The calculator with a memory: run every fund you own, watch the tape total them.
Yield figures average the past twelve months, which quietly misleads on variable payers — a fund whose checks have been shrinking still shows the fat old yield. This calculator uses the most recent actual payment, so the answer reflects what the fund pays now. When the two disagree, the trailing yield is quoting the past. If you want the full picture for any fund, its payment history page charts every check it has ever paid, and the cut & raise board shows who's growing and who's fading this week.
One honest limit: the next check isn't guaranteed to match the last one — variable funds change their payment every cycle, so treat the result as the current pace, not a promise. The number stays right unless the fund changes its payout, which variable funds do routinely — and that moment is exactly when it matters, which is why the tape pairs well with the paycheck calendar that tracks your actual expected paydays.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does it work?
Type your share count, tap a fund or enter any ticker under "other," press INCOME. Shares × the fund's latest payment, with the likely next payment date and yearly pace under the result.
What's the tape?
Every fund you run stays on screen with its check amount and next expected date, plus a running total across all of them — your whole portfolio's income picture in one column. Download it as a CSV anytime, or clear it with one tap.
Stocks too, or just ETFs?
Any dividend-paying ticker. If something pays little or nothing, it says so plainly instead of inventing a number.
Where does my data go?
Nowhere. The tape lives in your browser's local storage only — no account, no signup, nothing sent to us. The same list powers your paycheck calendar and the greeting on fund pages.
How is this different from the projection calculator?
The dividend calculator on our homepage answers "what could this grow into over 20 years." This one answers "what does my next check pay, today." Different questions — most people end up using both.