Can anyone tell me how coin boosters work??

[Okkin]

Like I get the idea, more coins = faster production but some buildings are a flat rate of 1 coin = 1 work unit / second where as other buildings have... a status bar that decreases and it shows a picture of a coin and -0.5/sec, then below that show a work unit bar that says +1/sec.
Furthermore before you add any coin boosters, the add button shows 100 coins, 5 work units with an arrow pointing to a coin with a plus... Can anyone shed some light on this? I am completely baffled.
Here are pictures of what I'm talking about. [imgur.com]

[Ryika]

You pay 100 Coins to unlock the Ability to use the Coin Booster for that building.

Then you spend 0.5 Coins per second to generate 1 work unit per second, or a multiple of those numbers if you increase the Coin Booster level. (But only while the building is actively producing something)

1 work unit per second is the equivalent to the default work rate of a building with 1 worker, but each worker you add only adds 0.5 work units, whereas coin boosters always add 1.

The decreasing bar just shows the time until a new coin will be consumed (if available) to maintain the boost.

[Okkin]

Originally posted by Ryika:

You pay 100 Coins to unlock the Ability to use the Coin Booster for that building.

Then you spend 0.5 Coins per second to generate 1 work unit per second, or a multiple of those numbers if you increase the Coin Booster level. (But only while the building is actively producing something)

1 work unit per second is the equivalent to the default work rate of a building with 1 worker, but each worker you add only adds 0.5 work units, whereas coin boosters always add 1.

The decreasing bar just shows the time until a new coin will be consumed (if available) to maintain the boost.

Ah... That makes perfect sense; it should have been obvious to me - thank you!