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Roby: Rent vs. Buy Calculatorv1.0.1

Released April 12, 2026Major

iOS

What changed

  • New featureAdded household income and filing status inputs for tax calculations
  • New featureNew Tax Break Reality Check comparing mortgage deduction vs standard deduction
  • New featureAdded financial metrics for required income, retirement room, DTI headroom, and job-loss reserves
  • New featureNew Glide Path feature to project payment comfort over time as income rises
  • New featureAdded 25%-of-take-home rule comparison tool
  • ContentExpanded premium content from 15 to 17 sections

Original release notes

Roby now takes your household income and filing status, and uses them
to answer the questions a rent-vs-buy calculator actually should.

• The Tax Break Reality Check: does the mortgage interest deduction
  actually lower your tax bill, or does the standard deduction win?
• Required income, retirement room, back-end DTI headroom, and a
  job-loss reserve target tailored to your numbers.
• The Glide Path: when a tight payment gets comfortable as income rises.
• A second opinion against the stricter 25%-of-take-home rule.

Plus 17 premium sections (up from 15).

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