Bobby vs Subby
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bobby
Effortlessly track your recurring expenses and manage all your subscriptions in one place. Get timely notifications for upcoming bills to avoid late fees and maintain better control over your monthly spending.
- Add custom and pre-defined subscriptions
- View all subscriptions at a glance
- Track monthly spending on subscriptions
- Receive bill due date notifications
- Prevent late payment fees
- Avoid insufficient funds
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Bobby is the easiest way to get insights in your fixed costs. Manage your subscriptions and get notified when a bill is due. EASILY ADD SUBSCRIPTIONS Adding subscriptions is easy, choose from hundreds of existing subscriptions or create your own custom subscriptions. Enter all contract details to get the most out of Bobby, or use Bobby as a quick way to calculate your monthly payment for you. YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS AT A GLANCE Bobby provides a clear overview of all your subscriptions and upcoming bills. This way you'll always know the amount of money spent on subscriptions, which helps you to control your monthly spendings. GET NOTIFIED Bobby also notifies you when a bill is due, so you'll never have to deal with late payment fees you didn't know about again. Besides that, it prevents you from having insufficient funds on your account on the day a payment is due.
Subby
Effortlessly track all your recurring payments in one place. Get timely reminders before renewal dates to avoid surprise charges and identify forgotten subscriptions. Visualize your spending with beautiful analytics to save money annually.
- Track all subscriptions
- Renewal reminders
- Spending analytics
- Free trial alerts
- Customizable notifications
- Manual tracking for privacy
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Know what you pay, when it renews, and where your money goes. Subby is a private subscription tracker for recurring bills, memberships, and service trials. Add each service in seconds, see monthly and yearly totals, and set reminders before the next charge. TRACK RECURRING COSTS • Add weekly, every-two-weeks, monthly, quarterly, yearly, lifetime, or custom billing cycles • Organize services with categories, icons, and separate profiles • View upcoming charges in a clear calendar • Track up to 5 subscriptions free; Subby Pro removes the limit GET ALERTED BEFORE CHARGES • Choose reminder days and notification time • Mute reminders for individual services • Track external service trials and their conversion dates • Set alerts before trials end and subscriptions renew UNDERSTAND YOUR SPENDING • Compare weekly, monthly, and yearly equivalents • Explore spending by category and billing cycle • See your highest recurring costs • Add monthly income to understand how much subscriptions use • Share a private spending summary as an image PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Subscription data stays on your device • No bank account connection required • No ads Subby Pro unlocks unlimited subscriptions and multiple profiles. It is available as an auto-renewing weekly or annual subscription, or as a lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm your purchase. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Questions or feedback: support@justgoodapps.com Privacy Policy: https://mikolajpiech.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bobby at 56% against Subby's 0%. Bobby also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (8K vs 4). Subby's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Bobby sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Subby sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bobby holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bobby has 8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Bobby's written reviews are positive against 0% of Subby's.
Bobby ships an update every 2 months, Subby every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bobby | Subby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (8K ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yummygum | Daniel Piech |
Customer experience
Bobby
Subby
Bugs and requests
Bobby
Reported bugs
10 issues- Notifications don't work
- Crashes on launch
- Everything disappears
- Unreliable and broken
- Glitchy, doesn't work well
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- Notifications are not working
- Notifications randomly stop working
- Notifications come at wrong times
- Subscription data disappeared
- iCloud sync issues
Requested features
11 requests- Add widgets
- Allow editing of subscription details
- Separate monthly and annual subscriptions
- Add ability to mark subscriptions as paid
- Add categories/folders for subscriptions
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- Allow custom icons for subscriptions
- Add ability to hide/pause subscriptions
- Improve notification system
- Add Apple Watch app
- Improve currency conversion
- Add ability to export data
Subby
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bobby
- Unlock Subscription Limit$0.99
- Visual Pack$0.99
- Security Pack$0.99
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- Unlock Category Limit$0.99
- All-in-one Pack$1.99
- All-in-one Pack v2$2.99
Subby
- Subby Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- Subby Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
- Subby Pro Lifetime$49.99
Questions
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