About Namna
A private financial planning app for Filipinos on iPhone.
Why I made this
I built Namna from a question I asked myself one day while walking:
When will my money be enough for the life I want?
At first, I tried answering it in an Excel file.
The spreadsheet helped, but it did not feel like the right home for a question like that. It felt too mechanical for something that is actually personal, emotional, and tied to real tradeoffs. I wanted something calmer, clearer, and easier to return to.
Then I started wondering if other Filipinos had been trying to answer the same question too.
That became Namna: a calmer way to think about whether my current money and future savings may eventually be enough for the life I want.
Why the name is Namna
Naming the app was harder than building the first version.
I knew from the beginning that I wanted a Filipino-rooted name. I found the Ilokano word namnama, which carries meanings around hope, desire, and expectation. I shortened that inspiration into Namna and used it as the product name.
For me, that felt right. Planning for the future is not just about math. It is also about hope.
About the Developer
Namna is independently developed by Jeryl Donato Estopace. It grew out of a personal spreadsheet, a simple question, and a desire to build a planning tool that feels more respectful, more local, and more truthful than a generic retirement calculator.
Namna provides planning estimates only, not financial advice.