Comparison

Subscription Day. Calendar vs SubList

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

Head to head
About

Subscription Day. Calendar

Manage your paid subscriptions and avoid unexpected charges with this intuitive calendar app. Track monthly, yearly, and trial plans with smart notifications and detailed insights into your spending.

Highlights
  • Visual subscription calendar
  • Home screen widgets
  • Multiple subscription types
  • Smart payment reminders
  • Spending statistics and insights
  • Personal and work lists
  • Multi-currency support
  • iCloud sync
Features
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If you have so many subscriptions that you’ve lost track of them and hate unexpected charges, Subscription Day is built exactly for this. Subscription Day is a simple and powerful subscription calendar for iOS & Mac. No clutter. Only what really matters. • Visual Calendar: See the current month and all upcoming payments at a glance. • Widgets. Quickly check your most important subscription information right from your Home Screen. • Subscription Types: Supports monthly subscriptions, yearly plans, trial versions, one time purchases, and fully custom billing periods. • Smart Notifications: Set reminders so you never miss a charge or forget to cancel a trial. • Highlights: Easily flag important items like annual, trial, or one‑time payments. • Statistics and Insights: Get a clear overview of your projected yearly budget, average monthly costs, and peak spending months with a clean radial chart. • Personal/Work/Custom Lists: Separate subscriptions into Personal and Work lists and track budgets and statistics independently. • Custom own categories: Organize subscriptions using your own categories exactly the way you prefer. • Multi-Currency Support: Supports 150+ currencies with automatic conversion so everything is shown in your selected currency. • Status Management: Mark subscriptions as active or canceled and keep your statistics always accurate. • Quick Addition: Start typing a service name and get automatic suggestions including logo, category, and color. You can also choose emojis or symbols for custom avatars. • Smart Import Manager: Import subscriptions in one click from Notion, Google Sheets, or from any text file in any structure. You can also import directly from the App Store by recognizing subscriptions from screenshots. • Generate period based PDF reports for accountants and employers & export your data • iCloud Sync: Your subscriptions stay in sync across all your devices. • iPad Support. Important note: Subscription Day does not automatically detect or fetch your subscriptions. You add them manually or use the smart import manager to bring in existing subscription lists from your documents and tools. Subscription Day is constantly evolving. We actively listen to user feedback and would love to hear your ideas via email. Have a great day.

About

SubList

Manage your recurring expenses with this private subscription tracker. It offers reminders, calendar views, and detailed spending breakdowns to help you avoid surprise renewals and control your budget. Import subscriptions easily and sync across your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Track subscriptions with price, cycle, category
  • Import from screenshots and App Store
  • Renewal reminders and calendar views
  • Spending dashboards and trend charts
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Export data to CSV
Features
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Stop surprise renewals and see exactly what your subscriptions cost. SubList is a private subscription tracker for your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with reminders, calendar views, and clear monthly and yearly totals. Everything in one place: - Track subscriptions with price, currency, billing cycle, category, notes, and website links - Import subscriptions from screenshots or the App Store, then review detected details before saving - Get renewal reminders on your schedule and see upcoming payments in calendar and due-date views - Understand your spending with dashboards, trend charts, and category and payment method breakdowns - Add due dates to Apple Calendar and Reminders - Sync with iCloud across your Apple devices - Export data as CSV or as shareable poster and receipt-style spending reports Private by design: - No account signup required - Your subscription data stays under your Apple ID in iCloud - Limited purchase, app activity, crash, device identifier, and Apple Ads attribution data may be used for subscriptions, app reliability, and campaign measurement; SubList does not track you across other companies' apps or websites SubList Pro: - Unlimited subscriptions (free tier supports up to 3) - Use SubList Pro on all your devices with the same App Store account Download SubList to stay ahead of every renewal and keep your recurring spending under control. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Subscription Day. Calendar4 screens
SubList4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Subscription Day. Calendar at free against SubList's freemium. Subscription Day. Calendar also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 4) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). SubList's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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. Subscription Day. Calendar sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and SubList sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SubList holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Subscription Day. Calendar's written reviews are positive against 100% of SubList's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Subscription Day. Calendar ships an update weekly, SubList every 5 days. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Subscription Day. Calendar versus SubList: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubscription Day. CalendarSubList
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better4
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuta Dmytro圣罡 汤

Customer experience

Subscription Day. Calendar

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral9.5%
Negative7.1%

SubList

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Subscription Day. Calendar

One-time5
  • Upgrade to Family$6.99
  • Single (Promo)$17.99
  • Single (Lifetime)$19.99
Show 2 more
  • Family (Promo)$23.99
  • Family Sharing (Lifetime)$26.99
3 purchases

SubList

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Annual$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$14.99

Questions

Is Subscription Day. Calendar free?
Subscription Day. Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SubList free?
SubList is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Subscription Day. Calendar or SubList?
SubList is rated higher. Subscription Day. Calendar averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while SubList averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Subscription Day. Calendar or SubList have ads?
Neither Subscription Day. Calendar nor SubList shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Subscription Day. Calendar or SubList?
Subscription Day. Calendar ships an update weekly, and SubList every 5 days. Most recently, Subscription Day. Calendar was updated on September 21, 2026 and SubList on September 21, 2026.

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