Comparison

Clean Expense vs SubCost

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

Head to head
About

Clean Expense

Features
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Money tracking that feels like texting. Most expense apps make you tap through forms. Clean Expense lets you just type "dinner #food 500" and you're done. Fast enough to actually keep up with. CHAT-SPEED TRACKING Log any expense, income, or investment in seconds. Note, category, amount, in any order. Long-press to edit or delete, like a chat. ASK YOUR MONEY ANYTHING (on-device AI) "Where am I spending most?" "Show today's transactions." Get answers with charts from a private AI that runs 100% on your phone. Optional, free, and your data never leaves your device. FREE GOOGLE DRIVE SYNC & BACKUP Back up and sync to your own Google Drive, no account with us, no subscription, no server. Switch phones and your data follows. SEE WHERE IT GOES Clean charts and category breakdowns by day, week, month, or year. Export a branded PDF or CSV anytime. MAKE IT YOURS Six beautiful themes, including true-black AMOLED. PRIVATE. OFFLINE. FREE FOREVER. Works fully offline. No ads. No account required. Open source. Your financial life stays yours. Download Clean Expense and track your money as fast as you think about it.

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SubCost

Features
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How much do you really pay for subscriptions? SubCost shows you per year and per month, helps you cancel the ones you no longer use and reminds you to check they really ended. No bank connection. WHAT YOU SPEND Add your subscriptions in a few taps from the most common services, or find them with Radar. At the top you see your yearly spending first, then the monthly one and the next renewal. FIND THEM IN YOUR BANK SCREENSHOTS Take a screenshot of the transaction list in your bank's app and choose it in SubCost. Radar reads the charges on your iPhone and shows the ones that repeat, with the transactions that prove it and a confidence level. Results depend on how your bank's app shows transactions: nothing is added until you confirm name, amount, frequency and date. Just want to try? There's an example with fictitious transactions: its figures are marked as an example, never count in your spending and can be deleted with one tap. STILL USING IT? Review your subscriptions one at a time, starting from the most expensive: for each one you see what it costs per year and decide whether to keep or cancel it. CANCEL For Netflix, Spotify, YouTube Premium, Google One, Microsoft and Apple subscriptions you get the steps from the official help page and a direct link. For other services, a guide to find out who bills you, where to find the terms, how to contact the provider and what to keep. SubCost doesn't cancel for you. CHECK IT ENDED Record the date, channel and reference of your cancellation. After the next renewal SubCost reminds you to check with your bank that no new charge arrived. The status stays "to verify" until you confirm it. REMINDERS A reminder the day before each renewal, in your iPhone's time zone. PRIVACY No account, no bank connection, no server. Screenshots and files are read on the device and are not saved. Your data stays in the iPhone Keychain: export or delete it whenever you want. FREE AND PREMIUM Free: Radar, "Still using it?", cancellation guides, follow-up checks and up to 5 tracked subscriptions (examples and cancelled, verified subscriptions don't count). Premium (monthly, yearly or lifetime with a one-time payment) adds unlimited subscriptions, cost insights and the payment calendar for every month. The app is available in English and Italian. Questions or suggestions? support@benedettoriba.com Terms of Use: https://benedetto69.github.io/subcost-privacy/terms.html

Screenshots

Clean Expense4 screens
SubCost4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clean Expense at none against SubCost's 3. SubCost's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. SubCost sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Clean Expense asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clean Expense ships an update every 5 months, SubCost every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Clean Expense versus SubCost: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClean ExpenseSubCost
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 8 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size91 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSu MitBENEDETTO RIBA

In-app purchases

None

Clean Expense

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

SubCost

Subscriptions2
  • SubCost Premium - Mensile$2.991 Month
  • SubCost Premium - Annuale$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • SubCost Premium - Per Sempre$44.99

Questions

Is Clean Expense free?
Clean Expense is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SubCost free?
SubCost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clean Expense or SubCost have ads?
Neither Clean Expense nor SubCost shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clean Expense or SubCost?
Clean Expense ships an update every 5 months, and SubCost every 8 days. Most recently, Clean Expense was updated on November 5, 2026 and SubCost on November 5, 2026.

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