Comparison

Subscriptions vs SubSafe

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 • 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 stored only on your devices. If you enable iCloud sync, it is also stored 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

SubSafe

Features
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Stop paying for subscriptions you forgot about. SubSafe tracks your subscriptions and recurring bills, alerts you before they renew, and helps you cancel the ones you no longer need. No bank login required. Never miss a renewal • Get a free alert 1 day before every renewal • See monthly spending and upcoming renewals on your dashboard • Track service, price, billing cycle, next billing date, category, and notes • Use Home Screen widgets to see spending and your next renewal Cancel what you don't use • Open the account or cancellation page of popular services • Jump to your App Store subscriptions for anything billed through Apple • Search for cancellation help for any other service • Mark cancelled subscriptions inactive and keep your history Import bills in seconds • Share a PDF receipt or invoice directly to SubSafe • Share selected text from Mail to start a subscription draft • Paste receipt, invoice, or confirmation text • On compatible devices, Apple Intelligence helps fill in the draft when available. You review everything before it is saved. Private by design SubSafe stores your data locally by default and never asks for your bank login. Import and extraction happen on your device. Your personal data is never sold. Free and Premium SubSafe is free for up to 5 subscriptions, including an alert 1 day before each renewal. Premium adds unlimited subscriptions, extra alerts (7 days, 3 days, and on the day), a custom alert time, a monthly spending summary, optional iCloud sync, and CSV/PDF exports. Choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. IMPORTANT NOTES: You can read the Terms of Use (EULA) here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ SubSafe offers auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment will be charged to your iCloud account at confirmation of purchase and the subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions can be managed by the user, and auto-renewal may be turned off in the user's account settings after purchase.

Screenshots

Subscriptions4 screens
SubSafe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Subscriptions at every 6 weeks against SubSafe's every 5 months. Subscriptions also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Subscriptions sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SubSafe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Subscriptions ships an update every 6 weeks, SubSafe every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Subscriptions versus SubSafe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubscriptionsSubSafe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (66 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings66 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander FeistHannes Dermutz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Subscriptions

One-time1
  • Subscriptions+$8.95
3 purchases

SubSafe

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is Subscriptions free?
Subscriptions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SubSafe free?
SubSafe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Subscriptions or SubSafe have ads?
Neither Subscriptions nor SubSafe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Subscriptions or SubSafe?
Subscriptions ships an update every 6 weeks, and SubSafe every 5 months. Most recently, Subscriptions was updated on November 3, 2026 and SubSafe on October 31, 2026.

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