Comparison

Loop vs Outflow

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

Head to head
About

Loop

Features
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Take control of your recurring expenses. Loop is a private, developer-focused subscription tracker designed to bring clarity to your monthly spending. Track software, APIs, cloud services, AI tools, trials, and everyday subscriptions—all in one distraction-free place. MINIMAL BY DESIGN No ads. No clutter. No account required. Loop focuses on the essential information you need to understand your recurring costs, upcoming payments, and monthly budget. BUILT FOR DEVELOPERS Quickly add popular developer tools using ready-made subscription templates. Track everything from coding assistants and cloud platforms to API usage and SaaS plans. MULTI-CURRENCY, MADE SIMPLE • Track subscriptions in USD, CHF, EUR, CNY, and 10+ other currencies • Automatically convert foreign expenses into your preferred currency • Normalize weekly, monthly, and yearly plans into a clear monthly cost • See your true recurring spend at a glance PLAN AHEAD • Timeline: View upcoming renewals and payments • Budget Overview: Monitor monthly spending and remaining budget • Insights: Understand spending by category • Trial Tracking: Record free trials, discounts, and promotional periods • Cancellation Dates: Stop tracking subscriptions automatically when they end • Widgets: Keep upcoming expenses visible from your Home Screen PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your financial data belongs to you. Loop syncs through your personal iCloud account. There are no external Loop servers, no advertising trackers, and no spending profiles. We never see what you spend. Loop — close the circle on your recurring expenses.

About

Outflow

Track recurring expenses without linking bank accounts. Get timely reminders for renewals and view your spending breakdown by category. Offers on-device intelligence for effortless entry and prioritizes user privacy.

Highlights
  • No bank linking required
  • Recurring expense tracking
  • Renewal reminders
  • Spending breakdown by category
  • On-device intelligence for entry
  • Privacy-focused design
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Outflow gives you complete clarity over your recurring spending — without surrendering your bank login, your data, or yet another monthly fee. NEW IN 5.1 — ON YOUR WRIST With Pro, Outflow comes to Apple Watch: this month's total, what's going out next and what's coming in, at a glance. NEW IN 5.0 — BUILT FOR iOS 27 Outflow can now find forgotten subscriptions in the transactions already stored on your iPhone, using Apple's FinanceKit. You choose which accounts it may look at, nothing leaves your device, and you are never asked for a bank login. It is opt-in — turn it on in Settings. Availability depends on your region and iPhone. SHARE WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD Share chosen subscriptions with a partner over iCloud and split what each of you pays, so a joint bill counts towards your total by your share only — instead of being recorded twice in two apps and inflating both. Everything you don't share stays private to you. TRACK WHAT COMES IN A spending total is only half the picture. Track a salary, freelance work, rent or a pension alongside what you pay out, and see your real net position. No bank login needed: recurring income is predictable, so you enter it once. KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU PAY See your true monthly and yearly outflow at a glance, with a clean breakdown of where the money goes by category. NEVER MISS A RENEWAL Get a reminder before every renewal — same day, a day before, or up to a week ahead. No more surprise charges or forgotten free trials. CANCEL WITHOUT THE RUNAROUND Deciding to cancel is the easy part — finding where is not. Open any subscription, tap Cancel, and Outflow tells you what you'd save over a year, then takes you straight to the right page for that service. If it's billed by Apple, it says so, because deleting an app never stops those payments. Outflow then keeps a running total of what cancelling has saved you, growing every month (Pro). EFFORTLESS ENTRY, NO BANK LINKING Other trackers want your bank credentials. Outflow doesn't. Paste a receipt — or pick a screenshot or PDF of one — and on-device intelligence fills in the name, price and billing cycle for you. Or pick from a catalog of popular services and add one in seconds. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no server, no analytics, no tracking. The App Store privacy label says "Data Not Collected" because there is genuinely nothing collected. SIRI & SHORTCUTS Ask Siri what's renewing soon or what your monthly total is, and add subscriptions by voice. ONE PURCHASE, YOUR WHOLE FAMILY Outflow Pro is a single one-time purchase, and it covers up to six family members through Family Sharing — each with their own private list on their own device. No family plan, no second subscription, no per-seat fee. FIND WHAT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN Nearly nine in ten people underestimate what they spend on subscriptions, and two in five have forgotten one entirely while still being charged. Outflow walks you through the four places they hide — your Apple Subscriptions, a bank statement, your receipt emails, and a list of the services people most often forget — and ends with the honest number: what you actually pay a year. No bank login, and nothing leaves your iPhone. PAY ONCE. OWN IT FOREVER. Outflow is free for up to 5 subscriptions, with reminders, totals and Siri included. Outflow Pro — unlimited subscriptions, Smart Paste, category insights, price-rise history and CSV export — is a single one-time purchase. A subscription tracker should never be a subscription. • On iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch — a calm, big-screen layout with a sidebar • Skip a payment (free week, paused delivery) and your totals adjust • Track any billing cycle: weekly, monthly, quarterly, every 6 months, yearly • Cancelled subscriptions stay in your list with their history intact • Price-rise history shows when a service hiked its price • Export everything to CSV — your data is yours • Beautiful native design, light and dark

Screenshots

Loop3 screens
Outflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Outflow at Free against Loop's $4.99. Outflow also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Loop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Outflow is free to download; Loop costs $4.99 up front. Outflow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Loop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loop ships an update every 2 weeks, Outflow every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Loop versus Outflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopOutflow
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVeno Ventures LLCAndy Mesa

In-app purchases

None

Loop

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Outflow

One-time1
  • Outflow Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Loop free?
Loop costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Outflow free?
Outflow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Loop or Outflow have ads?
Neither Loop nor Outflow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loop or Outflow?
Loop ships an update every 2 weeks, and Outflow every 4 days. Most recently, Loop was updated on October 10, 2026 and Outflow on October 7, 2026.

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