Subscriptions vs PennyTheWise
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/
PennyTheWise
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Your brain lies to you. That "must-have" feeling? It fades. Pennywise proves it — every time. HOW IT WORKS Log the thing you want to buy. Pennywise starts a countdown (24, 48, or 72 hours — your choice). When the time is up, we ask one question: do you still want it? Most people don't. SEE THE REAL PRICE TAG Enter your salary and Pennywise converts every price into hours of your life. That 1,399 SAR headset? 17 hours of work. That 27 SAR matcha? 20 minutes. Prices hit different when you measure them in time. THE THINKY JAR Every impulse goes in the jar. Watch them cool off. Decide when you're ready. Pass on the ones that don't matter. Keep the ones that do — guilt-free. NO JUDGMENT Buying something after waiting isn't a failure — it's an intentional choice. Pennywise celebrates both: the money you saved and the purchases you made thoughtfully. Pennywise is not a budgeting app. It's an impulse killer that lives offline on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PennyTheWise at none against Subscriptions's 4. Subscriptions's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). On price 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
Both are free to download. Subscriptions sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. PennyTheWise asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Subscriptions | PennyTheWise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (172 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 172 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Touchbits Inc. | Rayan TAJ |
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)
PennyTheWise
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
PennyTheWise
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Subscriptions free?
Is PennyTheWise free?
Do Subscriptions or PennyTheWise have ads?
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