Control vs Subsify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Control
An elegant budgeting app designed for clarity and control over your finances. It offers features like voice transaction entry, bill splitting, and AI-powered financial insights. Track expenses, manage multiple jobs, and monitor investments with beautiful reports.
- Apple Pay transaction import
- Voice transaction entry
- Split bills
- AI-powered financial insights
- Investment tracking
- Shared budgets
- Receipt scanning
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Control is an elegant budgeting app designed for clarity without complexity. Its beautifully crafted interface makes managing finances feel magical. • Apple Pay transaction import • Bank notification transaction import • Add transactions by voice • Split bills when adding a transaction • Groceries list with Live Activity • Travel Mode for trip expense tracking • Work page to track hours, shifts, and pay across multiple jobs • Net worth and portfolio tracking, with prices you update yourself • Live Activities and Dynamic Island support • Ask AI - instant financial insights powered by AI • Apple Watch • Business page • Credit cards • Debt tracker • Past trips page • Wishlist shopping page • Quit Tracker for breaking habits • Interest rate for your bank deposits • Receipt scanning with camera • Add transactions by sharing a receipt, email, or webpage • Monthly/weekly/yearly and category budgets with visual progress • Investments transactions • Beautiful reports and spending insights • Wrapped - your year in review summary • Recurring payments and installment tracking • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Multiple currency support with conversion • Tags for organizing transactions • Siri Shortcuts • Custom budget start day • Rollover budget • Photos for transactions • Custom budget start day • Variable recurring payments amount • Appearance customization with themes and gradients • iCloud backup • Face ID • No ads, no tracking, no data collection Take control of your finances today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Subsify
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Your subscriptions. All under control. Organize your services, plan for upcoming bills, and keep track of family-plan contributions with Subsify. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Track subscriptions and free trials. Find services in the catalog or add your own with an amount, currency, billing frequency, and date. See your estimated monthly spending and annual projection. CALENDAR AND REMINDERS See upcoming billing dates and choose when to receive reminders. FAMILY PLANS Split the amount between members and manually track their contributions for each billing period. DETAILS AND HISTORY Update the plan, renewal, and reminders from each subscription. Enable manual payment tracking to keep your own history. MAKE IT YOURS Available in English and Spanish, with light, dark, and system appearance. Supports currencies across Latin America and the Caribbean, plus USD, EUR, and PLN. Currencies stay separate, with no automatic conversion. YOUR RECORDS ACROSS DEVICES Sign in to sync your records. View and edit data saved on your device while offline; changes sync when you reconnect. Subsify does not charge you for services, connect to your bank, or cancel provider contracts. Dates, amounts, payments, and contributions are manually entered records, not bank-verified transactions. Reminder delivery depends on device permissions and restrictions. Catalog trademarks identify services; Subsify is not affiliated with their providers. Support: apps@pixeltec.mx
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Subsify at none against Control's 3. Subsify also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Control sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Subsify asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Control | Subsify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 95.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Patrick Palacean | Miguel Robles |
In-app purchases
Control
- Control Monthly$3.991 Month
- Control Club$3.991 Month
- Lifetime payment$14.99
Subsify
No in-app purchases









