Comparison

SubZen vs Recurred

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

Head to head
About

SubZen

Features
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SubZen is the subscription tracker for people who want to know what renews, when it renews, and how much it costs—without linking a bank account or creating another account. No account. No bank link. Free, always. See upcoming renewals, understand your spending, move through billing weeks, and manage every subscription from a clean interface built for iPhone. KEY FEATURES - Track every subscription in one place Add streaming services, apps, software, memberships, cloud storage, news, fitness, gaming, and any other recurring payment. Keep costs, billing dates, categories, notes, tags, and payment labels organized. - Get reminders before charges hit Choose a reminder for the same day, 1 day, 3 days, or 1 week before renewal. See upcoming payments before they surprise you. - Understand your recurring spending View monthly and yearly totals, compare categories, explore your biggest commitments, and see how each subscription contributes to your spending. - Plan renewals with Calendar See which subscriptions renew each day and move through upcoming billing weeks without losing sight of recent renewals. - Track subscriptions in any currency Use USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, JPY, and many more. SubZen converts recurring costs into your preferred currency using current exchange rates, with offline fallback rates when needed. - Import and export your data Bring subscriptions into SubZen from CSV or JSON, review changes before saving, and export a portable copy whenever you want. - Pause, resume, cancel, or delete Pause or cancel a subscription without removing its history, or delete it entirely when you no longer need it. - Private by design Your subscription records stay on your device. Optional iCloud backup syncs them through your own Apple account. No SubZen account required. - Add subscriptions faster Browse an expanded service catalog with recognizable logos, search popular services, or create a completely custom subscription. WHY SUBZEN SubZen focuses on one job: helping you understand and manage subscriptions without a bank connection or complicated budgeting system. Use SubZen to: - Know what renews next - Track monthly and yearly costs - Plan around upcoming charges - Organize subscriptions across currencies - Keep a portable copy of your data - See spending insights without the clutter Download SubZen and finally know what you are paying for. Terms of Use: https://subzenapp.netlify.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://subzenapp.netlify.app/privacy-policy

About

Recurred

Manage all your recurring bills and subscriptions in one place without needing bank logins. Get reminders for upcoming renewals and free trial expirations, track spending by category, and identify services to cancel for potential savings. This native Mac, iPhone, and iPad app prioritizes privacy with on-device data storage.

Highlights
  • Centralized subscription and bill management
  • Renewal and free trial expiration reminders
  • Spending analysis by category
  • Subscription optimizer to identify savings
  • Manual bill tracking and payment logging
  • Home screen widgets for upcoming payments
  • Price history tracking
Features
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Recurred keeps every subscription and recurring bill in one place — no bank login, no account, no ads. Add what you pay for, and Recurred tells you what's coming, what it really costs you per year, and what you should probably cancel. Now a true native Mac app, too — not a stretched-up iPhone app. The same tracker, at home on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Free. Every feature unlocked. No subscription required to track your subscriptions. WHAT YOU GET • Every renewal on a calendar. See which day money actually leaves your account, and get reminders before a renewal or a free trial converts — at the lead time and hour you choose. • The bills you pay by hand. Flag rent, utilities or an invoice as manual, then mark each charge paid when you pay it — and log what it actually cost when the amount moves. Let one slip and it turns up as overdue on Home, in Analytics, and on your widgets, with a reminder the day after. • See it without opening the app. Two home screen widgets: one for the payments about to land, one for how this month is tracking against what you usually spend. Both lead with anything overdue. • Any currency, one total. Track each subscription in the currency you're billed in and see the combined total in yours, with exchange rates kept up to date. • Cancel what you don't use. The Optimizer tracks how often you actually open each service over a set period, then shows you which ones to cut and how much you'd save a year. • Know where the money goes. Monthly and yearly breakdowns by category, your top spenders, and a 3-year payment timeline built from what you really paid — not today's price. • Look ahead. Open any upcoming month to see what's due. Useful when a few annual bills happen to land in the same week. • Price history that remembers. Log every increase and see what those "small" changes have added up to. • Add subscriptions in seconds. Pick from hundreds of popular services with their logos and colors, plus a Bills & Home set for rent, utilities and the rest — or just describe your subscriptions in plain English and Recurred fills in the details, processed entirely on your device (on Apple Intelligence–capable devices). Importing a CSV works too. • Private by default. Your data stays on your device and syncs only through your own iCloud. No account, no ads, no tracking, nothing sold. • Built the way an Apple app should be. Fully native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac — dark mode first, and every screen works with Dynamic Type and VoiceOver. No web views, no clutter. Download Recurred and get your subscriptions under control. Recurred is not affiliated with any brands shown. Logos are used for identification only.

Screenshots

SubZen4 screens
Recurred4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Recurred at none against SubZen's 1. Recurred also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). SubZen's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price 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. SubZen sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Recurred asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SubZen ships an update fortnightly, Recurred every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SubZen versus Recurred: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubZenRecurred
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael Abou KhalilSemen Gozman

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SubZen

Subscriptions1
  • SubZen Pro$0.991 Month
None

Recurred

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SubZen free?
SubZen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recurred free?
Recurred is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SubZen or Recurred have ads?
Neither SubZen nor Recurred shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SubZen or Recurred?
SubZen ships an update fortnightly, and Recurred every 6 days. Most recently, SubZen was updated on September 9, 2026 and Recurred on September 23, 2026.

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