes your input inside your own browser using JavaScript, so the text, numbers or images you work with never reach us. The only things kept on your device are your light or dark theme choice and your advertising consent answer, both in local storage. Generated passwords are never stored.

Can I use the tools for commercial work?

Yes. Whatever you produce with the tools is yours to use in personal, academic or commercial projects, with no attribution required. The terms of use set this out in full.

Why do I see a consent message?

Because advertising can use cookies, and in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland you have to be asked before a personalised advert is served. Until you answer, and if you decline, advertising is requested as non-personalised. The Cookie settings link in the footer reopens the message whenever you want.

Trusting the numbers

How accurate are the calculators?

They apply standard published formulas and are accurate to the inputs you give them. Each calculator names the formula it uses and shows the working, so the result can be checked rather than taken on trust. What they cannot do is account for your circumstances: the loan and interest calculators exclude tax, and the health calculators are general screening figures rather than assessments.

Which formula does a calculator use?

The page says. Every calculator explains its method in the written section below the tool, and where more than one convention exists -- bank-style rounding, flooring a negative remainder, the two ways of converting a CGPA -- both are shown rather than one being picked silently.

Why does a tool say my input is invalid?

Each tool validates what it is given and explains the problem in plain language, usually naming the line or character that caused it. Invalid JSON, a malformed HEX colour and a broken percent escape all produce a specific message rather than a generic failure.

Can I see where a number came from?

Yes. Calculators that reach a figure through several steps show a breakdown table, and many show the formula with your own numbers substituted into it. Results can be copied as text or downloaded as a CSV where a table makes sense.

Getting in touch

How can I suggest a new tool?

Through the contact page. Describe the job you need done rather than the interface you imagine, and say how often you run into it. Tools that solve a common, well-defined problem and can run client-side are the ones most likely to be built.

Did you find a mistake?

Please report it. Tell us the tool, the input you used, the result you got and the result you expected. Incorrect output is treated as the highest priority problem on the site.

Can I link to a tool from my own site?

Yes, and no permission is needed. Link straight to the tool page, for example the word counter at /tools/word-counter/, so people land on the thing they came for.

Still looking?

Browse all 330 tools, the 197 calculators, read about the site, or check the privacy policy for detail on how data is handled.