Comparison

Subscription Day. Calendar vs Control

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

Control

Effortlessly manage your money with an intuitive and visually appealing budgeting app. Track expenses, monitor investments, and gain financial insights with AI assistance. Features include automatic transaction import, bill splitting, and customizable reports.

Highlights
  • Automatic transaction import
  • AI-powered financial insights
  • Bill splitting
  • Investment tracking
  • Customizable budgets
  • Receipt scanning
  • Travel and business expense tracking
Features
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Control is an elegant budgeting app designed for clarity without complexity. Its beautifully crafted interface makes managing finances feel magical. • Apple Pay transaction import • Bank notification transaction import • Add transactions by voice • Split bills when adding a transaction • Groceries list with Live Activity • Travel Mode for trip expense tracking • Work page to track hours, shifts, and pay across multiple jobs • Net worth and portfolio tracking, with prices you update yourself • Live Activities and Dynamic Island support • Ask AI - instant financial insights powered by AI • Apple Watch • Business page • Credit cards • Debt tracker • Past trips page • Wishlist shopping page • Quit Tracker for breaking habits • Interest rate for your bank deposits • Receipt scanning with camera • Add transactions by sharing a receipt, email, or webpage • Monthly/weekly/yearly and category budgets with visual progress • Investments transactions • Beautiful reports and spending insights • Wrapped - your year in review summary • Recurring payments and installment tracking • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Multiple currency support with conversion • Tags for organizing transactions • Siri Shortcuts • Custom budget start day • Rollover budget • Photos for transactions • Custom budget start day • Variable recurring payments amount • Appearance customization with themes and gradients • iCloud backup • Face ID • No ads, no tracking, no data collection Take control of your finances today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Subscription Day. Calendar4 screens
Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Subscription Day. Calendar at 4.8 against Control's 4.4. Subscription Day. Calendar also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Control's advantage is review sentiment (97% vs 84%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 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 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Subscription Day. Calendar's written reviews are positive against 97% of Control's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Subscription Day. Calendar ships an update weekly, Control every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Subscription Day. Calendar versus Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubscription Day. CalendarControl
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19 ratings) — better4.4 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews96.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better13
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuta DmytroAlex Patrick Palacean

Customer experience

Subscription Day. Calendar

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

Control

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive96.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.4%

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
2 purchases

Control

Subscriptions1
  • Control Monthly$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime payment$17.99

Questions

Is Subscription Day. Calendar free?
Subscription Day. Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Subscription Day. Calendar or Control?
Subscription Day. Calendar is rated higher. Subscription Day. Calendar averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Control averages 4.4 from 13 ratings.
Do Subscription Day. Calendar or Control have ads?
Neither Subscription Day. Calendar nor Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Subscription Day. Calendar or Control?
Subscription Day. Calendar ships an update weekly, and Control every 4 days. Most recently, Subscription Day. Calendar was updated on November 8, 2026 and Control on November 13, 2026.

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