Stack vs Subscriptions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stack
Manage and analyze your recurring payments with this tool. Get reminders before due dates and understand your spending habits with budget insights. Customize subscription entries with icons and sync data across devices.
- Subscription tracking and analysis
- Due date reminders
- Budgeting and spending insights
- Customizable subscription entries
- iCloud data sync
- Home screen widgets
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Stack is a tool that helps you track and analyze your subscriptions. Stack will remind you before due date after you add subscriptions. Budgets help you get a knowledge of subscriptions' statitics. [Widgets] Stack now supports widget which is initially introduced in iOS 14. You now can have a knowledge of your next overdue subscription and cost right from your home screen. [Highly customizable options when adding subscriptions] You can use template embeded in Stack or customize options when adding subscriptions. Stack can retrieve icons from album, website favicon or built-in icons to provide you with remarkable experience. [iCloud Sync] Stack can sync all your subscription data across devices via iCloud. [All Subscription Types] Stack support all kinds of subscriptions. [Subscription Group] You can customize groups in accordance with your needs like groups by types or suppliers. [Subscription Notification] You can enable notification when adding subscriptions or later. Stack will remind you on due date and you will never miss renewing your subscriptions. [Budgets] You can review your subscriptions in Budgets tab. Meanwhile, you can set budgets for groups, and all groups will be summarized in pie chart.
Subscriptions
Manage all your recurring payments in one place. Easily add, organize, and track subscriptions with customizable features and helpful reminders. Get insights into your spending with comprehensive analytics and sync data across all your Apple devices.
- Effortless subscription adding
- Organize by category, due date, tags
- Supports over 160 currencies
- Comprehensive analytics and charts
- Payment and expiration reminders
- iCloud sync across devices
- Ad-free experience
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Subscriptions is a native SwiftUI app that works seamlessly on iPhone, iPad, and macOS. It features a beautifully designed interface, adhering to Apple's design principles and offering rich customizable features. You can easily keep track of and manage your subscriptions with ease. Features: - Effortlessly adding subscriptions from a vast selection - Organize subscriptions using categories, due dates, tags, and payment accounts - Supports over 160 currencies with daily updated exchange rates - Comprehensive analytics with summarizing charts. - Stay informed with payment and expiration reminders notifications - Widget support for reminders of upcoming payments. - Dark mode for eye comfort - Real-time sync across devices with iCloud - Ad-free experience Pro version: - Multiple tags per subscription - Tracking spending by payment accounts - Face ID, Touch ID & passcode to unlock the app - Data backup & restore - Export to CSV - Easy to import app data via app link - Search app store apps from templates - Price history feature for managing free trials, interruptions, and price changes - Daily exchange rate updates - Long-term support - Help me to keep developing this project Free version: - Unlimited subscriptions - Unlimited categories - Free iCloud sync - Full analytics set - Etc Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Subscriptions at 4.7 against Stack's 3.7. Subscriptions also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (169 vs 3). Stack's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 87%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Stack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Subscriptions sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Subscriptions holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subscriptions has 169 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Stack's written reviews are positive against 87% of Subscriptions's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stack ships an update monthly, Subscriptions every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stack | Subscriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (169 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 86.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 169 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 磊 徐 | Touchbits Inc. |
Customer experience
Stack
Subscriptions
Bugs and requests
Stack
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Subscriptions
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes and freezes on some devices
- Syncing issues between iOS and macOS
- Unexpected data loss/reset
Requested features
5 requests- Calendar integration
- Ability to pause subscriptions
- Custom notification settings
- Multi-user/family sharing
- More language support (e.g., Portuguese, Arabic)
In-app purchases
Stack
- Unlock Pro Features$1.99
Subscriptions
- Yearly$2.991 Year
- Lifetime$8.99
- Lifetime - Family Sharing$12.99
- Lifetime - Family Sharing$19.99









