Comparison

Subscriptions vs Portfolio Performance

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Subscription overview and management
  • Payment and cancellation notifications
  • Price change tracking
  • Document attachment
  • Search and pinning functionality
  • iCloud Sync
  • Multi-currency support
Features
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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+.

About

Portfolio Performance

Track your investments confidently with this mobile companion to a desktop application. It securely syncs your financial data via cloud storage and performs all calculations locally. View statements, charts, earnings, and more, with an optional premium subscription for enhanced dashboard features.

Highlights
  • Investment tracking
  • Secure data synchronization
  • Local data calculations
  • Asset statements and charts
  • Performance views and charts
  • Earnings and taxonomy analysis
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Track your investments. Confidentially. Portfolio Performance is the mobile companion for users of the popular free and open-source Portfolio Performance desktop application. This app is your gateway to tracking investments on the move, complementing the desktop version's capabilities. Edit and maintain your transaction history on the desktop, then view and analyze your investments on your device. How does it work? The mobile application reads the same data file as the desktop version. When you assign a password, the file is secured with industry-standard AES256 encryption. Choose your preferred cloud storage provider, like iCloud, Google Drive, or OneDrive, for file synchronization. Your financial transaction history remains confined to your phone, with all calculations performed locally. What features are supported? • Update historical prices with the "Historical Prices" configuration for Portfolio Report, HTML, JSON, CoinGecko, Eurostat, and Yahoo Finance (Note: "Latest Price" configuration is not yet supported). • View statements of assets and related charts. • Access performance views and charts. • Earnings view, including yearly and monthly charts. • Taxonomies, including pie charts and rebalancing information. • Exchange rates, including updates of reference rates from the ECB. • Filters to restrict calculations and charts to specific accounts and/or classifications from any taxonomy. • Support for 29 of the 46 dashboard widgets available in the desktop version. • Analysis for all reporting periods (Note: Reporting periods based on "trading days" using a trade calendar are not yet supported). • Dark mode. What is included in the subscription? Portfolio Performance offers an optional 'Premium' subscription, which unlocks dashboards and supports future development of Portfolio Performance. With this subscription, you can view all dashboards created in the desktop application and also create and edit mobile dashboards, tailoring them to your specific information needs on the mobile screen. Please note: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.portfolio-performance.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Subscriptions4 screens
Portfolio Performance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Portfolio Performance at 5.0 against Subscriptions's 4.0. Subscriptions's advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Subscriptions sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Portfolio Performance sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Portfolio Performance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subscriptions has 64 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Subscriptions's written reviews are positive against 83% of Portfolio Performance's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Subscriptions ships an update every 5 weeks, Portfolio Performance monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Subscriptions versus Portfolio Performance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubscriptionsPortfolio Performance
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (64 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better82.9% of reviews
Number of ratings64 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.313.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB57 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAlexander FeistMSM Mannheimer Software-Manufaktur UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Customer experience

Subscriptions

All ratings64 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative21.9%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative8.3%

Portfolio Performance

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Subscriptions

One-time1
  • Subscriptions+$8.95
2 purchases

Portfolio Performance

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$3.001 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)14 Days trial$25.001 Year

Questions

Is Subscriptions free?
Subscriptions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Portfolio Performance free?
Portfolio Performance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Subscriptions or Portfolio Performance?
Portfolio Performance is rated higher. Subscriptions averages 4.0 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Portfolio Performance averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Subscriptions or Portfolio Performance have ads?
Neither Subscriptions nor Portfolio Performance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Subscriptions or Portfolio Performance?
Subscriptions ships an update every 5 weeks, and Portfolio Performance monthly. Most recently, Subscriptions was updated on September 20, 2026 and Portfolio Performance on September 21, 2026.

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