Subscription Manager vs CardCycle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subscription Manager
This app helps you track all your recurring bills and subscriptions in one place. Receive timely reminders before payments and free trials end, preventing unwanted charges. Visualize your spending with charts and easily manage your subscription history.
- Payment and trial end reminders
- Centralized subscription management
- Spending visualization by category
- Automatic currency conversion
- Mark subscriptions as ended or resumed
- Quick add with App Store search
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Get a reminder the day before every subscription payment, and before each free trial ends, so you never pay for a subscription you forgot to cancel. How much do you pay each month, and for what? SUBCAN keeps all your subscriptions and recurring bills in one place and shows your spending at a glance. QUICK TO ADD • Search the App Store and SUBCAN fills in the name, icon and price plans for you • Add any other service or fixed cost, such as rent or insurance • Set a free trial and SUBCAN works out when it ends and when your first payment is due PAYMENT REMINDERS • A reminder the day before each payment • A reminder before each free trial ends • Correct due dates even for subscriptions that started at the end of a month SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES • Monthly and yearly totals at a glance • A chart of your spending by category • Subscriptions in other currencies are converted automatically • Your list is sorted by the next payment date END AND RESUME • Mark a canceled subscription as ended to keep its record, and resume it later • See the history of price and payment date changes READY FOR iPHONE DUO • Unfold your iPhone Duo to see the list and details side by side SUBCAN PREMIUM The free version tracks up to 3 subscriptions. Premium adds: • Unlimited subscriptions • iCloud sync, so your data moves with you to a new iPhone • Custom reminder time and message Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time purchase that is yours forever. ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase • Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel your subscription in Settings > your name > Subscriptions • Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription Terms of Use: https://funsiyuan.com/legal/subcan-terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://funsiyuan.com/legal/subcan-privacy.html Website: https://funsiyuan.com/subcan Contact: subcanapp[at]outlook.com
CardCycle
This app helps you manage credit card annual fees by tracking fee cycles, waiver rules, and spending goals. It allows you to log transactions and filter cards by various criteria. Data syncs privately across devices.
- Track annual fees and cycle dates
- Manage waiver rules
- Monitor spending goals
- Log transactions quickly
- Filter cards by bank and status
- Cross-device data sync
- Customizable appearance
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CardCycle is a simple tracker for credit card annual fee cycles. • Record annual fees, currencies, cycle dates, and waiver rules • Track spending-count, spending-amount, or combined goals • Quickly log transaction counts and spending amounts • Support lifetime-free, non-waivable, and manually completed cards • Filter cards by bank, status, and progress • Sync your data across devices with the private iCloud database for your Apple Account • Choose Chinese or English, plus Light, Dark, or Auto appearance CardCycle does not connect to banks or process card payments, and it never asks for a full card number. You only enter the information needed to manage your card fee cycles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CardCycle at none against Subscription Manager's 3. CardCycle also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, update cadence, monetization model and device support 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. Subscription Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. CardCycle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Subscription Manager ships an update every 2 weeks, CardCycle every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subscription Manager | CardCycle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Siyuan Li | 凡 王 |
Customer experience
Subscription Manager
CardCycle
In-app purchases
Subscription Manager
- SUBCAN Premium monthly$0.991 Month
- SUBCAN Premium annually$2.991 Year
- SUBCAN Premium$5.99
CardCycle
No in-app purchases
Questions
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