Plu vs Subscriptions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plu
Effortlessly track all your recurring expenses and service subscriptions in one place. Receive timely notifications for upcoming bills and optimize your spending with detailed insights to help you save money.
- Manage service subscriptions
- Upcoming bill notifications
- Detailed spending insights
- Home and business separation
- Convenient widget
- Biometric and passcode lock
- iCloud synchronization
- Export expenses to CSV
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Forget to cancel free trials on time? Overwhelmed by monthly subscriptions or recurring utility bills? Plu helps you keep your finances perfectly organized with a simple "set it and forget it" approach. Complete Privacy. Your data stays on your device - no account creation, no sign-ups, and no data sharing with third-party servers. Your information is always yours! One-Time Purchase and No Subscription! Buy once and get full lifetime access to all features with zero hidden charges or recurring monthly fees. Smart Tracking & Organization: - Up-to-date catalog of popular services and active plans - Customizable notifications for upcoming payments - Convenient widget showing your next due bill at a glance - Categorization with clear separation between Personal and Business subscriptions - Subscription Archive: hide inactive services from your main list and stats while keeping their history intact Privacy & Security: - Offline Access: works seamlessly anytime, anywhere without an internet connection - Secure synchronization across your devices exclusively via your personal iCloud - App protection with Face ID / Touch ID Analytics & Insights: - Detailed spending analytics and statistics - Multi-currency support - Easy expense export to CSV Can’t find a specific subscription in our catalog? Send us a request via the in-app feedback form or email us at pluapp.help@gmail.com, and we’ll do our best to add it promptly! * Please note: Plu is an expense tracker and cannot start, cancel, pause, or modify subscriptions for third-party services directly. To start, cancel, pause, or modify your subscription, please contact the service provider directly.
Subscriptions
Easily track and manage all your recurring subscriptions in one place. Get timely notifications for upcoming payments and cancellation deadlines. Organize your finances with detailed insights and customizable features.
- Subscription overview and management
- Payment and cancellation notifications
- Price change tracking
- Document attachment
- Search and pinning functionality
- iCloud Sync
- Multi-currency support
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Get a better overview of your subscriptions, manage them and receive notifications about payments that are due. You can add a subscription in a few seconds or take your time and enter detailed information. • iCloud Sync • Decide which subscriptions you want to receive notifications for and set the exact time • Enter price changes and create price histories for subscriptions • Enter cancellation periods and receive notifications about cancellation deadlines • Add multiple documents to a subscription • Search through your subscriptions by name or keyword • Pin subscriptions to a section on the Home page • Lock the app with Face ID / Touch ID / passcode • Support for more than 150 currencies • Export your subscriptions as a CSV or Text file • Save, share and import subscriptions with Subscriptions files • Calendar integration • Apple Watch app • Widgets • Customize the app color theme • Alternative app icons • Dark Mode Your data is only stored on your devices and in iCloud. The app is ad-free. You can add up to 5 subscriptions for free. You can remove this restriction with the one-time purchase of Subscriptions+.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Subscriptions at every 5 weeks against Plu's every 3 months. Subscriptions also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.3 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Plu sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Subscriptions sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Plu ships an update every 3 months, Subscriptions every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plu | Subscriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lev Iakimov | Alexander Feist |
Customer experience
Plu
Subscriptions
In-app purchases
Plu
- Security Pack$1.99
- Business Pack$1.99
- Unlimited$2.99
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- All Inclusive$5.99
Subscriptions
- Subscriptions+$8.95








