Comparison

Subscription Day. Calendar vs Expensa

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

Expensa

Track expenses privately without linking bank accounts. This app automatically logs card taps via Shortcuts and uses AI to build budgets. It supports over 150 currencies and syncs securely via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Automatic transaction logging via Shortcuts
  • AI-powered budget creation
  • Supports 150+ currencies
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Separate wallets for different budgets
  • Recurring transaction tracking
  • Data import/export
Features
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Track money without handing over your bank password. Expensa is a private budget and expense tracker built for iPhone. Set up one Shortcut and every card tap lands in your budget automatically. AI builds your first budget in seconds. Works in 150+ currencies. Syncs via iCloud — and only iCloud. No bank linking. No data brokers. Your money stays on your devices. ------------------------------------------------- WALLET + SHORTCUTS — AUTOMATIC TRACKING ------------------------------------------------- Set up one Shortcut; every card tap in Wallet logs a transaction Works with Apple Card and any card you've added to Wallet Auto-categorized from your history, with AI Alerts if a purchase pushes you over a category limit No polling a bank, no waiting for statements ------------------------------------------------- BUDGETS THAT ACTUALLY WORK ------------------------------------------------- Always know what's left — live progress bar on your dashboard A limit for every category (groceries, dining, transport…) Alerts before you overspend, not after Monthly, weekly, or custom cycles — auto-rollover each cycle Smart Allocation: tell Expensa your budget, AI splits it across categories based on your region and spending habits ------------------------------------------------- SEPARATE WALLETS FOR SEPARATE LIVES ------------------------------------------------- Keep personal, household, business, and trip budgets fully isolated. Switch spaces with one tap. Invite family or your partner to shared spaces — real-time sync via iCloud, no extra accounts to create. ------------------------------------------------- BUILT FOR TRAVELERS & EXPATS ------------------------------------------------- 150+ currencies with live exchange rates Original amount + converted amount both stored Per-transaction historical rates — accurate reporting forever ------------------------------------------------- PRIVATE BY DEFAULT ------------------------------------------------- No bank login, no Plaid, no third-party aggregators iCloud sync on your Apple ID — that's it Offline-first: log now, sync later Works on iPhone ------------------------------------------------- EVERYTHING ELSE ------------------------------------------------- Recurring transactions (rent, subscriptions, salary) Tags, categories, folders, custom merchant rules CSV, PDF, TXT import/export — move in from any app, out anytime Net worth across accounts and currencies Dashboard, calendar heatmap, category/tag analytics Optional receipt scanning for the rare paper moment Dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, localized (EN, UK) ------------------------------------------------- FREE, OR GO PREMIUM ------------------------------------------------- Free: 1 space, 2 accounts, 3 recurrences, 5 receipt scans Premium: unlimited spaces & accounts, 30 scans/mo, AI categorization, category budgets, analytics, shared spaces, multi-currency entry. Your money. Your rules. Your devices. Terms of Use: https://getexpensa.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://getexpensa.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Subscription Day. Calendar4 screens
Expensa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Subscription Day. Calendar at 4.8 against Expensa's 3.9. Subscription Day. Calendar also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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 Expensa sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Subscription Day. Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Subscription Day. Calendar's written reviews are positive against 78% of Expensa's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Subscription Day. Calendar ships an update weekly, Expensa every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Subscription Day. Calendar versus Expensa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubscription Day. CalendarExpensa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19 ratings) — better3.9 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews — better77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better10
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB95 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperChuta DmytroAndrii Sereda

Customer experience

Subscription Day. Calendar

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral9.3%
Negative7.0%

Expensa

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Subscription Day. Calendar

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

Expensa

Subscriptions2
  • Expensa PRO Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Expensa PRO Yearly14 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • 1 Espresso$0.99
  • 2 Espressos$1.99
  • 4 Espressos$4.99
Show 2 more
  • 10 Espressos$9.99
  • Expensa Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Subscription Day. Calendar free?
Subscription Day. Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expensa free?
Expensa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Subscription Day. Calendar or Expensa?
Subscription Day. Calendar is rated higher. Subscription Day. Calendar averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Expensa averages 3.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Subscription Day. Calendar or Expensa have ads?
Neither Subscription Day. Calendar nor Expensa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Subscription Day. Calendar or Expensa?
Subscription Day. Calendar ships an update weekly, and Expensa every 11 days. Most recently, Subscription Day. Calendar was updated on November 8, 2026 and Expensa on November 10, 2026.

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