Comparison

Subscription Manager vs Sbu Subscriptions

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

Head to head
About

Subscription Manager

Easily track all your recurring payments and subscriptions in one place. Get notified before your next billing date and understand your monthly spending. Decide which services are worth keeping based on usage.

Highlights
  • Track all subscriptions
  • Payment reminders
  • Usage tracking
  • Spending overview
  • Custom categories
  • Minimalist design
Features
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This subscription tracker helps you keep track of all your subscriptions and recurring payments in one simple place. From streaming services to apps and memberships, know exactly what you’re paying for and when the next payment is due. Never forget a subscription again. FEATURES Track subscriptions easily Add streaming services, apps, memberships, or any recurring payment. Payment reminders Get notified before your next billing date. Know what you actually use Track whether you've used a service today so you can decide if it’s worth keeping. Clear spending overview Understand how much you spend on subscriptions each month. Custom categories Organize subscriptions like Entertainment, Work, Utilities, and more. Clean and minimal design Fast, simple, and distraction-free. Perfect for tracking • Netflix • Spotify • YouTube Premium • SaaS tools • Gym memberships • Mobile apps • Utilities Stop losing money on forgotten subscriptions. Stay organized and never miss a payment.

About

Sbu Subscriptions

Track all your recurring expenses in one place. Get timely reminders before renewals and trial periods end. Visualize your spending with a payments calendar and export your data.

Highlights
  • Unlimited subscription tracking
  • Customizable renewal cycles
  • Spending overview and currency conversion
  • Free trial reminders
  • Payments calendar
  • Data export and import
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Add your subscriptions and at the top you see what you spend a year, or a month. Before each renewal a reminder tells you the day and the amount. - Unlimited subscriptions, from a list of known services or your own - Weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly cycles, every N days, weeks, months or years, one-off or in instalments - What you spend in one figure, with other currencies converted at the ECB rates included in the app, or at your own - Free trials with the days left and the price after the trial - Reminders before each renewal and before a trial ends, at the time you choose - Payments calendar with the month's total and what's still to pay - Price changes from a date, payment history and Mark as paid - Categories, lists and payment methods; sort, group, filter and search - Pause, cancel and reactivate without losing anything - Help to cancel: the service's website or your App Store subscriptions - Widgets for the Home Screen and the Lock Screen - Siri, Shortcuts and Spotlight - Export and import as CSV, from a spreadsheet too - iCloud stays off until you turn it on: then your subscriptions sync across your devices, through your own iCloud - Share a list with anyone, through iCloud and only when you choose: they see it read only, with its total - Light and dark, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver Sbu does one thing: it tells you what your subscriptions cost, so no renewal takes you by surprise. No subscription. No in-app purchases. No account. No ads. No tracking. Data stays on your device.

Screenshots

Subscription Manager4 screens
Sbu Subscriptions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sbu Subscriptions at none against Subscription Manager's 1. Subscription Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sbu Subscriptions asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Subscription Manager against 5.0 for Sbu Subscriptions. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Subscription Manager ships an update every 3 days, Sbu Subscriptions every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Subscription Manager versus Sbu Subscriptions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubscription ManagerSbu Subscriptions
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVidisha SrivastavaMatteo Giuditta

Customer experience

Subscription Manager

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sbu Subscriptions

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Subscription Manager

One-time1
  • Subscription tracker - Sublime$9.99
None

Sbu Subscriptions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Subscription Manager free?
Subscription Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sbu Subscriptions free?
Sbu Subscriptions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Subscription Manager or Sbu Subscriptions?
Subscription Manager and Sbu Subscriptions are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Subscription Manager or Sbu Subscriptions have ads?
Neither Subscription Manager nor Sbu Subscriptions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Subscription Manager or Sbu Subscriptions?
Subscription Manager ships an update every 3 days, and Sbu Subscriptions every 2 months. Most recently, Subscription Manager was updated on October 25, 2026 and Sbu Subscriptions on October 25, 2026.

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