Subscriptions vs The Subs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
The Subs
Easily manage and track all your recurring service payments in one place. This application helps you maintain a clear overview of your expenses, preventing you from losing track of what you're paying for.
- Subscription tracking
- Expense overview
- Recurring payment management
- Easy data entry
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Almost everyone now pays for services on a regular basis. Whether Video, Music, and Co. you quickly lose track of what you actually spend. With this app, you simply enter the existing subscriptions and you have an easy overview.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Subscriptions at 87% against The Subs's 25%. The Subs's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). 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. Subscriptions sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year and The Subs sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Subscriptions ships an update every 4 weeks, The Subs every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subscriptions | The Subs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (169 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 169 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Touchbits Inc. | 大连森林互动科技有限公司 |
Customer experience
Subscriptions
The Subs
Bugs and 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)
The Subs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Subscriptions
- Yearly$2.991 Year
- Lifetime$8.99
- Lifetime - Family Sharing$12.99
- Lifetime - Family Sharing$19.99
The Subs
- Upgrade Plus$1.99









