Subscriptions vs CancelBefore
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/
CancelBefore
This app helps you manage recurring bills and subscriptions by sending timely reminders before renewal dates. It offers features to track spending, view upcoming charges, and take action directly from notifications, preventing unwanted charges.
- Subscription and trial tracking
- Renewal alerts (7, 3, 1 day before)
- Actionable notifications (Cancel/Keep)
- Spending donut chart
- Calendar view of renewals
- AI Receipt Scan (Pro)
- Home screen widgets (Pro)
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Never wake up to a $129 surprise charge again. CancelBefore tracks every subscription, free trial, and recurring bill — then warns you 1, 3, and 7 days before each one renews. Tap "Keep" or "Cancel" right from the notification. No more digging through inboxes. No more forgotten Netflix accounts draining your bank. WHAT YOU GET (Free) • Track up to 5 subscriptions and trials • Smart renewal alerts — 7, 3, and 1 day before each charge • Spending donut chart by category • Beautiful calendar view of upcoming renewals • Rich notifications with Cancel / Keep / Snooze buttons • Color-coded service icons (Netflix, Spotify, Disney+, and 60+ more) • Countdown badges so you always know what's next UNLOCK PRO • Unlimited subscription tracking • AI Receipt Scan — snap a billing email or App Store receipt and CancelBefore auto-fills the subscription for you • Spending analytics with 6-month trend bars • Home screen widgets — see your monthly total and next renewal at a glance • iCloud sync — your data stays private, encrypted, and synced across all your devices • Beautiful dark mode PRICING • Monthly — $2.99/month • Annual — $19.99/year (7-day free trial, save 44% vs monthly) • Lifetime — $29.99 one-time (pay once, yours forever, no subscription) WHY CANCELBEFORE • Private by design — your subscription data lives on your device and in your iCloud only. We never see it. No accounts, no servers, no tracking. • Built for the way Apple does notifications — actionable alerts let you cancel or keep without ever opening the app. • Designed in 2026 — donut charts, calendar grids, countdown timers, brand-color icons. The subscription tracker your subscriptions deserve. THE MATH The average American wastes $127/year on forgotten subscriptions. CancelBefore pays for itself the first time it saves you from one renewal you would have missed. QUESTIONS support@cancelbefore.app cancelbefore.app/privacy cancelbefore.app/terms Track every subscription. Cancel before it renews. Get back the money that's leaking out of your account. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cancelbefore.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Subscriptions at 173 against CancelBefore's 2. CancelBefore's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). 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 CancelBefore sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CancelBefore holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subscriptions has 173 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Subscriptions ships an update monthly, CancelBefore every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subscriptions | CancelBefore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (173 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 173 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Touchbits Inc. | chad vasquez |
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)
CancelBefore
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
CancelBefore
- Lifetime$29.99
Questions
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