Comparison

Kelo vs Subception

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

Head to head
About

Kelo

Manage your recurring payments and expenses with a privacy-focused tracker. Visualize upcoming bills and subscriptions on a calendar, receive timely reminders, and gain insights into your spending habits to avoid forgotten renewals and surprise charges.

Highlights
  • Calendar view for bills and renewals
  • Renewal notifications
  • Track subscriptions and expenses
  • Templates for popular services
  • Multi-currency support
  • Spending insights and cash-flow overview
  • Private, on-device data storage
Features
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Know what leaves your account this month, before it leaves. Kelo tracks your subscriptions, bills and everyday expenses in one place, and warns you before every charge. No bank login, ever. Start free: log your first recurring expenses and as many one time expenses as you want, without paying and without connecting your bank. WHAT KELO DOES • Monthly and yearly summary: how much leaves your account, and when • Billing cycles that match real life: weekly, monthly, quarterly or any custom interval • Upcoming payments organized by category • A dashboard with four charts and your key figures at a glance • Unlimited one time expenses: coffee, groceries, fuel, anything • Widget showing how your spending is going, month by month • 10 languages and all major currencies AUTOMATIC, IF YOU WANT IT (Premium) • Pay with Apple Pay and Kelo logs the expense by itself, even with the app closed • Turn receipts and invoices into expenses with your camera • Add an expense in one tap with Shortcuts PREMIUM ALSO UNLOCKS • Unlimited recurring expenses • Alerts before every renewal, with configurable lead time • Full payment calendar, day by day • Budgets by category and savings goals • Sync and backup YOUR PRIVACY FIRST No bank connection. You choose what to add. Sync and backup are optional. Download Kelo and always know what money is committed before you spend. Subscription details: Kelo Premium is an auto-renewable subscription, available as a monthly or annual plan. The price is shown in the app before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://juicestudio.notion.site/Legal-1d20ce62bcb5805ca800e676ef7aa8ed

About

Subception

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Subception tells you what your subscriptions actually cost you — and it doesn't charge you a subscription to do it. One payment. No account to create, no ads, no analytics, no tracking, and no servers of ours in the middle. Your data lives on your devices and syncs only through your own private iCloud. WHAT IT DOES Add what you pay for — streaming, software, gym, storage, the lot — and Subception turns it into something you can actually act on. Monthly and yearly totals at a glance. What renews this week. What quietly went up in price. What you saved by cancelling. It handles the awkward cases properly: free trials that need a decision before they bill, annual plans, quarterly billing, custom cycles, paused subscriptions, and subscriptions in other currencies. ONE APP, THREE PLATFORMS Buy it once and it's yours on iPhone, iPad and Mac. The Mac app is a real Mac app, not a stretched phone screen — with a menu-bar extra, a proper sidebar, and full keyboard support. FREE FOREVER - Up to 5 subscriptions - Prices in any currency, with the equivalent in yours shown alongside - Renewal reminders so nothing bills you by surprise - Home Screen widgets — monthly spend and upcoming renewals - Siri and Shortcuts, plus Spotlight search - CSV and JSON export, import and full backup That last one matters: export, import and backup are never paid features. Your data is yours, and you can take it out whenever you like. That will never sit behind a paywall. PRO — ONE PAYMENT, YOURS FOREVER - The full insights engine — charts, category and payment breakdowns, and smart cards that tell you what changed - Price-rise tracking and realized savings from what you've cancelled - A renewal calendar, in-app and exported to your own calendar - Multi-stage reminders and per-category defaults - Per-account analytics — see what each card actually costs you - Multi-currency analytics — mixed-currency totals, charts and breakdowns converted and combined - Themes and alternate app icons PRIVACY, PLAINLY Subception collects nothing. There is no analytics SDK, no advertising, no third-party framework and no server of ours anywhere. The only thing the app ever fetches is the European Central Bank's public exchange-rate feed, anonymously and without a key, so multi-currency figures stay current. iCloud sync is private to you — device to device through your own account. We never see it. Made by NetSmiths in the UK.

Screenshots

Kelo4 screens
Subception3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kelo at daily against Subception's every 3 days. Kelo also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Subception's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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. Kelo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Subception sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kelo ships an update daily, Subception every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Kelo versus Subception: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeloSubception
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose Pedro Franco MorenoNetSmiths Ltd

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Kelo

Subscriptions2
  • Kelo Premium$4.991 Month
  • Kelo Premium Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Kelo Premium Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

Subception

One-time1
  • Subception Founder$19.99

Questions

Is Kelo free?
Kelo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Subception free?
Subception is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kelo or Subception have ads?
Neither Kelo nor Subception shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kelo or Subception?
Kelo ships an update daily, and Subception every 3 days. Most recently, Kelo was updated on October 9, 2026 and Subception on October 17, 2026.

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