Comparison

Recur vs Duly

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

Head to head
About

Recur

Easily manage all your recurring payments in one place. Get timely reminders for due dates to avoid unwanted renewals and gain insights into your spending habits with detailed reports.

Highlights
  • Subscription overview with cost breakdown
  • Customizable subscription creation
  • Spending insights and category breakdown
  • iCloud data synchronization
  • Automatic currency conversion
  • Widget for upcoming payments
Features
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Recur is the quiet ledger for everything you subscribe to. Add each service once, and Recur tells you what leaves your account this month, what renews next, and what a year of it really costs. TRACK EVERYTHING Pick from hundreds of known services or add anything custom. Sublabels tell twin subscriptions apart, categories keep them organized, and multi-currency amounts convert into your currency with honest daily rates from the European Central Bank. ADD IN SECONDS Smart Add reads screenshots, emails, and PDFs on your device and fills in the name, price, and billing cycle for you. Share a receipt to Recur from any app, or point the camera at a screen. NEVER PAY SURPRISED A renewal reminder arrives before money leaves, at the hour you choose. The rhythm strip shows the next two months at a glance; the cash flow calendar marks every renewal day with the brand itself. UNDERSTAND THE COST Reports turn your list into answers: monthly run rate, spending by category, price hikes over time, lifetime spent per service, and a Year in Review worth sharing. Plans change in real life, so Recur records upgrades, extensions, and one-time fees exactly as they billed. EVERYWHERE YOU GLANCE Widgets for the home screen, lock screen, and Control Center. An Apple Watch app for your wrist. Spotlight search and Shortcuts support built in. YOURS, PRIVATELY No account. No ads. No tracking. Your data lives on your device and in your private iCloud, syncs across your devices, and exports to CSV or JSON whenever you want. ONE PRICE, FOREVER Recur is free to use. The Full Version is a single one-time purchase that unlocks Smart Add, reports and insights, cancellation shortcuts, and alternate icons. No subscription. That would be ironic.

About

Duly

Track all your recurring expenses, from subscriptions to rent, in one place. Get timely reminders before payments are due and mark them as paid directly from notifications. Visualize your spending with built-in analytics and custom categories.

Highlights
  • Recurring expense tracking
  • Payment reminders
  • Mark as paid from notification
  • Spending analytics
  • Custom categories
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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Know what's due next. Duly keeps your subscriptions and bills in one list and reminds you before each one is due. You add what you pay for yourself, so there is no bank to connect and no account to create. Track 6 expenses free, and one purchase unlocks unlimited. Netflix, rent, insurance, gym, cloud storage: more than you think, on repeat. Each one feels small. The total rarely does. Duly puts every recurring payment in one place and nudges you before each one hits. Add an expense, pick how often it repeats (weekly, monthly, yearly, or any custom interval), and get a reminder before it's due. Mark it as paid right from the notification, no need to even open the app. The home screen shows what's coming up and how much you're spending this month. Widgets bring the same view to your home and lock screen. Built-in charts break down your recurring payments by category and project totals months ahead. Works with any currency, amounts auto-convert to your base currency. Organize with custom categories. Add expenses through Siri. Syncs across your Apple devices via iCloud. Available in 21 languages. That's it. No bank linking, no account sign-ups, no ads. Just your recurring payments, where you can actually see them. Free for up to 6 expenses. A single purchase removes the limit. No subscription required to track your subscriptions. Your expenses live on your device and in your own iCloud. Duly has no account and no server of its own holding them. The only thing that ever leaves your phone is feedback, and only if you choose to write it.

Screenshots

Recur4 screens
Duly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Duly at 100% against Recur's 57%. Duly also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Recur's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, 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. Recur sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Duly sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Recur holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Recur's written reviews are positive against 100% of Duly's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recur ships an update every 3 weeks, Duly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Recur versus Duly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecurDuly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoga Sai Krishna KoneruStepan Manzurov

Customer experience

Recur

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

Duly

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Recur

One-time1
  • Full Version$4.99
5 purchases

Duly

One-time5
  • Copper Coin$1.99
  • Duly Unlimited$4.99
  • Silver Coin$4.99
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  • Gold Coin$9.99
  • Platinum Coin$19.99

Questions

Is Recur free?
Recur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Duly free?
Duly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recur or Duly?
Recur is rated higher. Recur averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Duly averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Recur or Duly have ads?
Neither Recur nor Duly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recur or Duly?
Recur ships an update every 3 weeks, and Duly weekly. Most recently, Recur was updated on October 9, 2026 and Duly on October 14, 2026.

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